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My Nana’s Secret to Keeping a Deep Freezer Perfectly Organized How to Organize Your Deep Chest Freezer
Use these guidelines to help you decide what needs to go and what you can keep.
Draining Your Deep Chest Freezer
Once you’ve relocated all your foods, remove any baskets, bins, or dividers.
Once your freezer has defrosted, you will need to drain any standing water.
Follow your chest freezer’s recommendations for draining it.
In case you don’t have the manual, look for a spout on the outside of the freezer where you can connect a garden hose to it.
Others like my own, only have an opening (capped) and no way to attach a hose.
We keep our freezer in the garage so draining our freezer isn’t a hassle.
However, if your chest freezer is located in the home, you may need to either move the freezer outside to drain it or sop up as much water as possible with towels rather than opening the spout.
Note that not all of the water will drain so you will still need to use some sort of towel to absorb the rest.
For Small Chest Freezers:
Because I’m short, I usually tip the chest freezer onto its side to clean it properly.
It’s really the only way I can reach the bottom of the freezer.
You are not supposed to do that because it displaces the oil in the compressor.
However, if you can clean the freezer quickly, do so and then stand it upright again.
If you had it tipped for 30 minutes then let it stand for 30 minutes before plugging it back again.
If you had it tipped for 1 hour then let it stand 1 hour before plugging it back again.
You get the picture.
Homemade Cleaner Recipes You Can Use for Your Freezer
If your freezer requires some serious cleaning I suggest this recipe:
- 3 cups of baking soda
- 1 tablespoon of dish detergent
- enough water to create a paste
Slather the inside of your freezer with the paste above. Then spray with vinegar. Let it sit for a bit.
Use a scrub brush if there are any stubborn stains.
Next, with a wet cloth (I recommend using a hand towel), begin wiping down the inside of the freezer until you have collected all of the paste. Then, use a dry cloth to wipe down the surfaces.
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