According to the refrigerator and the control method thereof, an air supply fan is arranged at the communicating position of an air return duct and an air supply duct, the air supply fan rotates reversely when the refrigerator starts
defrosting, the air is blown from the air supply duct to the air return duct at the moment, and therefore hot air generated when a heater heats an
evaporator cannot be blown to a storage chamber; and the
refrigeration effect of the storage chamber in the
defrosting stage is ensured. Besides, the air supply duct and the air return duct are each internally provided with a
pressure sensor, whether the pressure is balanced or not is determined by detecting the
pressure difference of the two air ducts, when the
pressure difference is large, it is indicated that the pressure of the air return duct is large due to heating of the heater, at the moment, the
pressure difference between the two air ducts is large, and therefore the reverse rotation speed needs to be increased; according to the embodiment, the reverse rotation speed of the air supply fan is adjusted according to the pressure difference,
electric energy is saved, meanwhile, hot air generated when the heater heats the
evaporator can be prevented from being blown to the storage chamber, and the
refrigeration effect of the storage chamber in the
defrosting stage is guaranteed.