Best Ice Cube Trays

I mention refrigerator icemakers potentially not working for a reason. When I walked into my new house a couple of weeks after officially purchasing it, I noticed a muted sloshing. The kitchen floor appeared even more reflective than the glossy white tiles should have been.

My sister, who drove me from New York to my new home in Philly, figured it out first. “Is that water?” she asked. At some point between when the previous owners moved out and I moved in, a hole appeared in the tubing that transports water into the refrigerator’s icemaker. Unfortunately, the water didn’t stop flowing. Most of it didn’t end up in the icemaker but instead flooded my kitchen floor and basement.

Needless to say, after a six-month gut renovation of the first house I’ve ever owned, I’m not super-keen on my refrigerator’s ice-making capabilities. (Check out the best refrigerators without an icemaker or a water and ice dispenser.) So when it came time to review ice cube trays, I jumped at the chance. We evaluated seven ice cube trays and found that simpler is preferable and that fancy features don’t equate with better performance.