| In the beginning before refrigerators how did | | | | refrigeration sealed systems. As time evolved |
| people preserve their food? A few of the | | | | so have the styles and types of units. Now a |
| early methods of food refrigeration methods | | | | days you can choose from a number of |
| include, snow, ice, cool streams, caves and | | | | different styles of refrigerators such as |
| cellars. The Chinese are credited with using | | | | side by side, bottom freezer, top freezer |
| ice to refrigerate food, which was around 100 | | | | subzero and so on.Types of Modern |
| B.C. Then the English invented the icehouse, | | | | Refrigeratorsside by side - this type of |
| these rooms were built underground and | | | | fridge is designed with the freezer and |
| designed to keep food cold until the summer | | | | refrigerator next to one another, these unit |
| months arrived.Actual refrigerators were | | | | are larger than bottom or top freezers |
| invented and began being used for commercial | | | | models. If you have a large family and you |
| purposes, such as rail cars and grocery | | | | have the space in your kitchen this is |
| stores in 1890. It took another 20 years | | | | perfect.bottom freezer refrigerators- freezer |
| until fridges were designed for household | | | | at the bottom of the fridgetop freezer - |
| use. The company behind the first home | | | | freezer located at the top of the |
| refrigerator is no other than the General | | | | fridgecompact refrigerator - If you live in a |
| Electric Company.A few years later a company | | | | small space such as a bachelor apartment then |
| called Kelvinator unveiled the first | | | | this might be for you.sub zero - this is a |
| refrigerator with automatic controls, then as | | | | type of refrigerator and a brand as well. |
| time passed Frigidaire introduced the first | | | | Sub-Zero fridges are dual refrigeration |
| self-contained unit. Some of the early models | | | | systems that offer clean air flow, the end |
| of fridges used harmful chemicals to cool | | | | result is fresher and longer lasting food.Now |
| food, such as ammonia, sulfur dioxide, or | | | | a refrigerator is common in 99.5% of homes in |
| methyl chloride as their refrigerant, which | | | | North America. Newer models even offer built |
| were later dropped for safer refrigeration | | | | in water filtration systems, sleek stainless |
| methods.The 1950s lead way to more | | | | steel exteriors and more.Richard Gazzo is an |
| innovations and features such as automatic | | | | author, providing info on all types of |
| defrost, as well as automatic ice makers came | | | | refrigerators, from wine refrigerators, to |
| onto the market.Then in the 1970s government | | | | undercounter units and more. I offer |
| officials began focusing on refrigerators to | | | | information on Maytag refrigerators, Samsung |
| make them more energy efficient, which led to | | | | refrigerators, LG, True, GE, Amana |
| elimination of chlorofluorocarbons in | | | | refrigerators and more. |