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For the chill of it.(Refrigerators)(Buyers Guide)

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| January 01, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Speed cooking has had a place in the American kitchen for a quarter of a century, but only in the last few years has speed chilling been available. Refrigerator makers are betting that the same time-pressed households that embraced microwave ovens will value fridges that cool fast. Of the 24 refrigerators rated in this report, several promise to make more ice in less time. And one model, the GE Profile Arctica PSS25NGM, claims not only to chill soft drinks and wine faster than a standard refrigerator, but to thaw meat quicker, too. We found that it generally lives up to those claims.

This new crop of refrigerators--including 16 tested since our last Update ...

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