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Do not put a GFCI in for your refrigerator. It is not required by code
for a refrigerator, and not recommended for any appliance.

Firstly one needs to remember why GFCI outlets are required in certain areas
in the first place. That is for protection from some appliance or other
electrical device that is plugged into the GFCI plug if that appliance
happens to fall into a sink full of water. Having said that, I don't believe
a refrigerator is in any danger of falling into a sink full of water. Plugs
on countertops on either side of the sink should be GFCI, even if not
required by code. But you MUST do the minimum code requirements. GFCI plugs
in other areas that do not have a viable possibility of coming in contact
with water either from rain or from a sink do not need to be there.
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