Quick Answer: Thermador sells zero standalone ice makers — no countertop, nugget, or portable unit exists under the name. Ice only comes bundled into two very different, very expensive appliance categories: an undercounter refrigerator-freezer drawer (about $4,349-$5,049, ~5.2 lbs of standard ice per day, per Town Appliance and BrandSmart listings) or a freezer column with Thermador’s proprietary Diamond Ice shape (the 36-inch T36IF100SP runs $9,999-$10,999 per AJ Madison and Plesser’s, yet is rated at only about 2 lbs per 24 hours per Canadian Appliance’s listing). The genuine surprise: the pricier Diamond Ice path produces less ice per day than Thermador’s own cheaper refrigerator drawer, and neither one makes nugget ice at all.
If “Thermador ice maker” brought you here hoping for a chewable, Sonic-style nugget machine, that product doesn’t exist under this name. Thermador — the premium appliance brand behind the Professional-series ranges and Freedom refrigeration — treats ice as a built-in feature of its cooling columns, not a dedicated category.
The two paths to Thermador ice
| Model | Format | Ice type | Output | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T24UC905DP | 24" undercounter drawer (panel-ready) | Standard filtered | ~5.2 lbs/day | ~$4,349-$4,799 |
| T24UC915DS | 24" undercounter drawer (stainless) | Standard filtered | ~5.2 lbs/day | ~$4,549-$5,049 |
| T24UC925DS | 24" undercounter drawer (stainless) | Standard filtered | ~5.2 lbs/day | ~$4,549-$5,049 |
| T24ID905RP | 24" freezer column | Diamond Ice | ~2 lbs/24h | Column pricing varies by size/finish |
| T36IF100SP | 36" freezer column, dual ice makers | Mini Diamond Ice + Entertaining Ice | Not published per-maker | ~$9,999-$10,999 |
Prices and output per current Town Appliance, AJ Madison, BrandSmart, HomeWise Appliance, Canadian Appliance, and Plesser’s listings, October 2026 — confirm against an authorized Thermador dealer, since finish and drain configuration shift the final price.
Thermador T24UC915DS Undercounter Refrigerator
- A 24-inch undercounter refrigerator-freezer drawer, not a dedicated ice maker — the ice maker is one feature among several inside the unit, per AJ Madison and Town Appliance specs.
- Produces standard filtered ice, not nugget and not Diamond Ice — the shape and output match a typical built-in refrigerator ice maker, closer to what comes in a mainstream French-door fridge than to a specialty ice machine.
- Retailers list it at roughly $4,549 against a $5,049 MSRP, with AJ Madison and Town Appliance quoting the same figures.
Waiting on a built-in refrigerator install (plumber, cabinetry, delivery window) means going without ice for a stretch — Amazon Fresh can keep bagged ice on hand for the gap while the real installation gets scheduled.
Why the Diamond Ice column costs more and makes less
This is the part that surprises people comparing Thermador’s catalog: the 36-inch T36IF100SP freezer column with dual Diamond Ice makers lists at $9,999-$10,999, per AJ Madison and Plesser’s — roughly double the price of a Thermador undercounter refrigerator drawer. Yet the Diamond Ice format itself, per Canadian Appliance’s listing for the related T24ID905RP, is rated at only about 2 lbs of ice per 24 hours. Thermador’s own blog describes Diamond Ice as a uniquely shaped, slow-melting cube made with twist-tray technology — a texture and melt-rate feature, not a volume feature. The undercounter drawer’s plain filtered ice maker, at roughly a quarter of the price, is rated more than twice as productive at 5.2 lbs/day.
Neither number is a typo or a misprint carried over from a different model: they reflect two genuinely different engineering goals. The Diamond Ice system is built to make a slower-melting cube for drinks, not to fill a bin quickly, while the plain undercounter ice maker is a volume feature bolted onto a refrigerator. Anyone shopping by raw daily output should not assume Thermador’s priciest appliance makes the most ice — it’s built for a different job entirely.
Thermador vs. the competition
- vs. Bosch (sibling brand, same parent): Bosch, Thermador, and Gaggenau are all owned by BSH Home Appliances and share ice-maker replacement parts at the premium end — the shared 11036056 assembly runs roughly $230-$450. But Bosch’s story is about refrigerator parts pricing; Thermador’s is about a proprietary ice shape with a real output trade-off. See our Bosch ice maker guide.
- vs. Viking (closest premium peer): Viking at least sells a dedicated undercounter nugget ice maker (the FNIU515D, up to 65 lbs/24h, ~$5,169-$5,529) — Thermador has no equivalent standalone unit at any price. See our Viking ice maker review.
- vs. Marvel and U-Line (built-in specialists): Both brands sell dedicated built-in nugget or clear-ice units rated 50-65 lbs/24h, roughly 25-30x Thermador’s Diamond Ice output. See our Marvel ice maker review and U-Line ice maker review.
- vs. GE Profile Opal 2.0 (countertop nugget): The $429-549 Opal makes real chewable nugget ice at up to 38 lbs/day — more than 15x the Diamond Ice column’s rated output, at roughly 5% of the price, with no cabinetry cutout or plumber required. See our GE Opal 2.0 review.
Who should buy a Thermador ice maker?
Buy a Thermador undercounter refrigerator drawer if ice is a secondary feature to the refrigeration itself and a matched premium kitchen build is the priority. Buy the Diamond Ice freezer column specifically for the slower-melting cube shape at a cocktail bar or entertaining space — not for daily volume. Skip Thermador entirely if the goal is a dedicated nugget or high-output ice maker: Viking, Marvel, and U-Line all build standalone units for that job, and the GE Profile Opal 2.0 does it at a fraction of the cost with no installation at all.
The bottom line
“Thermador ice maker” doesn’t point to a product that exists on its own — only to an ice-making feature inside a $4,349+ refrigerator drawer or a $9,999+ freezer column. The one number worth remembering before shopping: the more expensive Diamond Ice column is rated at roughly 2 lbs of ice per 24 hours, less than half the ~5.2 lbs/day of Thermador’s own cheaper undercounter refrigerator, and a fraction of what a $429 countertop nugget machine delivers.