Michael Horowitz wrote:
>
> Folks - I'd like to partition my chest freezer into two spaces:
> One partition would hold items I would use in the short term and would
> contain prepared/sealed meals and produce that, should the power go
> off for an extended period of time, we'd eat until the stuff starts to
> thaw.
> The other partition would hold things I won't need to get to, but
> would like to protect them in hopes the power would be restored in a
> reasonable period of time.
>
> Can anyone suggest how I can insulate the second partition in hopes
> of extending the life of its contents? - Mike



1. Intuition tells me that partitioning the freezer
would block air-and-cold circulation and might
be a Bad Thing.

2. Unless you have a gas stove, you can't cook during
a power outage anyway.

That said, my elderly father-in-law swears by laying
a sheet of styrofoam (about 2 inches thick) across
the top of the food in his chest frreezer. He says
it provides "extra insulation". YMMV

gloria p