My garage freezer died quietly last night and I lost $80 of food

Woke up this morning to a puddle on the floor and everything in my chest freezer from Costco was soft and warm. I think it stopped working sometime after midnight because the meat on top was still kinda cold but the bottom bags of frozen veggies were totally thawed. Had to toss out a whole batch of chicken thighs I bought on sale last Tuesday plus some homemade stock I was proud of. Anyone else had a freezer just give up without any warning noise or lights flickering first?

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spencer7829d ago

That $80 loss is just the entry fee for the "Freezer Roulette" club, welcome. My chest freezer pulled the same silent betrayal a few years back, except it took out a whole venison quarter from my buddy's hunting trip in Montana. The meat on top was still frosty so I thought everything was fine, but the stuff at the bottom was basically soup. The worst part is that you can't even be mad at it because it didn't make a sound, just died peacefully like a grandpa in his sleep. Now I keep a cheap thermometer in there with a loud alarm, because apparently freezers can't be trusted to give you a heads up anymore.

luna_wright9d ago

Died peacefully like a grandpa in his sleep" - that's hilarious and horrifying at the same time. But hold up, a whole venison quarter? Like a literal quarter of a deer, just sitting in your freezer? That must have been gutting when you realized it was ruined. I can't even imagine the smell when you finally opened it up and found soup at the bottom. That kind of loss would have me checking my freezer every single day for the next year, alarm or no alarm.

paul_taylor219d ago

Nah, $80 ain't bad for learning a lesson. I'd pay that again to avoid losing real meat.