Do you have a separate freezer?
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Comments (3)I wanted one fridge and one freezer but needed the fridge to be left-hinged. It doesn't exist except in really high price models. Mid-range and lower end are all right-hinged. The freezer is left-hinged but I don't want them next to each other and if I used a right-hinged fridge I would have to closet the door in order to get to the counter landing-spot. I currently have 2 18 cuft bottom freezer fridges - identical except for hinges. It is 60" of total fridge/freezer. A huge amount for us now that the kids are gone so I want to replace it with something smaller. I will have to go with a French door because of the handedness problem. And I will still need a separate freezer as well, because one bottom freezer is not enough. I do wish the doors were reversible the way they all used to be!...See MoreRefigerator and Freezer: two separate units?
Comments (2)With your budget, you're in budget to mid range refrigerator/freezer combo territory. The cheapest separate units are the Frigidaire, and they're about $1500 each on sale, and require around 70" of space by the time you add the surrounds. Even with someone with a more robust budget may not be able to afford the space needed to design them into a regular sized kitchen and not overwhelm it. Your best bet is to look at overall capacity, and get a French door model, as it has more shelf capacity. The Korean brands get good ratings and tend to have larger capacity models. With Black Friday coming up, you might find a deal on a discontinued model for around your budget. But, you also want to plan for an auxiliary refrigerator and possibly separated freezer in a laundry room or pantry. We've got both, and use both, together with the standard sized fridge in the kitchen. And we're just two old farts who like to freeze garden produce and buy meat from a local farmer who butchers what he raises....See Moreseparating column refrigerator and freezer with counter space
Comments (12)@btydrvn One unit would be all freezer and one would be all refrigerator, so I don't think it would be too confusing, especially if I kept the freezer on the left (as is standard in side-by-side units). With that said, I'd consider putting the refrigerator on the left because I think I would find that more convenient (mainly because of being able to open the door with my left hand while holding items in my right)....See MoreMiele 24" Combi Steam Oven vs 30"? Separate Fridge and Freezer?
Comments (5)If you are getting the Miele Speed Oven then it will work as a second oven. I have both the CSO and Speed along with a 30” wall oven. I mainly use my speed oven as an oven. It has a bottom and top heating element unlike conventional convection microwaves. It has all the oven modes as my CSO except for those needing steam. The CSO can only heat to 435 and the speed to 475. These ovens are more difficult to keep clean than a conventional 30” wall oven. There is no self clean mode and the Miele interior finish is not suppose to be used with oven cleaners like Easy Off. There are several threads about cleaning these ovens. I do not cook foods that produce alot of grease or splatter - those go in my wall oven or on the grill. I have had have my ovens for 7 years and they look not quite like new but almost - I have also not had to do a ”deep” clean on my CSO. I boil water and white vinegar to clean my speed oven. They are geat ovens but they do have their limitations....See More
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