John Kane wrote:
> On Mar 19, 7:36 am, "lyngiven" > wrote:
>> Please can someone adivise me on how long can I safely keep beef in my
>> home freezer.
>>
>> Thank you
>
> Depends on the freezer to some extend. If it is a self-defrosting
> refrigerator freezer probably a couple of weeks but I am judging by
> what it does to ice cream . With a good chest freezer probably 2-5
> years would be okay.
>
> John Kane, Kingston ON Canada
>

The newer frost free fridges work much better. We did a kitchen remodel
and had a working fridge but decided to get a new one. The old one had a
very noticeable rise in freezer temperature if you happened to open it
towards the end of the defrost cycle. Likely because the defrost was
simply a cycle on a timer which disabled the compressor and turned the
heaters on for a fixed time period. The new fridge does not have the
huge rise in freezer temperature. Probably because there is both a timer
and a thermostat to turn the heaters off.

The result is that items like ice cream don't get funky and I have never
seen freezer burn even on items that got buried or forgotten even though
we don't use vacuum sealer bags etc. Also they do a much better job on
having a uniform refrigerator temp. That means you can keep the
temperature lower without freezing in spots and stuff lasts forever. We
have never had soured milk or fuzzy yogurt with the new fridge. And the
fridge uses significantly less electricity than the one it replaced.