Q&A for How to Arrange Refrigerator Shelves

To organize your refrigerator efficiently, remember to categorize the items. Keep the things you need to grab and use quickly on the top. You can keep the things you do not use behind other things.

You can put on some music or Netflix while decluttering. It will help to make the work more enjoyable.

I like to organize my fridge so everything is sorted by function. For instance, I like to make a superfood smoothie every morning, so I'll keep all of those ingredients on my top shelf, then all of the condiments together, all the meal prep stuff on another shelf, and so on. Some people prefer to organize their foods by temperature, but this way, I always have a one-stop-shop for whatever I'm making.

If you're storing something that might leak, try putting paper towels underneath it before you put it in the fridge. Or, you could put it on a tray, because that's easier to clean than the fridge itself.

Any time an electrical consumer good is "leaking smoke" is an indicator to turn the item off immediately and get help from either an appliance repair person or an electrician. There is a risk of fire or short circuiting if you're seeing smoke coming from the refrigerator.

For medicine you need to keep cold, the top or middle shelves are a good place. This will help stop spoiling. It is a good idea to keep medicines together in their own plastic box or container, for ease of finding and moving around. Label the container to ensure it's always used just for keeping medications.

If your refrigerator keeps icing up, try defrosting it first, then assess it as follows: Check the temperature and set it as high as you can without affecting food safety: the fridge section may usually be set as high as 40℉ (5℃) without compromising food quality. Keep the fridge as full as possible with food and drink and try to open as little as possible. If these don’t work, then unfortunately it’s probable that the refrigerator isn’t working properly and it’ll either need repair or replacement. More details can be found here: How to Stop a Fridge from Ice Buildup .

If you have a lot of veggies and they don't all fit in the crisper drawer, then it's fine to keep some on the refrigerator shelves. Use the top shelf of the refrigerator. Keep them well sealed in their bags and they'll keep as well as they would in the crisper. This is an ideal placement for snack veggies (such as carrot and celery sticks) because they're not only easy to reach but easy to see and remind you to eat healthily!

If they are unopened and you are using them before the date on the carton then they are fine. Most of the time things like that only go bad when they have been opened and exposed to air.

You can use it to put in more vegetables, and larger veggies such as whole cauliflowers and cabbages. You could also keep meat analog products in there, such as soy sausages and lentil burgers.

Mitigate it by calling in an appliance repairer. Your settings are wrong or your fridge is broken, nothing should ever freeze outside of the freezer.

This is needed only if they are marinating. Meat should be protected from oxygen and kept as cold as possible without freezing. The fridge coil dries the air inside so keep fruits and veggies in the drawers.