Abstract: A twistable ice cube tray in an automatic ice-making system of a refrigeration appliance can produce small, chewable ice cubes. The twistable ice cube tray can receive water from a water filling system at a first end of the twistable ice cube tray. The twistable ice cube tray can include ice cavities for freezing the water into ice cubes having a mass of up to 1.5 grams. The twistable ice cube tray can also include slanted bridges, with each slanted bridge positioned between adjacent ice cavities. The slanted bridges can transfer the water from a first set of compartments at the first end to a second set of compartments at a second end of the twistable ice cube tray that is opposite the first end.

Abstract: An ice-making system that can produce ice pellets and can control the hardness of the ice pellets. For example, the ice-making system can include a housing defining an ice-making chamber. The housing can receive liquid. The ice-making system can further include a heat exchange system that can freeze the liquid in the housing to produce ice. The ice-making system can also include an extrusion head coupled with the housing. The extrusion head can include a plurality of openings that can receive the ice. Additionally, the ice-making system can include an auger positioned in a center of the housing. The auger can move the ice toward the extrusion head. The ice-making system can further include a heating element positioned proximate and external the extrusion head. A temperature of the heating element can be based on a preselected ice hardness level.

Abstract: A twistable ice cube tray in an automatic ice-making system of a refrigeration appliance can produce small, chewable ice cubes. The twistable ice cube tray can receive water from a water filling system at a first end of the twistable ice cube tray. The twistable ice cube tray can include ice cavities for freezing the water into ice cubes having a mass of up to 1.5 grams. The twistable ice cube tray can also include slanted bridges, with each slanted bridge positioned between adjacent ice cavities. The slanted bridges can transfer the water from a first set of compartments at the first end to a second set of compartments at a second end of the twistable ice cube tray that is opposite the first end.