Side access panel for an appliance

An appliance cabinet, comprising:

• an outer wrapper;
• a base including a first rail and a second rail, wherein the first rail and the second rail extend beyond a rear wall of the outer wrapper;
• a machine compartment disposed between the outer wrapper and the first and second rails;
• a first side access panel disposed between the outer wrapper and the first rail, the first side access panel including a bottom support flange and at least one support rib;
• and
• a second side access panel disposed between the outer wrapper and the second rail, the second side access panel including a bottom support flange and at least one support rib.

An appliance, comprising:

• an outer wrapper having sidewalls and defining a machine compartment;
• an inner liner adjacent the outer wrapper, wherein the outer wrapper and the inner liner together define a vacuum insulated structure;
• an attachment feature operably coupled to the wrapper proximate the sidewalls, the attachment feature including horizontal supports and vertical supports that define a lattice structure of the attachment feature;
• and
• a selectively removable side access panel removably coupled to the sidewalls to define at least one access point to the machine compartment, wherein the selectively removable side access panel defines grooves along an external surface.