Do you have a large freezer? How do you like it?

We have a chest type freezer and like it very much. I used to hunt and that helped up keep the meat.
Now, we buy food in bulk and repack it in sizes and containers which work best for our needs.

I have a refridgerator in my kitchen with a freezer, when it goes out I'm getting an all in 1 refrigerator.

I have a 22 Cubic Ft stand up freezer in my utility room. On my porch I have a 13 cu ft freezer and an old refridgerator for beer, eater and any other overflow from my kitchen fridge.

Freezer in shop that is for fish, meat & everything I cook & freeze into smaller batches
Got it when we sold my grandparents house, it will be replaced with a larger one when it goes out

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Well you know bigger is better... But now I will go chest-style.

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They each have their pros and cons. Parents have a stand up one in the basement, and while it can be easier to get stuff in and out of, it also is limited by the shelving and how you set that up. I've got an old chest freezer that was my grandparents, and you can store a ton in there, but you have to use baskets or something to keep it easy to get stuff out of the bottom. Also easy to forget what all is in there.

If you find at times you have extra space in there, I put a few gallon jugs with water in there to freeze. Once that is solid ice, if you do have an extended power outage, as long as you don't open it, it will give you several extra days without worrying about food thawing and spoiling. One of the drawbacks of buying in bulk or filling it with hunting/fishing meat is losing it all at once if you lose power.

We have a chest freezer and the frig/freezer from our first house in the garage. We have a chest freezer and 2 frig/freezers in the barn. We just bought a standup freezer for the garage after shooting a red deer and buying half a steer.

We only buy chicken at the store. All have temp sensors on them that text me if the temp get out of range.

My upright frost-free freezer is a 27 cu. ft. one and it is full between stuff from my garden, seafood, stocks, already prepared food and bulk food packed in smaller portions for use when needed.

I also have a large side by side in the kitchen and that freezer section is pretty stocked along with a smaller upright refrigerator/freezer with the small freezer on top that is loaded.

Personally, I'd never want a chest type freezer after having uprights all these years.

2 fridges, both with freezers and 2 large upright freezers. Love them all.

Worth it for a family to have an “extra” freezer. Get a big mfer.

We have two medium sized chest freezers, and they stay full. The wife bakes a lot and that takes up a good bit of room, the rest is cow and veggies and some fish.