To avoid further dragging the corona thread off topic, moving the discussion about manual vs. automatic (sometimes called frost free) defrost freezers here. Pretty much every freezer / fridge combo is ...

A manual chest freezer is a durable, and generally affordable option to preserve food or store convenient freezer meals. But over time, frost buildup can affect its efficiency. Defrosting your chest ...

It houses your kids’ seemingly endless supply of chicken nuggets, ice cubes for your Friday night cocktails and more leftover pizza than you know what to do with. Your freezer is a veritable workhorse ...

Maybe you’ve always been someone who plans ahead—making an extra pan of lasagna and sticking it in the freezer or stocking up on groceries at the warehouse club. Or maybe with food prices ticking up, ...

Stand-alone freezers used to be little more than open boxes. That was especially true for chest freezers, though even uprights were short on organization. But just as we’ve seen improvements to ...

Q: What is the best method for defrosting a manual defrost freezer? A: Manual-defrost freezers should be defrosted at least once a year or when there is more than one-fourth inch of frost over a large ...

Freezers are a popular addition to many garages, helping keep lots of food safe to eat long term - but they could be a risk.

Most freezers come in at least three sizes. Our lab tests have surfaced the best model across each size. Most freezers can operate in a room where the temperature can reach up 110° F, but check ...

The magazine found several models -- upright and chests models -- that offer fine temperature performance and good energy efficiency, according to Celia Kuperszmid Lehrman, the magazine's deputy home ...