View Full Version : Anyone know what this compartment in my refrigerator door is for?
FoPAA
10-20-2014, 12:16 PM
Inside my (new-to-me, one year old) refrigerator door is this compartment - I put butter in the right-hand side of it, but is there a purpose for the round compartment?
Bogie Shooter
10-20-2014, 12:29 PM
Is that where the ice falls thru from the ice maker?
FoPAA
10-20-2014, 01:15 PM
Yes, the ice goes through the hole at the bottom, but I'm talking about the round place at the top, which has a bottom to it, but what to put into it? It looks like it was designed for something. The manual doesn't mention it.
Bogie Shooter
10-20-2014, 02:13 PM
Try a Google search.
TNLAKEPANDA
10-20-2014, 02:19 PM
A can of beer
quirky3
10-20-2014, 02:24 PM
Wine bottle holder?
quirky3
10-20-2014, 02:31 PM
I found this picture of a fridge with that compartment, and stuff in it but it is hard to tell.....definitely butter on the right. It looks like something wrapped up on the left.
Aha! Just below it there is another holder and it looks like it has grated cheese in it.
Ooper
10-20-2014, 02:56 PM
It's a beverage cooler compartment. Supposed to chill beverages about 4 degrees cooler that everything else.
graciegirl
10-20-2014, 02:59 PM
I keep my soy sauce in it. Sometimes my Worcestershire sauce. It's for a beverage? I love this forum.
KayakerNC
10-20-2014, 03:19 PM
It's a beverage cooler compartment. Supposed to chill beverages about 4 degrees cooler that everything else.
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tomwed
10-20-2014, 03:52 PM
Anyone Know This Is For?
I think it's for keeping cold things cold.
Now a thermus can also keep hot things hot.
But the big question is---How does it know?
SouthOfTheBorder
10-20-2014, 05:33 PM
Inside my (new-to-me, one year old) refrigerator door is this compartment - I put butter in the right-hand side of it, but is there a purpose for the round compartment?
We have same setup. We think the designers just wanted to take advantage of the extra space next to the opening for the ice cube dispenser opening. Why they chose to make it round instead of square is part of the Zen movement now sweeping the through industrial design professionals.
We also keep grated cheese container in that spot. Fits perfectly!
Don
simpkinp
10-20-2014, 10:26 PM
I learn something every day. I still don't know why my LG refrigerator door in-door model has and soda shelf that holds 3 1/2 can of beverage. Weird.
Barefoot
10-20-2014, 10:58 PM
I love discussions about fridge doors and how to load dishwashers and the best kind of detergent.
Is the round opening tall enough for a bottle of white wine?
If not, I'd keep a condiment there.
Bonanza
10-21-2014, 12:41 AM
Inside my (new-to-me, one year old) refrigerator door is this compartment - I put butter in the right-hand side of it, but is there a purpose for the round compartment?
It's a beverage cooler compartment. Supposed to chill beverages about 4 degrees cooler that everything else.
I keep my soy sauce in it. Sometimes my Worcestershire sauce. It's for a beverage? I love this forum.
I love discussions about fridge doors and how to load dishwashers and the best kind of detergent.
Is the round opening tall enough for a bottle of white wine?
If not, I'd keep a condiment there.
We have the same refrigerator. I've always known that things in the door (freezer or refrigerator) do not stay as cold as things on the shelves so I question Ooper's comment about chilling beverages 4 degrees cooler. I'd like to know where you read that because we don't have the manual. Could it really be cooler because it's right next to the ice maker?
The place in the door is too short to accomodate a bottle of wine. Like anything in this world today, it doesn't matter what something was designed for. If you have a use or better use for something, do it! I use that "hole" for whatever will fit there. Currently, it's a bottle of bar-b-q sauce, but that could change tomorrow depending upon what's for dinner!
I don't keep Worcestershire sauce or even Ketchup (I hate cold ketchup on hot food!) in the refrigerator. You don't have to; check the labels and you'll see I'm right.
I'm a master at loading dishwashers. Years ago I worked for a Whirlpool distributor!
quirky3
10-21-2014, 06:54 AM
Speaking of warm ketchup - in my college days I was a waitress during the summers and in outdoor areas where they kept ketchup on the tables, the ketchup would start to bubble and ferment. Who knows....maybe a new taste sensation?
graciegirl
10-21-2014, 07:04 AM
We have the same refrigerator. I've always known that things in the door (freezer or refrigerator) do not stay as cold as things on the shelves so I question Ooper's comment about chilling beverages 4 degrees cooler. I'd like to know where you read that because we don't have the manual. Could it really be cooler because it's right next to the ice maker?
The place in the door is too short to accomodate a bottle of wine. Like anything in this world today, it doesn't matter what something was designed for. If you have a use or better use for something, do it! I use that "hole" for whatever will fit there. Currently, it's a bottle of bar-b-q sauce, but that could change tomorrow depending upon what's for dinner!
I don't keep Worcestershire sauce or even Ketchup (I hate cold ketchup on hot food!) in the refrigerator. You don't have to; check the labels and you'll see I'm right.
I'm a master at loading dishwashers. Years ago I worked for a Whirlpool distributor!
BON. You never cease to amaze me.
I always thought catsup should be cold and never thought about soy sauce. We didn't HAVE soy sauce when I was a kid. I don't think it is German.
I know one thing about designers of refrigerators, they are sadists. Why couldn't they have designed everything to come out and fit in the dishwasher. Have you ever tried to get dried on, glopped on milk spills from the back? Dishwashing stuff doesn't unglue it and your back is killing you very soon from the sideways crouch.
Deseylou
10-21-2014, 02:09 PM
Heck, I'm just trying to get used to the smaller appliances
I dislike them intensely
MikeV
10-21-2014, 03:05 PM
We use it for partially used water bottles. If it is in that slot we know someone has drank some of the water from the bottle.
jblum315
10-21-2014, 03:47 PM
As far as I know, the only condiment that needs to be refrigerated is maple syrup (which isn't really a condiment). I do keep Dijon mustard in the fridge because it's expensive. don't think you have to refrigerate pickles, but I like them cold.
Ooper
10-22-2014, 10:34 PM
We have the same refrigerator. I've always known that things in the door (freezer or refrigerator) do not stay as cold as things on the shelves so I question Ooper's comment about chilling beverages 4 degrees cooler. I'd like to know where you read that because we don't have the manual. Could it really be cooler because it's right next to the ice maker?
The place in the door is too short to accomodate a bottle of wine. Like anything in this world today, it doesn't matter what something was designed for. If you have a use or better use for something, do it! I use that "hole" for whatever will fit there. Currently, it's a bottle of bar-b-q sauce, but that could change tomorrow depending upon what's for dinner!
I don't keep Worcestershire sauce or even Ketchup (I hate cold ketchup on hot food!) in the refrigerator. You don't have to; check the labels and you'll see I'm right.
I'm a master at loading dishwashers. Years ago I worked for a Whirlpool distributor!
I looked up the manual on the internet and that's what it said that space was for because of the proximity to the freezer. Whether it does what it says it is supposed to do or not, who knows.
DougB
10-22-2014, 10:41 PM
I thought the whole refrigerator was a beer cooler compartment.
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