A refrigerator preservation control method and a refrigerator. The refrigerator comprises a box body and a freezer preservation compartment. The box body defines at least one storage compartment. The freezer preservation compartment is arranged in the storage compartment. The refrigerator preservation control method comprises: detecting whether an object to be processed is placed in the freezer preservation compartment; if so, then acquiring the temperature of the object; acquiring a correspondence between preset temperatures of the object and operating modes of the refrigerator; and controlling the refrigerator to operate in accordance with an operating mode corresponding to the temperature of the object. The use of the solution of the present invention may detect the temperature of the object placed in the freezer preservation compartment, and control the refrigerator to operate in accordance with different operating modes according to differences in the temperature of the object, thereby achieving instant preservation.