Appliances can be deceptively low-maintenance. Take your refrigerator, for example. It's easy to assume it's quietly doing its job in the background, on autopilot. And, to be fair, it usually is. But ...

A man pulling open the freezer door - Grace Cary/Getty Images Opening the freezer in search of a sweet treat and spotting a forgotten carton of ice cream hiding behind the frozen pizza is one of ...

Who knows how long they've been in there? The freezer is obviously a great place to keep food until you’re ready to eat it, ...