Easiest Ways To Organize Any Freezer! Freezer Tips & Tour!

I'm showing you tips and tricks for maximizing space in your freezer, keeping items organized, and reducing food waste. Whether you have a chest freezer, an upright, or a combination refrigerator-freezer, these tips are for you!

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[krislange]

I'm pushing 76 and since 1972 we've always had a chest freezer. Then with the onset of "senior citizen" years, I found out that having a chest freezer - NOT FROSTLESS - was not a good idea. Upon having to scrape and collect ice from the bottom of the freezer I had to balance on my stomach to reach the bottom - I'm SHORT - and almost fell in head first a few times. Time to get an upright frost free freezer! Now we have two full size uprights and the fridge freezer. Just got a 1/2 of beef last week, so I have a lot of organizing to do!

[wickedbird]

😢😢I have a freezer in my basement. Each shelf has a job. And When my last freezer died, I saved the shelves and added them to my current freezer.

[corinehelton]

I have an upright freezer that was my grandma's - it's at least 45 years old and still going strong!

[janetdwyer]

My son said that’s a lot of freezer.i just bought two.i can’t keep running to the store every week.i will save more you showed me how thanks kimmi ❤

[Stacey_]

We have a small chest freezer and honestly it’s plenty for us. We are a family of 4 living at home and 2 grown and flown. Anymore and I get completely overwhelmed.

[Avalanche-Ice]

Love love LOVE Butcher Box! There are two good intrerviews on YT with the man who started/runs it. VERY interesting... I've "gone carniovore" -- (down 30 pounds in 4 mos) so having a freezer full of delicious meat helps! (The only time it's "a problem" is when I forget to put a pound of ground beef in the fridge to defrost, or a pair of steaks or chicken breasts in the souc vide (I like them to cook overnight...)

And an idea I rely on: since I'm a widow lady, I periodically but 10-11 organize green peppers at Whole Wallet; puree the life out them and freeze them in "peanut butter cup" silicon molds. Pop 'em oput in the closeable container -- and I have "fresh" green pepper to use as a seasoning without the risk of a full green pepper going slimy in the veg drawer! I also do onions; I 'tart up' spaghetti sauce in the crock pot, cook it overnight, then portion it out into 1- and 2-C portion, prerssure seal and freeze. (I also freeze some in the peanut butter cup molds to use in omelets or with my ground beef.

Also, when I buy a Costco rotisserie chicken, I break up the carcase, 'tart' it up (those handy onion and green pepper 'lozenges!), cover it with Costco's chicken broth, cook IT overnight (and break all the bones after8 or so hours -- let the marrow out!) -- then freeze it in 1 and 2 C "Souper" silicon molds -- VERY strong, don't tear like the cheap ones (ask me how I know!). When it's chilly, or I want something quick -- chuck one in the microwave, add a bit of the green pepper, and some butter: YUMMY, and very warming!

[saphire]

I am really glad that I’m not the only one that wants to wear gloves when touching things in the freezer. I have started to absolutely avoid the freezer because I hate the feeling of my hands being cold. Sometimes it actually radiates a pain into my whole body, it’s weird. I have been wanting to get another freezer for a long time now and couldn’t decide if I wanted to get a freezer fridge combo, the Costco freezer, or even invest in one of those big hefty fridge size freezers. Right now I have a deep freezer so having to dig to the bottom for things gloves are definitely a must.

[carolrodenbeck]

We have an upright freezer in the garage with bins labeled for beef, chicken, seafood, sausage/bacon, etc. All frozen veggies are on the top shelf, butter and nuts are in the door. I have had both a chest freezer and an upright and if I could only have one I would pick the upright every time. Thanks for the video Kimmy and congrats on your new home!

[dorothydaniels]

We have our fridge freezer and a chest freezer. Chest freezer gets all the meats and the basket in there we use for butter. The fridge freezer is all vegetables. We also have a paper inventory attached by magnet to the chest freezer. Chest freezers can get messy real quick so we have to have that inventory posted and keep up with it.

[joyfulhomemaker]

I have a full size freezer in my kitchen and a vertical deep freezer in my garage.
I organize very similar to this. My kitchen freezer is where I store the meats and veggies I plan to use for the week plus any frozen left overs and quick meals for busy evenings.
PS, I typically cook for 8-20 people because we are family of 4 but OFTEN have extended family over as well as host things a lot.
So I always cook for 8 and if the other family doesn’t come, I immediately freeze the left overs in single serving increments so that I have food easy and quick to defrost on the fly on busy days rather than grabbing take out.
My wallet and waist are so much happier

[betterlivingonabudget]

There is something so comforting about having a freezer full of butter, lol. Great job moving and organizing all of those freezers with a quasi-broken finger!

[auntrowdy]

I love Butcher Box. I’ve used them for a few years now. Not only is the quality amazing, but I enjoy the fact that I’m supporting smaller farmers.

[jenniferbinder]

Please, firmly insert tongue in cheek before reading! I love your channel. I usually find it super helpful. I was hoping to find some organizing inspiration for motivation. Instead I now feel woefully inadequate. I’m going to have to have my friend, Anne watch this and come over to help. I’m sure this will involve reciprocation, but needs must. I already use the bin system, but I know a lady at church who has her inventory on the outside of the freezer organized by crate. Each shelf or layer of the freezer has a layer on the marker board. And then there is a space for each crate on the correct layer. Changes to the inventory are made as she takes something out. Her family is trained to do the same.

[NaturesCadenceFarm]

Oh yes, we have two chest freezers and a full upright freezer. It's a must in order to buy a 1/2 cow and raise our own chickens. We love our freezers too!

[efitz]

I’m a minimalist and I would be so overwhelmed by having all the food inventory to manage. I’ve one upright freezer with drawers and a separate upright fridge with no freezer department. Your electric bill must be $$$$. I got some good ideas for organising, hopefully my other half will follow my system, he’s a ‘space organiser’ he finds a spot and puts things!😂
My Memory wouldn’t cope without labels! 😅

[sB-wlbp]

I am from London and I love my freezers too! I have a big family and am always hosting too. In the house, I have 1 x american style fridge freezer and in the garden shed, I have 1x chest freezer, 2 x tall drawer freezers and 1 x fridge freezer. I could do with some more 😊

[JenniferPerryMyScraproom]

I organize my in house bottom freezer as my "weekly meal plan freezer." Hubby has to park his car so close to the garage freezer that we can not get the door open if he is home. So I think ahead and pull out everything I will need for the week of cooking and put it in the kitchen freezer along with a few extra frozen veggies to give me some dinner sides options. We also have a small freezer on top of the "beer & water fridge" that is in the garage and I keep extra baking supplies (flour, butter ect) in there.

[dmccalldds]

While you can see well using those IKEA boxes, solid sides really reduce airflow. The vented, white boxes you showed early on really improve circulation, efficiency, and temperature consistency.

[rflcakepops]

We have two large stand up freezers, one large chest freezer, and two 7 cubic foot chest freezers. We raise our own beef, pork, chicken, turkey, and we hunt and fish. We also have a huge garden. What we don’t grow we locally source. Not much in the freezers is store bought. Four freezers are organized. I have one freezer that we put all the older food in to use up first.

[debbiecrouch]

We have both. I know the chest in power outages is best but I sure like the uprights better, it’s like the washer when your 5’ tall ya nearly have to go headfirst to grab when it gets down to half full!