Before I got the Maytag Bottom-Freezer Refrigerator, I was not sure if I would like having the freezer compartment on the bottom. I have seen family and friends with this type of set up and it seems like every time they opened their freezer, it was a mess and their food would easily get buried. The MAJOR difference between those refrigerators and my Maytag Bottom-Freezer Refrigerator is that my freezer is not a pull out drawer – the hinged door ...