Refrigeration appliance with hidden user interface

A refrigeration appliance comprising:

• a cabinet defining a fresh-food compartment for storing food items in a temperature-controlled environment having a fresh-food target temperature above 0° C.;
• a freezer compartment disposed at an elevation vertically beneath the fresh-food compartment for storing food items in a temperature-controlled environment having a freezer target temperature that is less than or approximately equal to 0° C.;
• a refrigeration system that is operable to provide a cooling effect to an interior of the fresh-food and freezer compartments;
• a freezer drawer that can be slideably extracted from the freezer compartment to grant access to contents within the freezer drawer;
• a first door pivotally connected adjacent to a first lateral side to the cabinet with a hinge assembly to restrict access to a portion of the fresh-food compartment;
• a second door pivotally connected adjacent to a second lateral side to the cabinet with a hinge assembly to restrict access to another portion of the fresh-food compartment, the first and second doors each comprising substantially-planar side portions that comprise faces that oppose each other when the first and second doors are closed;
• a user interface that is at least partially recessed within the side portion of at least one of the first and second doors, wherein the user interface is substantially flush with the side portion such that the user interface is substantially hidden from view when the doors are closed, the user interface comprising:
• an input device to be manipulated by a user for controlling a temperature within at least one of the fresh-food and freezer compartments,
• a display device indicating a sensed temperature within the at least one of the fresh-food and freezer compartments, and
• a status indicator indicating a status of at least one of:
• a water filter provided to the refrigeration appliance, an air filter provided to the refrigeration appliance, and an operational state of the refrigeration system;
• cooperating mullion seal portions provided to the first and second doors adjacent to the side portions that cooperate to form a seal between the first and second doors when the first and second doors are closed;
• and
• a dispenser provided to the side portion of the door that is provided with the user interface, wherein the dispenser is operable to dispense at least one of water and ice through the side portion.