Keeping lettuce fresh and preventing a frozen-solid gallon of milk is a delicate balancing act. Maybe you keep the butter in the back. If your refrigerator is going to freeze something, it might as ...

Juan has been a home inspector for 10 years and runs a successful home inspection company in Richmond, VA. He loves inspecting homes, but his real passion is educating home owners and newer inspectors ...

If your refrigerator isn’t keeping food at the right temperature, the signs are hard to miss. Milk starts going bad earlier than the expiration date, ice crystals appear in your condiments, and you ...

Is there a “correct” temperature for refrigerators and freezers? Yep: A fridge temperature of 37° F will keep fresh food good for as long as possible—with no ice crystals on lettuce or bacteria ...

No one wants to waste a refrigerator full of food, but if you keep the temperature too cold you can hike up your utility bill. There's a sweet spot right above freezing that you need to hit, and a ...

Have you noticed your milk getting frosty? Meat spoiling quickly? It’s likely your refrigerator is set to the wrong temperature. The FDA recommends keeping your refrigerator at or below 40° F (4° C), ...

15:48, Tue, Jul 15, 2025 Updated: 15:53, Tue, Jul 15, 2025 Few people think twice about the fridge's temperature, as long as it appears to be keeping food cold. But given that fridge freezers need to ...

I tested nearly every setting my fridge has to offer to find out which number on the dial hits the sweet spot. John Carlsen has more than a decade of experience testing and reviewing home tech ...