KitchenAid 22 cu. ft. 36-Inch Width Counter Depth Panel Ready with Interior Dispense French Door Refrigerator

Those who complained about the counter depth being too deep are making a misleading review. All counter depth fridges are 27" - 30" deeo including the door and handles. If you are using a standard fridge with stianless, white or black, the fridge comes flush to the base cabinet. The door and handes always stick out past the base cabinets. When using a panel ready unit the cabinet maker/installer has to make the allowances with the cabinet. So the end panel or custom built refrigerator cabinet has to be deeper by that 2-4" of the door. Also Kitchenaid provides the specifications which clearly state the depth of the fridge with door and handles, with door and no handles and with no door or handles. While I feel sorry for those who are left with a bad look , if I wree them I would be blaming the cabinet maker or installer.

This fridge was in my budget for a panel ready fridge. I read all the reviews and many people were upset about how the fridge sticks out and so on. I have been in the kitchen design industry as a designer for 20 years and I wanted to share how I was able to achieve a flush look. Bascially, you will need a minimum gap at the sides and top of 1-1/2" in order to open the doors at slightly past 90 degrees. Becuase the hinges want to open further you will end up having to put clear bumpers on the inside to provide a little cushion when the doors open. fridge. I have 3/4" panels on this fridge. If I could change anything I would recommend 5/8" thich panels and an opening on the sides of 2", this way the doors will open much wider and it'll be a bit improved. Anyway, I am very happy with the results.I hope the images I posted help you. Get a good reputable kitchen company to help you and also a good appliance installer, this unit only has front leveling legs and in my case I need shims at the rear. The unit has to be perfect level!

We are happy with this fridge for our busy family...including the ice maker with scoop, water dispenser, wine rack, cheese/dairy drawer, digital temp controls, and subtle alarm when you leave the door open. The freezer has a nice rolling rack and enough space. We’re happy with this fridge! As well, KitchenAid provides good customer service.

We spent a lot of money on this refrigerator when redoing our kitchen. I can get past the fact that the sides are black. However, I cannot get the freezer door to stay shut. It ices up constantly and shelves and drawers will not slide. It's a constant battle to pull ou the drawers. Things were replaced and still no luck. I take a trip back to the 1960's dan manuall defrost this piece of junk every month! Money wasted on this appliance. BEWARE!!!!

I never realized how happy I would be with a new fridge. So big and cold!!! Absolutely the best thing I have bought in a very long time. I feel like the luckiest person in the world to have this refrigerator.