Ot: freezer temp

[Promomx2]

We just bought a small freezer, 5.0. What temp should it be at? It's empty now, plan on hitting sam's club and grocery store tomorrow. Will the temp change once it's full?

 

[mum4jenn]

You want it to be at 0 degrees for the best way but if you can get it to stay under 10 degrees that should be ok as well.

 

[BrettS]

We just bought a small freezer, 5.0. What temp should it be at? It's empty now, plan on hitting sam's club and grocery store tomorrow. Will the temp change once it's full?

I did quite a bit of research when my wife and I bought our deep freezer. What I discovered is that your regular freezer should be at about 0 degrees. Your deep freezer should be lower... as low as -5 to -10 degrees. This will help keep food good a little longer, but any ice cream you store in that freezer will be very hard until it sits in your regular freezer for a day or two.

Don't rely on the freezer setting to test the temperature... instead use a thermometer (ideally a freezer thermometer). The temperature should stablize after you fill the freezer, so don't bother to take or set the temp until it's been filled. After it's filled, wait 24 hours and put the thermometer in (preferably nestle the thermometer between some of the items in the freezer... maybe between two bags of frozen vegitables) and wait 24 hours before you read the temp. Then, if you need to adjust the temp, adjust it and wait another 24 hours before you read it and make another adjustment (if necessary).

Good luck,
Brett

 

[sherry7]

Another thing to mention....

The more full your freezer is, the more energy efficient it will be. If you don't have enough food to fill it up, fill up some empty milk jugs with water (not quite full since they will expand), and put them on the bottom.

 

[wall*e2008]

We just bought a small freezer, 5.0. What temp should it be at? It's empty now, plan on hitting sam's club and grocery store tomorrow. Will the temp change once it's full?

Before you go shopping turn it on and put in water jugs. Wait until they are all frozen and then go shopping.

 

[Promomx2]

Thanks for ALLL the info. I knew I could count on my disfriends for the right info. It's gotten where now whenever we have a question, dh says, "ask the disboards".

 

[BrettS]

Thanks for ALLL the info. I knew I could count on my disfriends for the right info. It's gotten where now whenever we have a question, dh says, "ask the disboards".

That's one thing I love about this online community... there are tons of really smart people here that know about everything... and the mods are nice enough to let topics like this stay on the board even though they're not really Disney related. This is just such a magical place