REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE

1 . A refrigerator appliance, comprising:

a cabinet that defines a chilled chamber for receipt of food items for storage;

an ice maker mounted to said cabinet within the chilled chamber of said cabinet, said ice maker having a mold body for receipt of water for freezing;

a temperature sensor positioned adjacent the mold body of said ice maker; and

a controller in communication with said temperature sensor, said controller configured for:

receiving a first signal and a second signal from said temperature sensor;

determining a temperature of said mold body based upon the first signal; and

establishing a temperature of air within the chilled chamber of said cabinet based upon the second signal.

2 . The refrigerator appliance of claim 1 , wherein said step of receiving comprises receiving the first signal from said temperature sensor when said ice maker is producing ice.

3 . The refrigerator appliance of claim 2 , wherein said step of receiving comprises receiving the second signal from said temperature sensor when said ice maker is not producing ice.

4 . The refrigerator appliance of claim 1 , wherein said temperature sensor comprises a thermistor or thermocouple.

5 . The refrigerator appliance of claim 1 , wherein said temperature sensor is mounted to said ice maker at the mold body of said ice maker.

6 . The refrigerator appliance of claim 5 , wherein said temperature sensor is mounted to the mold body of said ice maker.

7 . The refrigerator appliance of claim 1 , wherein the temperature sensor is positioned within the mold body of said ice maker.

8 . A method for measuring temperatures within a refrigerator appliance, the refrigerator appliance having an ice maker disposed within a chilled chamber of the refrigerator appliance, the ice maker having a mold body and a temperature sensor positioned adjacent the mold body, the method comprising:

initiating a flow of liquid water into the mold body of the ice maker;

setting a condition of the ice maker to an ice making condition, a temperature measurement of the temperature sensor corresponding to a temperature of the mold body in the ice making condition;

measuring a temperature with the temperature sensor;

determining whether the water within the mold body has frozen based at least in part upon the temperature of said step of measuring; and

changing the condition of the ice maker to a frozen ice condition if water within the mold body has frozen at said step of determining, the temperature measurement of the temperature sensor corresponding to a temperature of the chilled chamber in the frozen ice condition.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising keeping the condition of the ice maker in the ice making condition if water within the mold body has not frozen at said step of determining.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising maintaining the condition of the ice maker in the ice making condition until water within the mold body has frozen.

11 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising harvesting ice from the ice maker if water within the mold body has frozen at said step of determining.

12 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising gauging a temperature with the temperature sensor after said step of changing.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising activating a refrigeration system of the refrigerator appliance based at least in part upon the temperature of said step of gauging.

14 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the temperature sensor comprises a thermistor or thermocouple.

15 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the temperature sensor is mounted to the mold body.

16 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the temperature sensor is positioned within the mold body.

17 . A refrigerator appliance, comprising:

a cabinet that defines a chilled chamber;

an ice maker positioned within the chilled chamber of said cabinet, said ice maker having a mold body for receipt of water for freezing; and

means for measuring a temperature of the mold body of said ice maker and a temperature of air within the chilled chamber of said cabinet.

18 . The refrigerator appliance of claim 17 , wherein said cabinet includes a rotatable door for permitting selective access to the chilled chamber of said cabinet, said ice maker mounted to the door of said cabinet.

19 . The refrigerator appliance of claim 18 , wherein said door defines the chilled chamber.

20 . The refrigerator appliance of claim 17 , wherein the chilled chamber of said cabinet comprises a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber, said ice maker positioned within the freezer chamber, said means for measuring configured for measuring the temperature of the mold body of said ice maker and a temperature of air within the freezer chamber.