Teetotaling tap water
Imagine: cool, crisp water without the "local flavor" of tap water, on demand. If you want cold water from the faucet in your kitchen sink, you have to stand there for half a minute, holding your finger under the stream of water while the water cools, meanwhile wasting a quart or so of water. Then the water that you do finally fill your glass with has a taste that evokes something closer to garden hose than glacial spring. Well, that is, before you installed the Whirlpool ED2KVEXVB in your kitchen. This side-by-side refrigerator sports an integrated exterior ice and water dispenser and built-in PUR water-filtration system that has you filling glass after glass with deliciously, thirst-quenchingly cool water. Enjoy.
En guarde against spills
It's the morning after the big holiday meal, which you bravely hosted at your house this year. It's 7:24 a.m. Bleary-eyed and something short of alert, you make your way into the kitchen, place a kettle on the stove, and then go to the fridge for a spot of bread and jam. On autopilot, you pop the refrigerator door open and reach for the exact spot you expect the jar of orange marmalade to be in. You have, however, forgotten about the precarious arrangement of leftovers, gingerly balancing atop shelf after shelf since the night before. Suddenly, like some congealed, plastic-wrapped incarnation of dominos, this glass and porcelain house of cards has been razed, and now gravies, dips, dressings, and sauces are oozing, dripping, pouring from haphazardly tumbled platters and bowls. Oh the mess! Oh the audacity of inanimate objects! Wait. What mess? You have the ED2KVEXVB refrigerator with SpillGuard™ shelves. These shelves are specially designed to contain liquids, thereby preventing spills on one shelf from leaking onto lower shelves, and ultimately simplifying cleanup.
ADS — the Adaptive Defrost System
Freezers successfully preserve your foods for long periods of time be maintaining a consistent, low temperature. The key word here is consistent. Each time you open the freezer door, air from your kitchen enters the freezer compartment. When the door is closed again, the moisture in this air condenses and freezes as frost, building up on the surface of your foods and the freezer's interior surfaces over time. In order for a freezer to maintain optimal efficiency, this frost must be periodically removed. Many freezers feature built-in heating elements that are used to raise the temperature within the freezer to melt away built-up frost. Of course, each time this occurs, some of your foods also thaw to some degree before re-freezing. This repeated freezing and thawing cycle can eventually reduce the quality of the foods kept in the freezer. The ED2KVEXVB's Adaptive Defrost System monitors the compressor run-time and the on-time of the evaporator heater, minimizing the number of thawing periods and ultimately improving food preservation and saving energy.
Hey! What's on the inside?
Refrigerators serve two main functions in your kitchen: to extend the life of your fresh foods, and to store those foods. Whirlpool has designed the 21.7 cu. ft. ED2KVEXVB refrigerator with a variety of internal storage options that make organizing all your fresh and frozen foods a cinch. In the 14.4 cu. ft. refrigerator compartment, four door shelves and three adjustable gallon-size door bins combine with three fixed SpillGuard shelves, a clear meat pan, and two full-width crisper bins for optimal fresh-food storage. The freezer compartment, on the other hand, spreads its spacious 7.3 cu. ft. capacity across three shelves and one plastic bin. Both compartments feature interior lighting, giving you a clear view of all your ingredients, leftovers, and midnight snacks.
ENERGY STAR of approval
Seeking to meet your demand to reduce energy use and preserve the environment, Whirlpool has made sure that the ED2KVEXVB meets the U.S. government's standard for ENERGY STAR qualification. What does the ENERGY STAR qualification mean? ENERGY STAR is a government-backed program helping businesses and individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency. For the family or homeowner, energy efficient choices can reduce energy consumption and expenses by up to one third while resulting in similar savings of greenhouse gas emissions, without sacrificing features, style or comfort. ENERGY STAR helps you make the energy efficient choice. When a product boasts the ENERGY STAR qualification, this means the product meets stringent government standards set by the EPA and US Department of Energy for conserving both energy and the environment. So whether you are concerned for the environment, your pocket book or both, this appliance helps ensure both are given an easier load to bear.
