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Posted: 10/5/2021 5:05:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/5/2021 5:08:29 PM EDT
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May I suggest you use the search function? Two threads (here, team) with activity as recent as yesterday.
Two multipaged archived threads also exist. |
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Posted: 10/5/2021 5:11:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: May I suggest you use the search function? Two threads (here, team) with activity as recent as yesterday. Two multipaged archived threads also exist. Lol…I guess I didn’t consider that chest freezers would be a hot topic. |
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Posted: 10/5/2021 5:12:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol…I guess I didn’t consider that chest freezers would be a hot topic. They are a cold topic. Probably why you’re having trouble |
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Posted: 10/5/2021 5:14:42 PM EDT
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Another question: Which have a one piece plastic insert? All the ones I’ve seen are made with aluminum panels inside, which would leak if they lose power. I guess I could use silicon calking, but I’d rather just a plastic one piece insert.
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Posted: 10/5/2021 5:16:39 PM EDT
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Get an upright 30+ cu foot
It's much easier to sort through shelves then dig to the bottom of a 3-4' deep freezer. IMHO |
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Posted: 10/5/2021 5:16:43 PM EDT
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Are freezers readily available now?
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Posted: 10/5/2021 5:41:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Get an upright 30+ cu foot It's much easier to sort through shelves then dig to the bottom of a 3-4' deep freezer. IMHO Not a bad idea, seems like much less of a PIA |
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Posted: 10/5/2021 5:43:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Are freezers readily available now? I have seen plenty of "off brand" ones at various big box stores. |
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Posted: 10/5/2021 5:45:57 PM EDT
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7cu ft from a big box store, make sure it has a light to indicate it has power.
They are the most economical size, plus when you have multiples, you can organize and have redundancy. They do multiply though, I have 6  
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Posted: 10/5/2021 5:53:29 PM EDT
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Uprights are the best. I have 2 ups and 2 chests.
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Posted: 10/5/2021 6:29:43 PM EDT
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I ended up getting two smaller chest freezers and filled the lower half of each with cases of water, just to avoid digging for things.
I believe some companies make them, but I've never seen an upright freezer that wasn't frost free. Which I've read several times is not a feature you want. |
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Posted: 10/5/2021 7:06:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I believe some companies make them, but I've never seen an upright freezer that wasn't frost free. Which I've read several times is not a feature you want. In other words, you have no experience with one and just repeating something you heard eh? This idea is something floated around without any basis of fact. I have pulled whole chickens from my upright after 6 months and cooked alongside a fresh from the grocers chicken - no difference. Look at the thread from yesterday. https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/Stand-Up-Side-by-side-Freezer-or-Chest-Freezer-/5-2493170/?page=1 |
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Posted: 10/5/2021 7:11:16 PM EDT
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Chest freezers are pretty basic, any of the normal brand names will work. If you need too keep it in your garage make sure it's garage rated, some of them are not.
I like a chest for long term storage, uprights are nice for day to day stuff. |
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Posted: 10/5/2021 7:18:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Chest freezers are pretty basic, any of the normal brand names will work. If you need too keep it in your garage make sure it's garage rated, some of them are not. I like a chest for long term storage, uprights are nice for day to day stuff. This. I paid extra for a chest freezer that would comfortably operate in a Florida garage. Check the operating temp range. Most of the cheap ones are designed to work in a temperature controlled environment. The cheap ones may work in a hot garage for a few years, but it will shorten the life span. |
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Posted: 10/5/2021 7:21:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In other words, you have no experience with one and just repeating something you heard eh? This idea is something floated around without any basis of fact. I have pulled whole chickens from my upright after 6 months and cooked alongside a fresh from the grocers chicken - no difference. Look at the thread from yesterday. https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/Stand-Up-Side-by-side-Freezer-or-Chest-Freezer-/5-2493170/?page=1 Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I believe some companies make them, but I've never seen an upright freezer that wasn't frost free. Which I've read several times is not a feature you want. In other words, you have no experience with one and just repeating something you heard eh? This idea is something floated around without any basis of fact. I have pulled whole chickens from my upright after 6 months and cooked alongside a fresh from the grocers chicken - no difference. Look at the thread from yesterday. https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/Stand-Up-Side-by-side-Freezer-or-Chest-Freezer-/5-2493170/?page=1 Which idea, that temperature fluctuation in a freezer probably isn't a good thing for storing food? |
