Frigidaire EFIC227 Review: 26 Lbs of Ice a Day Plus a Water Dispenser, Right on the Counter

Ice Used to Arrive by Ship

Two hundred years ago, a Boston merchant named Frederic Tudor — history remembers him as the "Ice King" — built a fortune sawing blocks of ice out of frozen New England ponds, packing them in sawdust, and shipping them as far as India. Ice harvesting became one of America's strangest big industries: horse teams scoring frozen lakes into a grid, crews levering out 300-pound blocks, icehouses holding summer's most precious luxury. An entire economy existed to do what a machine the size of a bread box now does on your kitchen counter.

Harvesting ice in Indiana — this was the supply chain for a cold drink (photo: Wikimedia Commons)

The Modern Version Fits Under a Cabinet

The Frigidaire EFIC227 countertop ice maker and water dispenser does two jobs in one compact stainless-and-silver unit: it cranks out up to 26 pounds of fresh ice a day, and it dispenses chilled water on demand — no plumbing, no water line, just fill the reservoir and plug it in. First ice arrives in minutes, and the removable basket and self-clean cycle keep the whole loop tidy.

One panel, two jobs: Ice and Water buttons, plus a timer and self-clean cycle

• Up to 26 lbs of ice per day — party-sustaining output from a countertop footprint
• Built-in chilled water dispenser — skip the bottled-water aisle
• No plumbing required — kitchen, office, dorm, garage bar, or RV
• Self-clean cycle, removable basket, stainless trim in silver

Who This Is Really For

Anyone whose freezer ice maker can't keep up with an Arizona summer. RV and boat people. Offices and break rooms. The person who hosts every weekend and is done buying $4 bags of ice at the gas station — at 26 lbs a day, this machine replaces roughly three of those bags daily, which is the whole $199.99 price back in a couple months of entertaining.

From Our Warehouse to Your Counter

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