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I’m looking into buying a chest freezer that will be kept in the garage. Can anyone recommend a make that will not easily rust?
It’s my intention to convert this chest freezer into a chest fridge. Any idea how much an electrician will charge to convert a freezer to a fridge?
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It’s my intention to convert this chest freezer into a chest fridge. Any idea how much an electrician will charge to convert a freezer to a fridge?
Erm.. Why ?
Most will take a long while to rust.
It should just be a matter of changing the stat as long as nothing touches the walls.
Bryan
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I bought a freezer for my kitchen a few years ago, which in no time at all had tiny dots of rust all over. I’m imagining that if a freezer is kept in the garage the problem will be much worse. Looks ugly and unhygienic.
The conversion from the freezer to the fridge is due to the fact that I have a hog roast business – so will want to keep whole pigs chilled – and not frozen…
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hogi wrote:so will want to keep whole pigs chilled – and not frozen…
Iwan, I believe it is necessary to store animal carcasses it such a way as to provide sufficient air circulation between each animal. To prevent cross contamination and an even controlled temperature throughout. A chest freezer is far from ideal for this purpose.
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Conversion from a freezer to a fridge is of course possible but in the environment and with the purpose in mind, extremely ill advised. The results and stability of the temperature could not be guaranteed using domestic kit by any stretch and given that you are going to feed customers what’s stored in there, I’d strongly advise against this path.
You need dedicated refrigeration to do what you need.
That refrigeration will not be suitable for an unheated environment, it’s bad enough that it’s not suitable for domestic use let alone commercial purposes.
To maximise storage, from memory, meat should be ideally stored at +1-+3?C or thereabouts and you’d have to modify the unit to do that. A normal chest freezer isn’t designed for that obviously but nor are any domestic thermostats other than for specialised meat storage zones. Those thermostats are product specific, they cannot be used in the way that you would need here.
The last thing you want to do is poison your customers so my advice is to get specialised assistance for the purpose from a commercial refrigeration supplier.
K.
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Thanks for the advice – it appears that I will have to stick with my current routine of picking up the pig from the butcher. I was hoping to by-pass the middle man by dealing directly with the wholesalers, all of whom close at 12.00 on a Friday. I’ve had a look at the commercial fridges and they are mostly large shelved fridges – the type that restaurants and cafés ect would use, and not a chest fridge. I shall get in contact with the national caterers association to ask their advice.
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