Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet with a fresh food chamber, a freezer chamber, and an aging chamber each defined in the cabinet. The refrigerator appliance also includes an aging chamber door mounted to the cabinet and movable between a closed position and an open position. A method of operating the refrigerator appliance includes receiving a meat aging input from a user interface of the refrigerator appliance and moving a lock configured to retain the aging chamber door in the closed position to a locked position whereby the aging chamber door is retained in the closed position in response to the meat aging input. The method also includes activating a dedicated humidity control system in fluid communication with the aging chamber and fluidly isolated from the fresh food chamber and the freezer chamber for an aging time after moving the lock to the locked position.

Abstract: A laundry appliance system includes a cabinet that is supported by a pedestal defining a pedestal chamber. A sterilization module is mounted within the pedestal chamber for sterilizing unsterilized items placed into the pedestal chamber. The sterilization module includes a sterilization housing defining a sterilization chamber and a sterilization light source, such as a UV-C ultraviolet light, that is positioned therein for illuminating the sterilization chamber. One or more walls may be positioned within the sterilization chamber to prevent direct line of sight of the sterilization light source from a housing inlet or outlet and an air handler is positioned in the sterilization housing for urging a flow of air through the sterilization chamber so that the flow of air is sterilized by the sterilization light source.