Buying guide
Dometic DrawBar
Five bottles, close to the conversation.
The decision
Would five bottles cover the way you serve?
Dometic DrawBar is a compact wine-cooling drawer for an indoor kitchen or bar. Its appeal is easy to picture: open the drawer beside the serving space, choose a bottle and stay with the conversation. It holds up to five sealed bottles and lets you choose one of five temperature settings between 41°F and 63°F.
Choose it for a small serving selection
A few bottles for dinner, a favorite white ready for company, or wine kept close to the glasses. A single drawer can make sense when you want that convenience without dedicating a full-height cabinet to wine.
Plan more storage if you need more flexibility
Five bottle positions and one selected temperature are the important limits. If you want a larger collection, or whites and reds held at different temperatures at the same time, choose a storage arrangement that provides those separate spaces.
See the drawer
A place for every bottle.
Dometic DrawBar: bottle loading, lighting and drawer operation.
Check your bottles, not just the bottle count
The manual gives a maximum bottle diameter of 3.8 inches and a maximum internal load of 22.05 pounds. Measure the wider bottles you actually buy before loading, and leave room for air to circulate around them.
DrawBar is intended for closed, still-sealed wine bottles. Keep opened bottles and other drinks in storage suited to them. That makes this drawer most useful as a small selection waiting to be served.
Choose the front
Show the glass, or continue the cabinetry.
Dometic DrawBar 5C: clear glass
The factory glass front and handle are supplied. Choose this when you want the wine drawer to remain a visible appliance detail in the kitchen. Its overall size is 23.5 inches wide × 23.3 inches deep × 5.5 inches high.
Dometic DrawBar 5S: panel ready
The drawer is supplied without a decorative front so the kitchen can receive a matching cabinet panel. Have the panel and handle planned with the cabinetmaker. Its appliance dimensions before that decorative finish are 21.8 inches wide × 21.6 inches deep × 5.5 inches high.
The different overall dimensions do not mean the clear-glass model stores more wine. Both share the five-bottle format. Compare the completed fronts, handle positions and installation drawings before cabinetry is made.
Choose Dometic DrawBar with clear glass · Choose Dometic DrawBar panel ready
Plan the cabinet
The shallow height is only part of the fit.
The Americas manual’s cabinet illustration shows a 22–23-inch opening width, at least 24.1 inches of depth and 5.6 inches of height. Those are installation-space dimensions, separate from the visible front and the appliance body. Have the cabinetmaker use the complete drawing for the selected front.
Give the cooling system an air path
The shelf needs the rear ventilation cutouts shown in the manual, together with the supplied baffle-sponges arranged for the cabinet. Have the airflow path checked before the fronts are aligned; the cabinet needs to work for the cooling system as well as the drawer.
The mounting surface must be solid and level, and the housing must be secured to the cabinetry. Plan access to the power supply and enough space to open the drawer comfortably where people stand and serve.
DrawBar uses a 110–120-volt AC, 60 Hz supply and is rated at 84 watts in the Americas manual. It is designed for enclosed indoor buildings. A covered outdoor kitchen is a different environment; choose an outdoor-rated appliance for that project.
Temperature and everyday use
Choose the setting for what you plan to pour.
One drawer, one selected temperature
The five presets let you change the drawer’s setting for the wine you plan to serve. They do not create five independent temperature zones. If tonight’s selection needs two different temperatures, make that part of your storage and serving plan.
Keep the room in the plan
Dometic recommends an ambient temperature of 80°F or less for optimal efficiency and to ensure the drawer can reach and maintain its lowest setting. Ventilation and the room around the cabinet matter alongside the number selected on the control.
A little routine care
Before first use, the manual calls for water in the humidity tray until the sponge is covered. Check that tray regularly, keep the drawer seal clean and remove dust and dirt from the condenser as instructed. Load bottles with room for air to circulate and avoid leaving the drawer open longer than needed.
Soft interior lighting reveals the bottles when you open the drawer. Presentation mode keeps that light on. Demo mode is different: it switches the compressor and fans off. If a newly installed drawer lights up but does not cool, check that it has not been left in demo mode before assuming a cooling fault.
The Hearth Outpost view
A thoughtful addition to the serving space.
We like Dometic DrawBar when the aim is to keep a small, considered wine selection within reach of an indoor serving area. The drawer makes practical use of a shallow-height cabinet position and gives each bottle its own place. We would choose it for that daily convenience, then check the cabinet ventilation and room temperature carefully. If you need a larger collection or different temperatures at the same time, choose the storage around those requirements first.
Ratings cover the DrawBar Wine Cooling Drawers family.
Complete the order
Start with the finished kitchen in mind.
Choose the front with your cabinetmaker, then include mounting, ventilation and electrical work in the project plan. The appliance price is separate from that installation work.
Send us the cabinet plan and the front you prefer. We can help check the selected model and point your installer to the correct Americas drawings before the opening is cut.
Shop the ranges
Continue with the exact configuration.
Both cards show the current Shopify price for the exact front configuration. Include the decorative panel and handle in the panel-ready project plan.
Dometic
Dometic DrawBar 5C · clear-glass front
$1,449.00 $1,594.00
Clear-glass front and handle included. Cabinetry and installation are separate.
Dometic
Dometic DrawBar 5S · panel ready
$1,329.00 $1,462.00
Panel-ready appliance; decorative cabinet front and handle are separate.
Warranty and documents
Useful protection beyond the first year.
For eligible normal residential use, the Americas warranty includes specified parts, flat-rate labor and freight in the first year. The second year continues replacement-parts coverage, while the sealed system has three years of limited protection. That longer sealed-system term covers the listed compressor, condenser, dryer, connecting tubing and evaporator.
- Specified parts, flat-rate labor and freight
- Year 1
- Replacement parts only
- Year 2
- Listed sealed-system parts
- Through year 3
In years two and three, the applicable coverage is parts only; the owner pays labor and freight. Keep the original receipt from an authorized seller and follow the installation and care requirements. Use beyond normal residential service has a separate 60-day term, so a hospitality installation should be checked against that section before ordering.
Before ordering
A few details worth settling first.
Let’s find the right fit for your project.
Show us the cabinet opening, the bottles you want to keep close and the kitchen finish. We can help check whether DrawBar fits the way you entertain.
Speak to an Expert
Good questions
A clearer choice.
Can I keep different wines at separate temperatures?
DrawBar has one selected temperature for the drawer. Use separate temperature zones or another storage arrangement if you want different temperatures at the same time.
Can the drawer go in an outdoor kitchen?
The Americas manual specifies enclosed indoor buildings. Choose an outdoor-rated wine or beverage appliance for an outdoor project.
Does the panel-ready model include my cabinet front?
No. The panel-ready Dometic DrawBar 5S is supplied without a decorative front. Plan a matching panel and handle with your cabinetmaker.
Is this only a one-year warranty?
The eligible residential terms include first-year specified parts, flat-rate labor and freight, second-year replacement parts, and a three-year limited sealed-system term. Later coverage is parts only; read the full document for conditions.