Skip the Built-In Ice Maker; Get a Countertop One

You can’t install a standard ice maker in a freezerless refrigerator, because there’s no freezer compartment to get cold enough to freeze the cubes.

The reason is simple: ice makers need sub-freezing temperatures to do their job. Your fridge section sits around 37–40°F, which is perfect for keeping milk cold and absolutely terrible at turning water into ice. Even if you ran a water line to it, you’d just end up with a tiny leak and a puddle.

Now, some refrigerators do have ice makers in the fresh