USER-SELECTABLE OPERATING MODES FOR REFRIGERATION APPLIANCES

摘要

A refrigeration appliance, such as a household refrigerator that can include freezer and fresh food compartments, includes operating components that can be controlled so as to allow a user to select for implementation at the refrigeration appliance modes of operation that can optimize the performance of the refrigeration appliance with respect to selected operating objectives. The refrigeration appliance also can include a respective actuating device corresponding to each mode of operation that is available for selective implementation by the user upon the activation of the respective actuating device and a controller configured to direct operating commands to the one or more operating components in response to the activation of a respective actuating device, causing the one or more operating components to operate in a manner so as to selectively implement at the refrigeration appliance the mode of operation corresponding to the respective actuating device activated.