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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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If you keep a refrigerator or freezer on your back porch, in the garage, or any other normally unheated area, you may want to pick a manual defrost model. Automatic defrosting systems can be thrown ...

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, ...

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If you have an extra refrigerator or freezer, don`t keep it in an area where the temperature falls below 60 degrees Fahrenheit, advises the Major Appliance Consumer Action Panel. Combination ...