Kitchen

[Carmie]

@jackthebear   There used to be five, but there is only two of us now.

I freeze a lot of fruits and vegetables, baked goods, soups and premade meals.  I home can too. I cook extra and freeze for later.  Yesterday, I froze 13  quarts of sour cherries picked from my tree.

The last smaller chest freezer that I bought was for our summer place.  We boat a lot and use plenty of ice.  That freezer mostly contains ice and ice cream.

[BlueFinch]

My little garage chest freezer went out the end of last year.  It was only 20 years old, how could it .  Of course, I'm kidding, it was a faithful appliance. I even gave her a name.  Should've replaced it before the pandemic.

Beware if you're buying a big appliance.  Many are only delivering to a designated door.  They don't come in, nor can you arrange to have the old appliance removed.  

A friend had her fridge go out and they would only deliver just inside the garage door. So, she shoved it, herself, to a plug and there it stays, until she can get some help and junk pick-up for the old fridge.  

Everything is SO difficult now. Some tasks impossible, if you're secluding by yourself. 

[Snowpuppy]

Agreeing with @BlueFinch, check the terms of delivery for your appliances.

There isn't much B & M shopping where I live so I went online to buy a new stand alone freezer in March. Delivery terms were they drop it off at the end of your driveway at the curb. Still in the box. 

For inside, unboxed, plugged in, haul away the packaging it was $115 EXTRA. I had to ask the driver to level it as it wobbled. I'm stunned I wasn't charged for that, too.

It's been worth every single penny so far.

[sissel]

Thinking go to plan b get a smal side by side for the garage do drinks & use freezer I don't need huge. wow some have many freezers suprised me. 

[Razzy 7]

Carmie, since you have both chests and an upright, how about sharing what you see as the advantages and disadvantages of each style.

[Mominohio]

OUr Sam's Club has had freezers off and on a lot lately. They are small, the chest freezers I bought a few weeks ago are only 5 cubic foot, and they had about a dozen uprights, rather small too, this week when I was in there. 

I called around several weeks ago to all the usual places, and was told July and that was if you got on a wait list. I'm sure by now it is August or beyond for most places. 

[hellokitty]

Whirlpool chest freezers are made in Iowa.  

[DJs mom]

Wayfair has chest freezers.

[tiny 2]

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@Razzy 7 wrote:

Carmie, since you have both chests and an upright, how about sharing what you see as the advantages and disadvantages of each style.

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@Carmie  I don't think her call out worked so hoping this does.

@Razzy 7I(tiny 2) much prefer an upright. They are so much easier to organize and reach everything. My mom always had a large chest freezer. I could not deal with one due to RA.

[Carmie]

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@Razzy 7 wrote:

Carmie, since you have both chests and an upright, how about sharing what you see as the advantages and disadvantages of each style.

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Sorry, I didn't see your comments.

Uprights are easy to find things and keep them organized. They also are more expensive to operate.  When you open the door, you expose all of the food to the warm air in the room and it takes a while for the freezer to get back to the correct temp.

Things can shift and if they block a door from closing correctly, your food can thaw...it has happened more than once to me.  I was lucky nothing was completely thawed because it was caught in time.

Chest freezers are ackward.  I use tubs to keep food in or else things get lost.  You might want something burried in the bottom and can't find it.  They are cheaper to run and the temp does not drop once the door is opened.  Food doesn't shift and you can pack more things in there in the same amount of space as the upright.

If you just want a freezer to store extras...I would get an upright.

If you want to store serious foods..like sides of beef and a garden's bounty of summer produce, I would get a chest freezer and organized with plastic milk crates, etc.