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01-13-2015 04:26 PM
It is so cold here I thought I would defrost the big freezer. It is in the basement and the garage is sooo cold so I took stuff out of the freezer and put it in the garage. The room the freezer is in is the furnace room so it is very warm. It is still a pain and hopefully I can soon put things back in.
01-13-2015 05:28 PM
01-13-2015 05:35 PM
Yes that is a pain to do when it's so cold. Our big freezer is in our garage. We always make sure it gets defrosted before it gets cold. We have a huge ice chest & a smaller one we put a lot of the stuff in. The freezer in the house has mostly ice & frozen fruit in it for smoothies so I pack it full off stuff when we defrost. A frost free freezer would be nice but before we bought this freezer I did a little research & these freezers you have to defrost yourself work better at keeping foods frozen without the defrost cycle going on & off. I always have to wear gloves when I'm removing & putting the food back in the freezer since it's so cold to hold onto the food while trying to move to the ice chests. DH defrosts the freezer & I always put the food in the ice chests & back in the freezer. I keep the food rotated so the fresher foods are in the back. I also like to organize it by the different foods so I can find what I'm looking for. DH has no idea when I bought what & he would just throw it all back in the freezer. We generally defrost spring & fall before it gets cold. DH uses a blow dryer to speed things up.
01-13-2015 05:37 PM
I have an older chest freezer (Kenmore) - 35 yrs. old which must be defrosted.
It's in the basement, so I just take everything out and put in baskets.
The freezer has a button which you push to warm the freezer walls and the ice just falls off in chunks and I just take them to the laundry tub to melt.
It doesn't take long at all - the worst part is just removing the food and putting it back in.
01-14-2015 11:39 AM
The truth is we really do not need that big freezer. We have a small chest type in the family room and 2 fridges w/ big freezers. I think I have almost convinced DH to turn it off.
01-17-2015 11:13 AM
My system is simple - have a 6 foot freezer in the heated basement - -
I store my food in boxes (closing flaps cut off - just a 4 sided box with bottom) and - they slide in and out like your bedroom dresser drawers.
I put frozen chicken in one box - one for beef - pork - breads.............
When it's time to defrost - simply pull the boxes off the shelves, stack them on the floor and they will remain frozen...
When defrosting is finished - simply slide the boxes back onto the freezer shelves! No more frozen fingers!
I defrost this freezer in an hour - did it this summer - use 2 hairdryers and when the ice chunks fall - throw them in a pail and dump in laundry tub.
It's soooooooooo easy to defrost!
01-19-2015 12:32 PM
I need to do that too but will wait until I can take it outside and let it defrost on the driveway this spring/summer.
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