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Well CRAP....................................
William81
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Sometime in the last few days, our freezer crapped out….
The part that really kills me is the 100+ lbs of venison I harvested last fall is gone right as the grilling season is about to go into full swing 😲
Rolled to town and picked out a new freezer that will be delivered on Thursday…… Insurance relief is available but would be pretty much a wash with the deductible, so it would be likely to cost me in the long run by filing a claim…
Oh well….what else do you do….
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Been there and it isn't funny. Losing that much venison is a darn shame. Money can't replace the venture of hunting and preparing the meat ect.
Same thing happened to me a few years ago. A real sloppy mess to clean up. Living in the city I took the trash bags to the grocery store dumpster.
Darn shame
Well dang. Hopefully your new one will have an alarm when it is not working.
Freezer monitors are relatively cheap vs a freezer full of meat.
Truly sad sorry about the bad luck
Close to 40 yrs ago my wife and I went on vacation For a week
My parents were watching our place At Some point unknowling they flipped the switch powering the freezer maybe they thought a light switch
Any way when we got home
The smell and mess were what could be expected and then some of a freezer full of meat in middle of summer
Bought an inexpensive alarm from the Amazons that plugs into the freezer outlet, and if the GFCI trips or the power goes out, it flashes and has an audible alarm. It saved a load of venison last year.
Sorry for your loss, been there myself but we caught it soon enough to have one hell of a cookout only lost about half what we had the rest was still cool enough to cook that day.
Throw the meat out in the woods so the possums can eat.
As others mentioned, freezer alarms are indispensable and while too late for this time, are worth the price. Our deep freeze has one built in, but we added a battery powered one to both our deep freeze and our fridge/freezer. One display monitors them both and we can set an audible alarm in case we don't see the LCD display. I have ours set at 20 F. Sometimes when we are stocking the freezer after a grocery run, it will jump up to the upper teens for a short period.
This is what we got: Acu-rite digital Wireless Fridge and Freezer thermometer with alarm. Model # 00986M
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QJVU78/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
That hit it right on the head !!!!! I always enjoy showing up with a new venison dish or even just a good old pot of venison Chili when attending get togethers.
Well, it's probably no consolation but at least it wasn't mid August and you'd been gone for 2 weeks! A buddy of mine did that and I went and helped him get it out of his garage. I'm gaggin' just remembering the smell!
I got really lucky a couple of years ago. I went out to get something from the freezer and discovered it wasn't running. I only lost about 15 pounds of venison and some vegetables that were in the door, the rest was still frozen, stacked on the bottom shelves. Made a mad and expensive dash to Lowe's! I need to get one of those alarms!
"we lost most of a freezer full of food last spring when storms blew through and knocked out our power for several days."
It only takes ONE incident like that to cover the cost of a portable generator. Living in a very rural area, having a generator is required as power outages can occur at any time and for any length of time.
It might be considered overkill but we have three generators. A small 'suitcase' size that's easily portable. A medium sized propane fueled that can power most of the essentials. A big 220V welder/generator that can power any/all needs.
I've never felt I spent too much on aux power options.
We had a storm several years ago that left us without power for several days. The freezer was part of the claim we filed because there was roof damage and the barn was damaged as well. Losing all the frozen food and dealing with cleaning it out and taking the freezer away to the dump made me so upset that we never replaced it….not until covid came and people were freaking out like it was the end of the world. We found a large deep freeze and bought it. I wish I hadn't. I really don't need this thing. Its full of food, we don't cook much. My plan is to get rid of it and get a smaller one.
I have two midsized generators sitting in the garage . Ready to go at all times . Two freezers one small and a larger one .
Learned my lesson 30 years ago . Freezer was in an outbuilding. Varmits knocked the plug out of the socket. Lost it all , including a 4lb 12 oz crappie I was going to have mounted .
It is all gone now……New freezer being delivered in the morning… Sad thing is there is nothing to put in it…