In the first half of the 19th century, a Bostonian named Frederic Tudor started a business of harvesting ice from frozen natural reservoirs like ponds and storing them in ice houses. It was a ...

Your refrigerator's ice maker only handles water, so you may not think to clean it. Remember that water contains minerals and impurities. Limescale and other issues can interfere with the ice maker's ...

If your ice smells funky or your ice maker is producing cloudy or oddly shaped cubes, it’s time to start scrubbing.