While you might technically be able to fit 48 cans in this fridge, you will have a hard time removing any of them. The shelves are so close together that cans scrape the top of the fridge and sliding the shelves out is not an easy task when full. You could leave it only partially full, but because the shelves are so close together there is almost no air circulation. After 24 hours, loaded at about half capacity, the upper section finally reached 37 degrees, but according to an external thermometer and the frozen cans, the back of the fridge was closer to 30 degrees. The same temperature difference persisted when set to a higher temperature. I will be returning this item.