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Posted: 10/5/2021 7:34:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This. I paid extra for a chest freezer that would comfortably operate in a Florida garage. Check the operating temp range. Most of the cheap ones are designed to work in a temperature controlled environment. The cheap ones may work in a hot garage for a few years, but it will shorten the life span. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Chest freezers are pretty basic, any of the normal brand names will work. If you need too keep it in your garage make sure it's garage rated, some of them are not. I like a chest for long term storage, uprights are nice for day to day stuff. This. I paid extra for a chest freezer that would comfortably operate in a Florida garage. Check the operating temp range. Most of the cheap ones are designed to work in a temperature controlled environment. The cheap ones may work in a hot garage for a few years, but it will shorten the life span. My sister lost an entire freezer of meat because they had one that wasn't garage rated. It saw some serious temperature swings, below zero that winter, then well over 100 in the garage in the summer. It didn't make it a year. |
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Posted: 10/5/2021 7:35:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Which idea, that temperature fluctuation in a freezer probably isn't a good thing for storing food? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I believe some companies make them, but I've never seen an upright freezer that wasn't frost free. Which I've read several times is not a feature you want. In other words, you have no experience with one and just repeating something you heard eh? This idea is something floated around without any basis of fact. I have pulled whole chickens from my upright after 6 months and cooked alongside a fresh from the grocers chicken - no difference. Look at the thread from yesterday. https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/Stand-Up-Side-by-side-Freezer-or-Chest-Freezer-/5-2493170/?page=1 Which idea, that temperature fluctuation in a freezer probably isn't a good thing for storing food? I don't like the idea of all the cold air just falling out of an upright every time you open it. Even with the chest freezer, I try to limit how often it's opened, and I'll move items up to the freezer/fridge in the kitchen in batches. |
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Posted: 10/5/2021 7:54:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Which idea, that temperature fluctuation in a freezer probably isn't a good thing for storing food? Quote HistoryQuoted: Which idea, that temperature fluctuation in a freezer probably isn't a good thing for storing food? Respectfully, you are discussing a theory that you have never tested or thought deeply about. Quoted: @stillerfan Maybe a frost free fridge from 40 years ago? I have temp sensors in my (frost free) freezer; the lowest temp so far in 15 months is -2F. The highest temp 10.7F, and that was for 6hrs we left the house with the freezer door ajar. It never went above 10.7F. The typical range is 3.2F ~ 5.0F. My freezer has a set temp of 4F. My compressor uses 95 watts while running. The heating element uses ~ 475 watts, they never run together. Compressor runs as needed, in average 1x every 4hrs for about 3 minutes (corroborated by reports from my APC Smart UPS). Read this: https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/Stand-Up-Side-by-side-Freezer-or-Chest-Freezer-/5-2493170/?page=1#i95155812 |
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Posted: 10/5/2021 8:15:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In other words, you have no experience with one and just repeating something you heard eh? This idea is something floated around without any basis of fact. I have pulled whole chickens from my upright after 6 months and cooked alongside a fresh from the grocers chicken - no difference. Look at the thread from yesterday. https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/Stand-Up-Side-by-side-Freezer-or-Chest-Freezer-/5-2493170/?page=1 Sorry - you either are a terrible cook or have a terrible palate or your grocery store is selling "fresh" that is actually FROZEN There is a Big difference between fresh and frozen chicken |
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Posted: 10/5/2021 8:20:02 PM EDT
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Any one you can find.
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Posted: 10/5/2021 8:31:24 PM EDT
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I bought a used no name chest freezer from a GI PCSing out for $50.
It is @ 14-16* F every time I open it. It's been running all summer in the garage. I keep ice, beans and rice, coffee,bread, and frozen vegetables in it. The only meat I put in it is chicken quarters for the dogs. SFSG |
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Posted: 10/5/2021 8:35:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sorry - you either are a terrible cook or have a terrible palate or your grocery store is selling "fresh" that is actually FROZEN There is a Big difference between fresh and frozen chicken When I want to learn things, I strive to do so from people with at least 51% integrity.  You have no idea what process I'm using to cook (typically smoker). Same applies to salmon or brisket (what I keep typically in the upright). |
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Posted: 10/5/2021 8:36:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In other words, you have no experience with one and just repeating something you heard eh? This idea is something floated around without any basis of fact. I have pulled whole chickens from my upright after 6 months and cooked alongside a fresh from the grocers chicken - no difference. Look at the thread from yesterday. https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/Stand-Up-Side-by-side-Freezer-or-Chest-Freezer-/5-2493170/?page=1 Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I believe some companies make them, but I've never seen an upright freezer that wasn't frost free. Which I've read several times is not a feature you want. In other words, you have no experience with one and just repeating something you heard eh? This idea is something floated around without any basis of fact. I have pulled whole chickens from my upright after 6 months and cooked alongside a fresh from the grocers chicken - no difference. Look at the thread from yesterday. https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/Stand-Up-Side-by-side-Freezer-or-Chest-Freezer-/5-2493170/?page=1 I cooked a whole chicken last week from 2016. It was in the factory bag and we couldn't tell any difference than if we had put it in there the week before. |
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