Freezer for Meat

Jester · 08-16-2008, 12:38 PM

I'm about to be in the market for a freezer for the casa. Any suggestions on a brand and things I should consider when out shopping for one?

thillin · 08-16-2008, 12:40 PM

I suggest an upright. Better for your back and easier to find things.

OSD · 08-16-2008, 12:56 PM

I would go for an upright. Also think the same way about a freezer as you would a smoker. Buy it bigger than you think you will need.

Trucky1008 · 08-16-2008, 02:18 PM

I picked up this freezer for $400 from a business closing. Lots of space. It was a steal!

Smokin Gator · 08-16-2008, 02:23 PM

Yep... get an upright. I had a chest and it drove me crazy. I picked up a very clean upright off of CL for $100 or so.

Jester · 08-16-2008, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Trucky1008

I picked up this freezer for $400 from a business closing. Lots of space. It was a steal!

Holy cow Trucky that thing is sweet!

And thank you for the advice fellas, I'm going to check Craig's List until I can find just the right one. I agree with y'all that upright is the right way to go.

Jorge · 08-16-2008, 03:56 PM

You can also keep an eye on your local Lowe's and Home Depot. We got a great deal on a returned upright, that's paid for itself in less than a year by stocking up on meat when it's on sale. We got the extended warranty, that paid for itself with the seal started to come off the door.

qman · 08-16-2008, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Jorge

You can also keep an eye on your local Lowe's and Home Depot. We got a great deal on a returned upright, that's paid for itself in less than a year by stocking up on meat when it's on sale. We got the extended warranty, that paid for itself with the seal started to come off the door.

Same here, and in my opinion this is the best way to go. The new freezers are much more efficient and will use much less energy, so you save two ways. Also, the extended warrenty is a real life saver [though I am not usually a proponent of extended warrentys]. I found that the compressors on the new generation freezers are not built for repair. I got a warrenty with full replacement clause.

As to brand, doesn't matter what name is on it, they all come from the same factory.

Kevin · 08-16-2008, 05:15 PM

Agree with what these fellows all said. I have 2 upright freezers to help keep things sorted. Keep your freezer full and it will not use much energy.

Cabntmkr1 · 08-16-2008, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by thillin

I suggest an upright. Better for your back and easier to find things.

Ditto!

Quiggs · 08-16-2008, 05:41 PM

One thing a long time rancher taught me was to buy "Non frost free" type of freezer. In combination with food sealer bags some food will last years.

Frost free freezers have heaters in the walls that cycle to keep ice from forming, but it also dries everything out (freezer burn) in the freezer. Had a box type for years but I did switch to upright because of forgetting what was buryed below the first level. Bonus is non frost free are usually cheaper at Homer and Lowes.

08-16-2008, 12:38 PM	#1
Jester Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 03-26-08 Location: Austin .:. TX	Freezer for Meat I'm about to be in the market for a freezer for the casa. Any suggestions on a brand and things I should consider when out shopping for one?

08-16-2008, 12:40 PM	#2
thillin somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-21-04 Location: Keller, Texas	I suggest an upright. Better for your back and easier to find things. __________________ Med Spicewine-adopted 3/13/10 *CL Score* 2 Large BGEs(pimped out w/Thirdeye Eggcessories)-hatched 6/4/07 & 4/20/11 Med BGE-adopted 2/2/08 *CL Score* -SOLD Mini BGE-adopted 1/31/08 *CL Score* Traeger 075-adopted 12/3/11 CL Score Weber 1 touch *CL Score* Weber Spirit 500 *CL Score* Weber Smokey Joe Silver *CL Score* BLUE & RED Thermapens Klose 20x42-SOLD Paddlin Pigs BBQ Ty

08-16-2008, 12:56 PM	#3
OSD is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 12-22-05 Location: Pinellas Park, Fl.	I would go for an upright. Also think the same way about a freezer as you would a smoker. Buy it bigger than you think you will need. __________________ Jim

08-16-2008, 02:18 PM	#4
Trucky1008 is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 05-26-08 Location: Omaha, NE	I picked up this freezer for $400 from a business closing. Lots of space. It was a steal! __________________ Don Pork Patrol BBQ Jambo Backyard Gateway Drum Fast Eddy FEC100 X2 BGE- Large x2 Certified MOINK Ball Maker, 2008 KCBS Member and CBJ 8.5 X 28' ATC Trailer

08-16-2008, 02:23 PM	#5
Smokin Gator Babbling Farker Join Date: 12-01-06 Location: Fernandina Beach FL	Yep... get an upright. I had a chest and it drove me crazy. I picked up a very clean upright off of CL for $100 or so. __________________ [SIZE="2"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Food! It's the second most important thing to a young man, and the most important to an old one.[/FONT][/SIZE] ______________________________________________ -Brent Smokin Gators BBQ Team Medium Amazin' Blue Spicewine - It's a Swamp Thing UDS Large BGE - Adopted Medium BGE - Adopted Weber 22 inch w/mods Weber SJP Stoker Weber Genesis Silver C Gasser Constant wood lurker FBA CBJ

08-16-2008, 03:56 PM	#7
Jorge somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-23-04 Location: DFW, San AntonioTx	You can also keep an eye on your local Lowe's and Home Depot. We got a great deal on a returned upright, that's paid for itself in less than a year by stocking up on meat when it's on sale. We got the extended warranty, that paid for itself with the seal started to come off the door. __________________ You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. --Frank Zappa Keeping Valspar in BBQ, one cook at a time. Recipient of a Huggies box! Shut up, and cook!!!!

08-16-2008, 05:15 PM	#9
Kevin Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 02-06-05 Location: Southern Minnesota	Agree with what these fellows all said. I have 2 upright freezers to help keep things sorted. Keep your freezer full and it will not use much energy. __________________ Kevin

08-16-2008, 05:41 PM	#11
Quiggs Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 06-10-08 Location: Lake Havasu City, AZ	One thing a long time rancher taught me was to buy "Non frost free" type of freezer. In combination with food sealer bags some food will last years. Frost free freezers have heaters in the walls that cycle to keep ice from forming, but it also dries everything out (freezer burn) in the freezer. Had a box type for years but I did switch to upright because of forgetting what was buryed below the first level. Bonus is non frost free are usually cheaper at Homer and Lowes. __________________ Dave Q, Smokin Dead Meat BBQ WSM & 22" WSM UDS 22" gold and silver El Cheapo Offset Smokey Joe Gasser Granpa's 1943 custom 3' portable fire bricked rotisserie

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