Anyone know if this mini fridge will hold a 5 gal. bucket or 6 gal. BB?

HitokiriNate85 · Mar 22, 2011

I'm in need of a mini fridge for fermentation(will be adding a temp. controller, of course) and found a listing for this on craigs list.

http://products.geappliances.com/ApplProducts/Dispatcher?REQUEST=SpecPage&Sku=WMR04BAPBB

Anyone have experience with this particular fridge or know if it will hold either a standard ale pale w/ airlock or BB? Thanks for any info.

Varroa · Mar 22, 2011

For that small a fridge I bet the floor is too small.

JayInJersey · Mar 22, 2011

the problem is going to be the hump.

behind that bottom drawer is a hump that hold the compressor and gives you a smaller footprint area than it may seem.

I have a similar but I don't use BB's or buckets I use VittlesVaults and they are more forgiving since they are square.

On the shelf I can do a 13 gal Vittles and still use that drawer...though I'm not sure mine is 4.3 cu now that I think about it. It could barely hold 2 corney's (is that a 4.8?)

HitokiriNate85 · Mar 22, 2011

I was worried the hump might make the actual space a bit too small. In that case, does anyone know what size fridge I would need to get to fit a regular bucket or a 6 gal BB? Thanks for any tips, since I don't have that good of an idea of what size I'm looking for.

Varroa · Mar 23, 2011

I've heard the magic number is at least 4.5 CF but I don't have any experience with those. I bought a wine fridge myself and it works great:

JayInJersey · Mar 23, 2011

Do what I did when I scoped out my fridge for my first gen kegger...take the bottle/bucket with you to HomeDepot or Sears.

I actually got more help with the corny keg on my shoulder than I normally do there...I guess people were interested in what I was doing with it.

HitokiriNate85 · Mar 23, 2011

Thanks for the tips, guys. I'll keep 4.5 in mind while looking. Also, I like the idea of strolling into Home Depot with a bucket, haha. I might have to do that.