After last week’s unfrozen freezer experience, we decided it was time to bit the bullet and replace the fridge freezer. A new Kenwood unit arrived today and, after letting it stand for a few hours we’ve been able to switch it on.

It has a couple of useful features – a display on the front that shows the target temperature for fridge and freezer and an alarm that goes off if a door is left open for more than a couple of minutes. Unfortunately the display doesn’t indicate the actual internal temperature so a suitable thermometer might be in my future but I think we’ll be happy for now if our next lot of ice cream doesn’t come out as extra soft scoop.