Is there a quiet beverage cooler with recessed handles?
sunfeather
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
I'm looking for a quiet, built-in beverage cooler without a handle sticking out. The Viking we have now in our island is very loud and the handle is in the way.
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Comments (20)Okay... Raspberry Iced Tea This is the double strength recipe. When using, dilute with equal parts of water. 2 quarts of water 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 1/2 cups mashed raspberries (or use frozen whole berries) 5 individual regular tea bags 1/4 cup lemon juice Bring all to a boil. Boil for a few minutes long enough to dissolve the raspberries, if you used frozen mashed berries. If whole berries then mash the berries as it is boiling and once the berries are all mashed then add the tea bags. Turn off the stove. Let mixture steep for an hour or till you remember to come back to the kitchen. Let the whole mixture sit until it is a lot cooler to make it easier to handle when sieving later. So, then once cooled off a little, remove pot from stove, sieve mixture. Refridgerate. Serve later by adding equal amounts of water. The original recipe calls for 4 quarts of water and I figure why store that much in the fridge when I could just dilute it later instead. We used this drink last summer when our daughter was married in our yard. Her colors were red and white. The raspberries give this tea a nice red color and it was a very refreshing drink to serve on a 33C day. Bailey's 1 can condensed sweetened milk (Eagle brand or no name) 1 small whipping cream (1 cup size) 1 1/2 cups rye 2 tsp. instant coffee dissolved in 1/2 cup warm water Mix, enjoy. Be sure to refridgerate 'cause of the cream. Kahlua 1 1/2 cups boiling water 1/8 c. instant coffee 2 cups sugar Bring the above to a boil in a pot on the stove and boil for one minute or two or until syrup. Let cool. Add 1 1/2 cups rye and 2 tsp vanilla. Mix, enjoy. I refridgerate this also, although I do not think I would need to do so. Make these recipes yourself and then tell me what you think of the them... Brenda...See MoreBeverage Center - Do any of them not suck?
Comments (35)Our brand new SubZero beverage unit is horrendously noisy. (Dealer installed last week.) I may start saving or appropriating $$$ from other remodel funds put aside in order to replace with another brand. It is that bad, the racket it makes. Price, at least in this case, is not always a guarantee of low noise levels... Looks-wise the SZ is gorgeous but wow, IMO a huge mistake I made when I purchased. We have one of their fridge/freezer units, installed last year, and love it. But that undercounter unit? A total thumbs down from our house. I can hear it running from other rooms, it's that loud. To the OP: best wishes!! I hope you find something great! The idea is wonderful, to have the little fridge under a counter for extras, drinks, whatever. Good luck to you....See MoreUnder counter microwaves and beverage coolers
Comments (15)We have both an undercounter microwave and a beverage fridge. I bend down a little for the m/w controls, but 99% of the time I'm using the same buttons - open/close, stop/pause and the numbers to set time - I know their location now, so I just knuckle the panel and I'm set. The beverage fridge, I do have to go into a full deep-knee bend to grab things, but it's an alcohol-only fridge, and I use it a lot less than if it had, say, bottled water or if I stored juice/soda for children in it. BTW, we ended up with a beverage fridge instead of wine fridge because Spouse is a big beer drinker, and most of the wine-fridge racks had slats that were too widely spaced to hold bottles of beer. Even 25-oz bottles of many microbrews and imports are skinnier than wine bottles, and slipped right through the slats when we tested empties at the appliance store. We have the obligatory few bottles of wine on the slats, removed one glass shelf so as to accommodate taller beer bottles, and the fridge works fine for our needs....See MoreRefrigerator with Handles or Recessed Handles?
Comments (25)Let me explain something to those of you not in the know. Appliance manufacturers do just about anything to drive down cost. In order to do that they advertise and attempt to set a new style or trend. Pure marketing BS. Two examples are stainless steel and no handles. It is more expensive to make a painted fridge than stainless fridge. With a stainless fridge the buyer has to deal with endless fingerprints (there is no such thing as fingerprint proof stainless and they scratch if you breath on them). It is more expensive to make a fridge with no handles and market it as sleek rather than market it a PITA. Appliance makers will do anything for your money and will sell you the lowest quality product they can get away with....See More
Rs S
2 years agoI’m not sure about their beverage cooler, but my whirlpool wine fridge/cooler is so very quiet. It was installed 2016 and keeps perfect temps as well.
Mine has a handle, but I’m sure they have other styles. This handle comes out about 2 inches on this one.
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Linda Dornan
2 years agoWe have this EdgeStar beverage cooler. I don’t hear it unless I’m standing right by it. The handle sticks out 2”
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2 years agoCaroline Hamilton
2 years agoWe have the SubZero beverage refrigeratpr and it is extremely quiet. The handle is not recessed but does not protrude more than 2”. The top rack has space for white wine bottles. And it has a drawer that I use for protein shakes.
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