The Café CGE29DP2TS1 is a high-end 36" wide standard depth French door dual-evaporator refrigerator based on the GE Profile PGE29BYTFS. It's available with a wide array of finishes and door hardware. This fridge has an 'AutoFill' pitcher inside the door as a water dispenser and an ice maker in the freezer. Inside the fridge are split shelves and a fold-away 'Quick Space' shelf, along with six deep door bins. The freezer includes two drawers and a pull-out tray for wide, flat items. There's a separate temperature-controlled drawer between the fridge and freezer compartments.
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Our Verdict
The Café CGE29DP2TS1 is an excellent option for everyday use. Its produce preservation performance is outstanding due to the dual evaporators and the excellent produce bin seal, so it'll keep produce fresh for a long time. Refrigerator and freezer temperature uniformity is impressive; there are no overly warm spots anywhere, and the door bins aren't much warmer than the fridge. The refrigerator capacity is great, with conveniences like split shelves, deep door bins, and a separate temperature-controlled drawer. The freezer capacity is good, with enough space for family-sized boxes of burgers or chicken, and there's a dedicated pull-out tray for pizza boxes.
Dual evaporator design leads to high humidity in the fridge, improving produce preservation.
Effective produce bin seal leads to remarkable produce preservation.
Freezer pull-out tray adds capacity for wide, flat items like pizza boxes.
Refrigerator door bins are well-cooled.
Impressive temperature uniformity in the fridge and freezer.
The Café CGE29DP2TS1 offers remarkable produce preservation performance. Dual evaporators keep the refrigerator's humidity high so that produce stays fresh even outside of the crisper drawer. The produce bin's seal is very effective, sealing in moisture and preventing produce like lettuce, celery, and carrots from drying out for well over a week.
Dual evaporator design leads to high humidity in the fridge, improving produce preservation.
Effective produce bin seal leads to remarkable produce preservation.
The Café CGE29DP2TS1 delivers great refrigerator capacity. There's lots of space in this fridge, with split shelves, two large bins, and six deep door bins. There are multiple ways to accommodate tall items like narrow-neck bottles, including a fold-away shelf to allow for greater clearance at the front of the fridge compartment. A fairly unobtrusive 'AutoFill' water pitcher doesn't take away too much space. There's also a separate temperature-controlled pull-out drawer, which you can configure as a deli bin, thawing drawer, beverage, or wine cooler.
Great refrigerator capacity.
Separate temperature-controlled drawer adds flexible capacity to the fridge.
Multiple height-adjustable split shelves.
The Café CGE29DP2TS1 offers good freezer capacity. The ice tray doesn't take up too much space in the top freezer drawer, leaving lots of room for items like bags of frozen vegetables, and the bottom freezer drawer is wide and deep enough for family-sized boxes of burgers, chicken, or fish. There's also a short pull-out tray between the drawers, which is ideal for wide, flat items like pizza boxes.
Freezer pull-out tray adds capacity for wide, flat items like pizza boxes.
Good capacity in the freezer bins.
Bottom freezer bin is deep and wide enough for large boxes.
The Café CGE29DP2TS1 exhibits impressive temperature uniformity in both the fridge and the freezer. In each compartment, cold air from its individual evaporator is distributed quite evenly. There are no overly warm spots, so you can place items anywhere without being concerned about food safety. The refrigerator door bins are also quite well-cooled, allowing you to store milk or butter here without the risk of early spoilage.
Impressive refrigerator temperature uniformity.
Refrigerator door bins are well-cooled.
Great freezer temperature uniformity.
The Café CGE29DP2TS1 offers decent ice-making performance. The ice maker isn't very fast, but it will deliver enough ice for a couple or a small family. The ice tray is a little short and won't store much more than a day's worth of ice, so you might need to buy ice if you're hosting a party.
Short ice tray gives only decent capacity.
Slow ice production rate.
