Refrigerator and method of controlling the same

A refrigerator comprising:

• a refrigerator compartment;
• a dairy product maker provided inside the refrigerator compartment and to produce a dairy product;
• a control panel configured to receive a control command for the dairy product maker and display a state of the dairy product maker;
• and
• a controller configured to control the dairy product maker based on the received control command,
• wherein the dairy product maker comprises:
• a container to store milk to produce the dairy product or to store the produced dairy product;
• a heater configured to heat the milk stored in the container;
• a fan configured to supply cool air inside the refrigerator compartment to the container;
• and
• a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature inside of the dairy product maker, and
• wherein the controller operates the heater to turn on for a preset fermentation period to produce the dairy product in response to receiving the control command, to turn off the heater and to turn on the fan to cool down the inside of the container to a preset cooling temperature after the preset fermentation period has elapsed, and to control the fan to cool the inside of the container at a preset refrigeration temperature to keep the produced dairy product refrigerated in response to completing of the cooling down inside of the container, and
• wherein the preset refrigeration temperature is lower than the preset cooling temperature.