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Designing a kitchen involves fitting in several appliances which have to joust for the available space. This is the reason why integrated appliances work wonders in a kitchen. Integrated freezers are a case in point. They come either as part of a refrigerator or as a built-in freezer to be installed under the counter.

Choosing an integrated freezer is easy. First make a note of your requirements and the position where it needs to fit in the kitchen. An integrated freezer can be installed under a worktop with cabinets each side. A full-sized refrigerator, however, will need move space. Integrated freezers come with a choice of doors that can complement or match the kitchen cabinets and conceal the freezer.

A tall fridge can be up to one metre tall with the integrated freezer taking up around half the space with drawers to store food in. Small freezers that fit under the kitchen counters are upright freezers rather than chest freezers and are usually around 86 cm tall.

Integrated freezers have pull-out compartments and shelves. Many come with a capacity of over 100 litres. They are engineered to be free of frost. This eliminates the need to manually clean them. Most integrated freezers have a reversible door with a flat hinge design. Some have features like visual and audible alarms.

For people who store lots of frozen food, there is the option to go in for a tall freezer with a 208-litre capacity. The John Lewis JLBIFC02 freezer is one such large capacity freezer that can store frozen foods for up to 12 months. Most of the tall freezers have audio and visual alarms for temperature settings and electronic controls with an LCD display. The drawers provided can be transparent and easily removable. The under-the-counter freezers have no display and most settings have to be manually controlled. These freezers also have a fast-freeze option. The star rating of the freezer compartment is usually four.

Some of the brands offering integrated freezers with all the features are Hotpoint, Indesit, John Lewis, Electrolux, Candy, Zanussi and Bosch.