Performance Usages
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- Updated Oct 30, 2025: Review published.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Café CGE29DP2TS1 is available in five base finishes, with different door hardware finishes or no door handles. We tested the CGE29DP2TS1 model; here's its label. These refrigerators are also available with an external in-door water dispenser and in a counter-depth form factor. Our test results aren't representative of these variants.
| Model | Finish | Door Hardware Finish | Water Dispenser | Counter Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGE29DP2TS1 | Stainless Steel | Brushed Stainless | Internal AutoFill pitcher | No |
| CGE29DP3TD1 | Matte Black | Brushed Stainless | Internal AutoFill pitcher | No |
| CGE29DP4TW2 | Matte White | Brushed Bronze | Internal AutoFill pitcher | No |
| CGE29DM5TS5 | Platinum Glass | None | Internal AutoFill pitcher | No |
| CVE28DP2NS1 | Stainless Steel | Brushed Stainless | External in-door | No |
| CVE28DP3ND1 | Matte Black | Brushed Stainless | External in-door | No |
| CVE28DP4NW2 | Matte White | Brushed Bronze | External in-door | No |
| CJE23DP2WS1 | Stainless Steel | Brushed Stainless | Internal AutoFill pitcher | Yes |
| CJE23DP3WD1 | Matte Black | Brushed Stainless | Internal AutoFill pitcher | Yes |
| CJE23DP4WW2 | Matte White | Brushed Bronze | Internal AutoFill pitcher | Yes |
| CJE23DM5WS5 | Platinum Glass | None | Internal AutoFill pitcher | Yes |
| CXE22DP2PS1 | Stainless Steel | Brushed Stainless | External in-door | Yes |
| CXE22DP3PD1 | Matte Black | Brushed Stainless | External in-door | Yes |
| CXE22DP4PW2 | Matte White | Brushed Bronze | External in-door | Yes |
If you find another variant, please let us know in the comments, and we'll update our review.
Popular Refrigerator Comparisons
On the surface, the Café CGE29DP2TS1 appears to be just a GE Profile PGE29BYTFS with different colors and copper trim accents, but there are several key differences that improve the Café's performance. The Café has a very effective produce bin seal, offering superior produce preservation performance versus the GE Profile. In addition, the Café offers a little more space in the freezer since it adds a pull-out tray for wide, thin items like pizza boxes, and its separate temperature-controlled drawer has a "soft freeze" setting for gentle thawing or softening ice cream, something which the GE Profile doesn't offer. It's a much better performer than the similarly priced Fisher & Paykel Series 7 RF201AHJSX1 and compares favorably against the standout Bosch 500 Series B36FD52SNS, since it has the advantage of dual evaporators and delivers even better produce preservation performance.
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The Café CGE29DP2TS1 is a better fridge than the closely related GE Profile PGE29BYTFS. The Café has an excellent produce drawer seal, so its produce preservation performance is much better than the GE. It also has an extra tray in the freezer for wide, flat items like pizza boxes, and its separate pull-out drawer can function as a soft freezer. The GE offers a larger ice tray and a faster ice maker while also being much less expensive, so you have to evaluate whether these extra niceties are worth it for your needs.
The Café CGE29DP2TS1 is a slightly better fridge than the Bosch 500 Series B36FD52SNS. The Café has dual evaporators, leading to slightly better produce preservation performance despite the Bosch's excellent produce bin seal. The fridges perform quite similarly in most other respects, and even have very similar capacities. The Bosch does have an externally accessible in-door ice and water dispenser, though.
The Café CGE29DP2TS1 is a better fridge than the GE Profile PVD28BYNFS. The Café has a much better produce drawer seal and much better produce preservation performance. Since the Café doesn't have an ice maker in the fridge door, there's more capacity in the refrigerator, and the Café has much better temperature uniformity in the refrigerator. However, the GE does have an externally accessible in-door ice and water dispenser, if you find that more convenient than the Café's internal 'AutoFill' water pitcher.
The Café CGE29DP2TS1 is a much better fridge than the KitchenAid KRMF706ESS. The Café's produce drawer seal is much better than the KitchenAid's, and since the KitchenAid doesn't keep humidity in the fridge compartment as high as the Café, the KitchenAid's produce preservation performance is much worse. The KitchenAid's separate pull-out drawers are taller than the Café's, taking space away from the freezer, so the Café's freezer offers greater capacity. The KitchenAid has a thick, bulky ice maker in the fridge door, lowering the fridge capacity versus the Café, but you might find its externally accessible in-door water and ice dispenser more convenient than the Café's internal 'AutoFill' water dispenser pitcher.
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