We will certainly not lie to you that a freezer is needed in every home where children live. Why? The logic is simple - two people have enough for a pack of dumplings in the fridge and in the freezer, a couple of ice buckets and ice cream for drinks. When it comes to having kids in your family, you start thinking about organic products and saving food. The best way to save food is to freeze it, so suddenly the three shelves in the fridge are no longer enough.
If you're already ripe for a new freezer, we'll give you some good tips on choosing one.
The operating principle of freezers is simple - a freon compressor cools the inside of the freezer to 20-25 degrees Celsius and maintains that temperature. No more features there. It is important for every family to choose the right freezer according to its type.
If you live in a private house and have a pantry or basement, consider a freezer box. You are opened from above, like a chest and stuffed food inside. It has no shelves, just a few bags for some products that should always be at hand.
If you are just planning on kitchen furniture and are considering buying household appliances, consider adding a built-in freezer next to the built-in refrigerator. It often comes in standard sizes, so it also fits under the counter next to your dishwasher or oven.
A simple built-in freezer is reminiscent of a fridge. You just need to adjust the colors so that your existing fridge does not look very different from the new freezer. You can build one in the basement, in the garage or in the kitchen. It is a versatile device that will come in handy at home.
Freezers can be as tall as refrigerators, so you can place them side by side and look like a two-door refrigerator. That’s right if you have enough space because it’s a big and wide device.
Freezer-boxes are still the largest. Their capacity is 300-400 liters. The larger ones are considered professional and hardly needed at home so much.
Fully-height freestanding freezers are next in order. Their capacity, like the refrigerator, is 180-250 liters.
"Half" built-in and built-in freezers are a bit more modest - they usually have a capacity of 70-100 liters.
How much food is that? If you crush all the food with a shredder and freeze that mass in a small freezer, it would hold about 50-70 kg. food. These are theoretical derivations because they do nothing. Frozen products come in different packages, so sometimes you have to be smart to put things together in a cost-effective and efficient way. 10 kg of meat, 5 kilograms of vegetables, 3 liters of ice cream, 10 packets of dumplings or other toppings, a few jars of frozen berries and mushrooms will fit perfectly into a small freezer.
As you read through the technical specifications, you will find that some write that it is possible to freeze at 4kg / 24h. This represents the rate of freezing. You put in 4 pounds of meat and after a day, that piece is all icy. This is a relatively slow freeze that is commonly found in less powerful and inexpensive freezers. The more powerful the freezer, the more kilograms it can freeze in 24 hours. Only temperature maintenance continues.
A large freestanding freezer usually cools 20 kg per day. Therefore, you can safely buy half a pig carcass and put the freshly cut meat in the freezer. It will freeze extremely fast. All the more so because most freezers have a QuickFreeze (or similar) feature - quick freeze. Then the temperature drops even more and the food is frozen quickly without any frost.
Not the last place should be the freezer energy class. A ++ class freezers are the most efficient. Most inexpensive freezers are Class A +. Depending on the power, they consume about 150-250 KW / h per year. This is not a very big expense (11 cents a kilowatt-hour of electricity will cost you between € 16.5 and € 27.5 per year. Theoretical estimates: When a refrigerator is given a large amount of refrigerated and constantly opening doors, energy costs can increase.
One of the most important features of a freezer is the maintenance of a negative temperature in the event of power failure. Better and larger refrigerators can maintain negative temperatures for at least 24 hours, and smaller ones for 15-18 hours. This is a sufficient amount of time for the hosts to find an alternative source of power in the event of a failure of the electrical installations.
Stand up freezers can only have shelves and drawers only. For this you should look at the product description and illustrations. Ideally, some drawers, some shelves. Why? Shelves are designed for larger foods because not all pieces of meat fit into the drawer. The drawer can hold frozen berries. Yes, just in the drawer. Or peas - you just take them and put them in a salad or soup right out of the freezer. The advantage of the shelves is that everything is visible what is put there. Plastic drawers are sometimes made of opaque plastic, so you should always open the drawer to understand what's out there. This is not very effective, because according to all the laws of Merfie, the item you are looking for will definitely be in the last drawer. Keep the freezer open longer - it uses more electricity to try to reset the temperature when the door is closed again. In addition, the spacing between shelves can usually be adjusted. Therefore, this solution is appropriate when it comes to placing larger items in the freezer.
Yes, the freezer compressor is buzzing. This is not a very pleasant sound that can interfere with a bedroom near the kitchen. Almost all specifications refer to decibels. Look for the one that least emits them. Such will be quiet enough. By the way, the sound is not continuous only when the compressor starts. If you close the freezer door fairly quickly, it will take a long time to "work", making fewer sounds.
The choice of freezers is quite considerable in the online store. Please review the technical information carefully.