Chest freezer for deer meat

Couple small chest freezers or a stand up. I don't like having a big one because it gets so much stuff in it you can't keep up with what you've got.

Someone needs to make a cylinder type freezer with a lazy susan on it. That way you can rotate it to keep the older stuff in the front. With the way freezers are now, you have to take everything out to put the new meat in the back. I just get lazy and use the new meat.

I bought the biggest upright freezer Sears had. I can't remember how many cu. ft or $, but it has plenty of room. I'm pretty meticulous about how I cut and package my game. I probably average about 8-10 deer every year (between Mississippi and LA), ducks, limits of turkeys, turtles and fish and such. Between my big upright, and my kitchen freezer I usually fit everything. Of course all that probably doesn't fit at once. We eat deer about 3-4x per week during deer season, then once or twice per week the rest of the year.

I suppose I got sidetracked there. From my experience the upright works best. You will stack it better because you can see it better, and you won't end up with a bunch of wasted meat that spoils on the bottom.

Also, get a food-saver, the best one you can afford.

Uprite is better IMO, my kids have moved out so we didn't cook as much this year and I have a little meat left over from last season, but I'll be able to easily keep it separated rather than piling new onto old. Good luck!

Chest types get colder, but if I remember correctly aren't they harder to defrost? The statements about the older meat getting lost at the bottom under the newer meet is very true. I lost a small chest type due to a compressor malfunction and when I cleaned it out...I had meat in there from 2+ years back.

Got a standup now...and it's easier to rotate the stock and keep the older stuff up front. Or on different shelves.