I don't think there is a new best refrigerator, for the same reason there isn't a new best AC or dishwasher. Govt.
For refrigeraton the govt. outlawed the good freon, to save the ozone, so you have to run the current refrigerant at higher pressures to get the same temp drop. The compressors are not up to snuff, especially that LG scroll compressor bs.
I have a Samsung French door, freezer bottom. Everything works fine except the ice maker. First of all its noisy. It does a defrost thing or something and pops very loud. We have an open floor plan with the master off the living room. Several nights I woke up sure someone just broke in, nope, ice make defrost. It still freezes up. At least once a month I have to get a big knife and chip ice for 5 minutes or so to get it to make ice again. The reservoir on the ice maker is also puny, and if you want a glass of crushed ice prepare for a 30 second wait for it to grind up that much.
Before this we rented a newish house that had an LG. Worked fine, except the plastic was already pealing up around the ice maker/water control buttons. The problem with it was the bottom freezer drawer would frost up behind it. This would stop some fan from spinning and then it would, get this, shut itself down. So everything defrosted. Thank god we had a garage chest freezer and were home the first time that happened.
Whirlpool used to have the best ice maker. They've probably found a way to cheapen it.
Dishwashers suck because the govt. cut down the amount of water they're allowed to use.
https://cei.org/content/cei-petition-department-energy-dishwasher-cycle-times