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01-23-2023, 10:54 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Chattanooga
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Originally Posted by Philliefan33
I should show these posts to DH as Exhibit A supporting why I prefer a stand-up freezer vs a chest freezer
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I told him it’s harder to reach the bottom of a chest freezer and things get lost down there.
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When we moved recently we left behind a stand-up freezer (30 years old and still going strong) and replaced it with a chest freezer. I do miss the convenience of that old standup freezer but I use large vigor food storage bins inside the chest to help organize and to improve access. These transparent polycarbonate bins fit our freezer perfectly. Their length just about perfectly matches the width of the freezer. We have 12" x 18" bins, some 9" deep and some 6" deep. My freezer allows one 6" and two 9" bins to stack vertically inside. They have transparent lids and built in handles so you can lift the bins out and easily rummage around inside. It really improves the chest storage experience.
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01-23-2023, 11:00 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Chicago West Burbs
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When we cleaned out MIL's house a year ago, part of that was a stand-up freezer. All of the food was at least 20 years old. Some went back to 1996. Needless to say, we didn't even bother to check it. It all went directly to the garbage.
Some food in the freezer compartment of her fridge, was so freezer-burned, it could not be recognized.
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01-23-2023, 11:04 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Northern IL
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Originally Posted by fosterscik
... They have transparent lids and built in handles so you can lift the bins out and easily rummage around inside. It really improves the chest storage experience.
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Bins are a big help for an upright freezer too. I should "BTD" on some that really right sized to our freezer. Before I put some bins in there, DW would have a bunch of small containers/bags of spices/herbs, etc, and they'd get shoved to the back or fall under some other stuff. So related things go in each bin. With a bin, you can take it out, close the door, find what you need, then put it back w/o leaving the door open for so long, or freezing your fingers.
-ERD50
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01-23-2023, 12:25 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 6,499
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If it was at 0 Kelvin, it would have been better.
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01-23-2023, 12:27 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Western NC
Posts: 4,607
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The large, secondhand manual defrost chest freezer I bought was -20ºF after being plugged in overnight.
I've never changed the temperature setting & we use fruits from there that have been frozen for years.
Though even at that low temperature we use up any frozen meat within six months.
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01-23-2023, 12:52 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Chattanooga
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Originally Posted by ERD50
Bins are a big help for an upright freezer too. I should "BTD" on some that really right sized to our freezer. Before I put some bins in there, DW would have a bunch of small containers/bags of spices/herbs, etc, and they'd get shoved to the back or fall under some other stuff. So related things go in each bin. With a bin, you can take it out, close the door, find what you need, then put it back w/o leaving the door open for so long, or freezing your fingers.
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It is definitely a BTD opportunity
https://www.webstaurantstore.com/vig...7FB12189C.html
With lids, each container is about $25!!!
But they are very heavy duty and should last a very long time
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01-23-2023, 02:57 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 2,307
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I just discovered a 2+ year old pack of frozen geoduck in our chest freezer. Decided to give it w try and thawed (no bad smells) and grilled it - came out edible although I do seem to remember fresh geoduck tasting much better back when I lived in the PNW.
Bottom line, shellfish can often be problematic, but this one did not even taste suspicious, let alone make me sick.
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