What should I look for when buying a chest freezer?

Chest type freezer because its capacity is very big, economic and practical wait for a lot of advantages and become more and more popular. But how do you make sure the chest freezer you buy is right for you? How to use chest home freezer correctly at ordinary times?

• What kind of chest freezer should you buy?

• Typical functions of chest freezer

• What error will appear when using chest freezer?

What kind of chest freezer should you buy?

How will you use the chest freezer? If you plan to add a chest freezer to the freezer of the chest freezer, you may prefer to use a vertical chest type freezer to make the contents easier to view and use. If your goal is to buy meat or frozen foods in bulk and store them throughout the year, a freezer can provide you with more storage space, saving space and reducing energy consumption.

What size do you need? chest freezers come in 4 basic sizes: compact (ca. 5 cubic feet), small (6 to 9 cubic feet), medium (10 to 18 cubic feet) and large (19 cubic feet or more). The bigger the chest freezer, the higher the running cost, so don't buy a bigger chest type freezer than you need. If you want to supplement your chest freezer's freezer compartment, you may only need a compact or small chest freezer. If you want to store meat, you may need to use a medium or large freezer.

Where will the chest freezer be stored? Measure the space to place the freezer. Make sure to leave a few inches of space around the freezer for air circulation and enough room to open the door. Also, measure the doorway that the chest freezer must pass through during delivery to make sure it fits. However, choosing your chest type freezer space is not just about size. For example, are you going to store it in an unheated garage? If so, make sure it can withstand the typical temperature range you live in. If you keep the chest freezer somewhere in your home, choose a quiet model.

What features do you want? Like anything else, freezers can be basic or have many functions. The more trouble, the more cost, so you only get what you really want. What most people want are indoor lights, adjustable shelves, and boot indicators. Other features are important to some, but not to others. For example, a safety lock might be important to a child's parents. Gardeners and hunters might like the quick freeze feature. Also, if you like ice cream, some freezers have a soft freeze to keep the ice cream consistent with the scoop.

What is a cost/benefit analysis? If you use a chest freezer regularly, you can save money by freezing extra produce, buying meat in bulk, buying freezable groceries during sales and storing the proceeds of hunting or fishing to easily recoup the purchase price. If freezers can help reduce your monthly grocery bill by $3 to $5, you can even offset $25 to $50 in annual energy costs.

How much is a chest freezer? The average price of a chest type freezer ranges from $150 to $700. Vertical freezers for manual defrosting range from $150 to $700, and automatic defrosting ranges from $300 to $800. And don't forget that you may want to deliver a new chest freezer, which adds $40 to $100 to the total cost, depending on the distance between the supplier and the delivery location. Many stores offer free delivery; Make sure you ask before you buy. There may be an additional charge to connect to the ice maker function (you need to connect to the water source).

Typical functions of chest freezer

1.       In contrast to chest freezers, chest home freezers have limited bells and whistles - no direct access to the door of the water cooler, quick-cooling drawers or high-tech multimedia products. The job of the freezer is simple: keep food frozen. When buying freezers, you may want to consider several features, although they all add to the cost:

2.       The temperature alarm system will sound when the internal temperature rises to unsafe levels.

3.       Electromagnetic door gaskets provide airtight seals.

4.       The door closers function ensures that the door or cover closes automatically.

5.       Energy star label (note that energy savings vary by model).

6.       An option that allows the freezer to operate efficiently at ambient temperatures ranging from 32 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit - most important if you intend to keep the freezer in a garage, basement, or other space where the temperature is not controlled.

7.       Easy to use internal controls so you don't have to move items to check or change the temperature (or external controls, so you don't even have to open the chest freezer).

8.       With internal lighting and external power on, you don't need to open the door or cover to check the temperature to know the chest freezer is working properly.

9.       A child lock device with a pop-up key that securely locks the chest freezer door and pops the key to prevent it from being left in the lock.

10.    Warranty period; The standard warranty for most major manufacturers is one year, with extended warranties of two, three and in some cases even four years.

What error will appear when using chest freezer?

Mistake area 1: freezer freezer can "sterilize". Most people think that putting food in a low-temperature freezer will kill bacteria. However, it is not what people think. In fact, many bacteria can survive in the environment of 0 ~ 5℃ or even lower temperature. The low temperature in the freezer can't freeze the bacteria to death, but reduce their reproduction rate. Therefore, the supermarket in the low temperature cooked food is best to buy back to fully heated before eating.

2. Wrap it in plastic wrap and you'll get more bacteria. Some people believe that wrapping food in plastic wrap creates more bacteria. However, if food is placed directly in the chest freezer, it will increase the chance of infecting other food bacteria in the chest home freezer. In addition, with no bacterial contamination of plastic wrap sealed storage, can also reduce the water loss of food, play a role in keeping fresh food taste will not change the original taste of food. If you want to keep the fresh effect more perfect, the tupperware is a better choice.

Miss area 3: put raw food cooked food together. Should be chest type freezer inside feed and cooked food cent open, in order to prevent cross contamination, avoid by all means is born ripe mix put. Raw food can be contaminated with parasites or bacteria. If put together with cooked food, it is easy to cause pollution to cooked food, so as to affect people's health. In addition, raw and cooked foods require different temperatures for refrigeration and are not suitable for storage together. Try to keep your food at the right temperature to keep it fresh and free of bacteria, and store raw food in a deep freezer.

Choosing a chest freezer according to your needs can help you avoid buying equipment that is not easy to use. If you want to buy high-quality chest freezer with reasonable price, Meibaijia Electrical Technology Company can provide you with the best products.