The invention relates to a refrigerator and a control method thereof. The refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, a storage
assembly and a refrigerating
system. The box body is provided with a storage chamber. The storage
assembly is located in the storage chamber and comprises a
phase change material. The refrigerating
system is configured to provide
cooling capacity for the storage chamber. The
phase change temperature and the temperature of the
phase change material are obtained. And then according to the phase-
change temperature of the phase-change material and the temperature of the phase-change material, the
cooling capacity provided by the refrigerating
system is controlled so that the deviation value between the phase-
change temperature of the phase-change material and the temperature of the phase-change material can be smaller than a preset value. In this way, the supply amount of the refrigerating capacity is controlled according to the temperature of the phase-change material, and therefore the temperature of the phase-change material tends to the phase-
change temperature. The phase-change material enables the storage chamber to be at the phase-change temperature stably through
cold storage and cold release, the temperature of the storage chamber is not prone to change when the door is opened and closed repeatedly, and stability is good. And the
phase change material is used for
cold storage and cold release, so that
energy consumption can be reduced.