Refrigerator appliances are provided. A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber. The refrigerator appliance further includes a fresh food door rotatably hinged to the cabinet for accessing the fresh food chamber, the door comprising an inner surf
Refrigerator appliances are provided. A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber. The refrigerator appliance further includes a fresh food door rotatably hinged to the cabinet for accessing the fresh food chamber, the door comprising an inner surface, an outer surface and a side surface extending between the inner surface and the outer surface. The refrigerator appliance further includes a freezer door connected to the cabinet for accessing the freezer chamber. The refrigerator appliance further includes a mullion, the mullion comprising an outer surface, and a fan mounted within one of the mullion, the fresh food door, or the freezer door, the fan configured to flow ambient air across the mullion.
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1. A refrigerator appliance, comprising: a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber;a fresh food door rotatably hinged to the cabinet for accessing the fresh food chamber, the door comprising an inner surface, an outer surface and a side surface extending between the inner surface
1. A refrigerator appliance, comprising: a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber;a fresh food door rotatably hinged to the cabinet for accessing the fresh food chamber, the door comprising an inner surface, an outer surface and a side surface extending between the inner surface and the outer surface;a freezer door connected to the cabinet for accessing the freezer chamber;a mullion dividing the fresh food chamber along a generally vertical direction, the mullion comprising an outer surface, the mullion being connected to the fresh food door; anda fan mounted within the mullion, the fan configured to flow ambient air across the mullion. 2. The refrigerator appliance of claim 1, further comprising a duct disposed within the one of the mullion, the fresh food door, or the freezer door, the duct defining an inlet, an outlet, and a passage extending between the inlet and the outlet, and wherein the fan flows ambient air through the passage. 3. The refrigerator appliance of claim 2, wherein the duct is disposed within the mullion. 4. The refrigerator appliance of claim 2, wherein flowing the ambient air through the passage flows the ambient air across the mullion. 5. The refrigerator appliance of claim 2, wherein the ambient air flowed through the passage is exhausted through the outlet and flowed across the outer surface of the mullion. 6. The refrigerator appliance of claim 1, further comprising a controller in operable communication with the fan, the controller operable to control a speed of the fan. 7. A refrigerator appliance, comprising: a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber;a fresh food door rotatably hinged to the cabinet for accessing the fresh food chamber, the door comprising an inner surface, an outer surface and a side surface extending between the inner surface and the outer surface;a freezer door connected to the cabinet for accessing the freezer chamber;a mullion dividing the fresh food chamber along a generally vertical direction, the mullion comprising an outer surface, the mullion being connected to the fresh food door;a duct disposed within the mullion, the duct defining an inlet, an outlet, and a passage extending between the inlet and the outlet;a fan mounted within the mullion, the fan configured to flow ambient air through the passage.
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