Manual Defrost Freezer...

[Bailey Guns]

Am I the only one dumb enough to still own one? Am I the only one who hasn't defrosted their non-frost-free freezer this century?

Holy crap. I found some mastodon steaks in there from a long ago hunting trip.

I found this guy way in the back:

http://s.ngm.com/2007/07/iceman/img/iceman-mummy-160.jpg

No telling how long he's been in there.

I wish the damn freezer would just die. But it works quite well and I can't see spending money on a new just because I'm too lazy to defrost it at least once every 20 years or so. What a PITA.

I suppose that now that I've endured the brain damage to defrost it it'll quit working. I know...if it ain't broke, don't fix (or defrost) it.

[ray1970]

They just don't make those things like they used too. [Awesom]

[Bailey Guns]

They just don't make those things like they used too. [Awesom]

I can only assume that's a good thing.

[Dave]

Nope, I still have one too. Got it off craiglist for $50 seven years ago and it still runs great.

[KestrelBike]

I defrosted the small fridge/freezer at work because a) there was no more space in planet hoth and b) everybody else was too fin lazy to give a taun-taun.

[Gman]

I have a chest freezer in the garage that I haven't defrosted since I bought it about a dozen years ago. Thank goodness this is such a dry climate.

[TFOGGER]

My wife and my sister defrosted my dad's 50's vintage freezer a couple of years back. It refused to restart afterward, after 60+ years of faithful service.

[Bailey Guns]

My wife and my sister defrosted my dad's 50's vintage freezer a couple of years back. It refused to restart afterward, after 60+ years of faithful service.

Oh...that's just freakin' great. I know that's what's gonna happen here.

I knew I shouldn't have done it but two shelves had frozen together and encrusted everything between them in a layer of permafrost.

I was actually kinda curious what was in there.

The EPA is gonna take the chunks of ice from this thing up to the arctic for the polar bears so they don't drown.

[ben4372]

Both my deep freezers are manual defrost. My thermometer probe is under 2 inches of ice. Word is auto defrost freezers suck. I'll defrost if I ever move. Sounds like I have 11 years or so before I need to worry about it.

[sabot_round]

Why were you keeping a frozen dude in your fridge?? [werdo]

[Mountain Boy]

I have an old beast bought off Craigs list 5 yrs ago for $50 as well. I occasionally scrape a few layers but all good. Word i hear is auto defrost will actually cause freezer burn because it thaws and freezes to keep the frost down. Deep freeze holds a more constant temp therfore protecting the goods.

[car-15]

I love mine, every once in a while I have to chip away the ice when it creeps towards the door seal.

[SideShow Bob]

Why were you keeping a frozen dude in your fridge?? [werdo]


Because he had the lowest bid for the maitenence contract for The Frozen Dead Guy......www.frozendeadguy.com/

[newracer]

My chest freezer is manual defrost, I think most are. I defrost mine at least every other year.

[Ashton]

So... No Bacon... Why bother creating a thread without ANY bacon and a freezer? Damnit.

[SAnd]

So... No Bacon... Why bother creating a thread without ANY bacon and a freezer? Damnit.
Because freezing meat is the first step in ruining it. A self defrosting freezer is even worse on meat and will ruin any stored food eventually. We're dry enough around here that we can get by without an automatic defroster. Some places they actually are necessary on a practical level.

On the other hand is bacon really meat? It seams to me it should have its own special place as a miracle food that can cure the most afflicted person of anything.

That's my position anyway.

[Bailey Guns]

So... No Bacon... Why bother creating a thread without ANY bacon and a freezer? Damnit.

Oh, there was bacon....from like 1994. It's yours if you want it. No charge.

[Byte Stryke]

Oh, there was bacon....from like 1994. It's yours if you want it. No charge.


Thats the great thing about Bacon, you can freeze it forever and then cook it up, its fine.
Bacon is like sex, there is not 'bad' bacon... some bacon is just better than others.

:D

[JM Ver. 2.0]

Yeah... That was probably better suited for the "tasteless jokes" thread.....

[Robert217]

I sell and service appliances and I personally would rather have a freezer older than 15 years, really the older the better. Just like everything else, we are a disposable society today. And there's nothing worse than your 7 year old freezer's cheap Chinese compressor failing and your trying to figure out what your gonna do with 300 pounds of rotten, stinky, bloody meat and that frozen zombie that u got on ice. And if you chose auto defrost there a three more parts that fail a lot to worry about, and your food will lose its quality twice as fast while its running normal, it will fail.