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| Three Generations of Service  |
Wife asked a question that has me wondering if such a thing exists, and if not, why not? Her idea of the perfect freezer is an upright model with say, 3 or 4 smaller doors/compartments so that you can store your frozen goods by category and only open that part of the freezer that has what you want. Idea is that it's easier than bending over pawing through a chest freezer looking for that package of pork chops and I'd think it would save some operating costs. Be there such a critter? Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | ||
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Never seen one, but it appears they exist. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Fr...FFFU14F2QW/205555907 I like that I have my chest freezer in the laundry room. If I had an upright version, I would have no place for it. NRA Benefactor Life Member | |||
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| 186,000 miles per second. It's the law. |
I have a spare fridge and freezer in the utility room. You can get them used very cheap. I could not live without them! I like to vacuum-pack quality meat in bulk quantities, and I love the fridge, packed with beverages, for entertaining. I also use the spare fridge for dry-aging quality meats. Almost forgot. Every Sept I buy cases of over-ripe organic Roma tomatoes very cheap, and make huge batches of tomato sauce and spaghetti sauce, and pack the freezer. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Not quite what I had in mind. That's just a basic upright freezer with shelves. Allows for sorting contents, but you open that big ol' door and all the cold air (being denser/heavier) "spills" out the bottom. Which is why I've always gone with chest freezers, more efficient. At least, that's what I've always been told. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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if you have money to burn http://www.norlake.com/nor-lak...or-reach-in-freezers "They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin, 1759-- Special Edition - Reverse TT 229ST.Sig Logo'd CTC Grips., Bedair guide rod | |||
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| Shit don't mean shit |
We bought a small Kenmore upright freezer several years ago. I specifically didn't want a chest freezer. I've had one in the past, and food gets "lost" at the bottom. We bought a 5.8 cu ft upright freezer from Sears. It measures ~ 21" X 23" X 57" tall. I love it and would never go back to a chest freezer! I only open it once every 2 - 3 weeks... I don't think the cold air escaping is a concern. http://www.sears.com/kenmore-5...ockNo=6&blockType=G6  After looking at the picture, I realized we definitely need more BACON! The bottom 2 shelves is some the elk meat I brought home this year (split it with 2 other guys). | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
Used to have a 25cf fridge only in the house and 22cf upright Kenmore freezer in the garage. Single door with multiple shelves. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
THERE ya go, exactly what I was looking for. Apparently, if ya hafta ask, you can't afford it.  Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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Perfect! First thing is drill a hole in the side for the hose on the kegerator. Other side top, chill my mugs. P226 9mm CT Springfield custom 1911 hardball Glock 21 Les Baer Special Tactical AR-15 | |||
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 Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
^^^Yowza! Lessee here...a beef critter, coupla hogs, 6 dozen chickens, coupla lambs, a deer critter or three and ummm.....BACON! Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
And a body or two. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Just thinking outside the box.  Does kinda lend a new meaning to "John Doe" tho.  Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Music's over turn out the lights  |
We have an upright Kenmore, been trouble free for 7-8 years. David W. Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud. -Sophocles | |||
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If you have a, say, 25cu ft freezer that's 80% full, you're really not transferring much heat if you open the door & cycle 100% of the air to 70*. I'm not going to bother testing it, but I'd say if you unplugged the freezer, opened the door, used a fan to cycle air for 30 sec, then closed the door, I doubt you'd have much perceptible temp rise an hour later (with the freezer still off). Maybe 0.5*F, probably less. In college, we had an HVAC lab on the top floor (walk in freezer that also could apply heat). One hypothesis we tested was to pack cases of beer up & try to calculate how long they would take to get cold. Even though we had remote monitoring, we usually ended the test early once we got thirsty. I have a small upright freezer, I much prefer it to a chest type for organizing & retrieving food. | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss |
I have a 12 chest (> 20 years old) and a 25 upright (new this year). Though it has worked like a charm for all these years, I really dislike the chest freezer for some of the previously mentioned reasons. The upright is great for organizing and being able to see what you've got in there. The one thing that I don't like about it though is that there are only four shelves in and it is difficult to stack things very high on the shelves without them sliding off so you get a lot of wasted space. It would be really nice if someone would invent one with shelves that had some kind of front on them to keep that from happening. Otherwise I'm happy with it. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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Only the strong survive |
They have baskets for some units to replace the shelves. 41 | |||
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Growing up we had a chest and a upright, the chest was for long term storage, only got opened to add bulk or to remove food to place in the upright for short term storage. We kept the chest as full as possible and the upright was kept full by putting plastic jugs of water in any available space so if we had a power outage the food in both would keep for a longer period of time (I lived in south Alabama 30 miles from the gulf and this was the era of hurricane Camille, frequent power outages). | |||
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Does anyone living in the south / southwest (e.g., Texas) where you can have extended periods of +100 degree days in the summer have a refrigerator freezer in the garage? Our 18 year old Amana in the kitchen bit the dust this week and we have another fridge on order for the kitchen. We'd like to put a backup /extra one in the garage (my wife would). We have space for a fridge or deep freeze in the laundry room but my wife really wants something in the garage. She practically lives in the yard during the warmer and summer months gardening and stuff so I know she'll want to have lots of cold Gatorade and ice available. Only the two of us live in the house so I expect it will be a smaller sized unit. I'm okay with having one in the garage as long as I don't have constant problems with it working well. So is a fridge in the garage a bad idea? Thanks! | |||
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Caribou gorn |
My upright freezer lives in the garage. It's an old Crosley... works great. I get into it a couple of times a week. I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log. | |||
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