Freezers

Sears here has the medium size chest freezer for $208. However they will charge $35 to deliver it across town, which for me, is 3 miles. Don't know if this is true in bigger cities. I have to get a second freezer this year, soon, as my garden runnith over with bumper crops.
 
I use 4 small chest freezers. 1 for Salmon/Halibut/lingcod, one for venison, one for crab, and one for berries/vegetables. As one will get empty, I condense into another and unplug the empty. It is easy to organize when the whole freezer is filled with the same thing. When I want crab, I go to the crab freezer. When I want steak, venison freezer. These are 5.5 cubic feet freezers and hold about 160lbs in each.
 
Whirlpool is the brand to buy. They're still built right.

Upright model takes less floor space and shelves are easier to access. But every time you open the door, all the cold air "falls out".

Chest models probably hold more and they don't lose cold air opening the hatch door. But you might have to dig sometimes to find that one special package.

We bought our freezer slightly dented at a reduced price even though it was new. The dent has never bothered us at all.

Jack
 
I bought a big commercial upright with glass doors from an auction for a grocery store that went out of business. Holds a ton of stuff - no idea of cubic feet, but it's a lot. Total cost $400. It's a 220v unit though and had to get an electrician out to install an outlet for it in the garage. (add another $100 for that).

I like that it's frost free and easy to find stuff. The 220v compressor brings the temp down fast after a door has been opened. (It's designed to be opened as often as possible after all in the store.) Added a digital thermometer with memory for high/low temp. In addition to the game and fish I add to it, it gets half a side of beef twice a year.

Used commercial stuff is the way to go if you can find it cheap. Way better engineered than anything now made for consumer purchase.
 
Old and bad back so chest freezer has become a pain in the.......well it is a pain. One way to reduce risk is to learn to can. Canned game lasts as long and tastes as good and fits in your roasting pan or crockpot right away without having to wait for defrost. I keep my ground meat, brats and sausages in the freezer.

If I have a big power outage which I have had 3 times I only lose whats in the freezer and the canned stuff stays in the pantry still usable. just 2 little copper centavos from an old dinosaur who learned the hard way.

One last word of advice, when you get a refrigerator get one with the freezer on the bottom, pain in the tookus but a lot more energy efficient and less cold loss. Do without the automatic icemaker and ice water dispenser. They take power and are high maintenance. Make ice in trays and keep a pitcher of water in the fridge if you don't like it from the tap.
 
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