Refrigerator and control method thereof

摘要

A refrigerator for storing a beverage at an optimal temperature to stably supercool the beverage and maintain the beverage in a supercooled state, and that can rapidly produce a supercooled beverage while maintaining the supercooled state of the beverage. A supercooling apparatus of the refrigerator includes a storage to which chilled air is supplied from a chilled air supply unit, a supercooling compartment (200) positioned in the storage and refrigerated by the chilled air to indirectly refrigerate an object (M) therein, a hole (204) formed at one side of the supercooling compartment (200) to allow flow of the chilled air into and from the supercooling compartment (200), and a damper (250) to open or close the hole (240). The object (M) is directly or indirectly refrigerated in the supercooling compartment (200) according to user's selection by opening or closing the damper (250).