So when do you admit you have a problem?

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I'm the same here . Deep freeze in the basement . Garage fridge freezer and the house fridge freezer . Packed full . Like you say , I have to dig to know what I have . Had another fridge freezer that went down . Need to replace it .
 
Our freezers look like Brian's! Lol! But we do spread our food amongst different freezers so if one would die and we didn't notice we would lose a little bit of many items. So not long ago I ground close to 100 lbs of venison burger, we put some in all freezers ( 3 fridge freezers, 1 upright, and 3 deep freezers).

Ryan
 
It all appears similar to my freezers (at home)
What is the expired tag on many items?

I live in an area where we have very shallow rooted fir trees. We loose power at least twice a year, many times for over a day or two.

We have a generator that powers all of the freezers and the furnace for that exact problem.
I bought a generator while living in PNW for that very thing.
The longest power outage was while we were visiting family over Christmas.
Fortunately, our friends (and neighbors) weren't happy about no power so they moved into our house for the duration.
I was happy as the house stayed warm and the freezers cold.
Used the generator once for power outage since moving to MN
 
Sorry I must be missing something with all the pictures in this post.
Looks like both of mine ...

But I bet the your alarms don't sound like mine

It's a high pitched screaming in my ears , WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO EAT ALL THIS , AND STOP BUYING MEAT

David
I wasn't sure what alarms people were talking about. Now I know. I've learned to ignore those.
 
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Sorry I must be missing something with all the pictures in this post.
Looks like both of mine ...

But I bet the your alarms don't sound like mine

It's a high pitched screaming in my ears , WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO EAT ALL THIS , AND STOP BUYING MEAT

David
Aren't those more like suggested guidelines not rules? :emoji_laughing:
My wife usually knows it's not safe to let me walk past a meat counter by myself! Kinda like a kid in a candy store! I think I'm gonna start telling her it's carb friendly!

Ryan
 
Finished up going through all my freezer and updated my freezer app. Man what a chore. This every thing I have and I live alone. I have started taking my left overs to buddies at our weekly brewery meeting. I have got to stop looking at sale ads!!!

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Wow! I think u are set for a year or so hahaha.

It's funny because I fill my little bit of freezer space for the year when hunting and then just eat through it unless I need a particular meat to smoke which I dont have.

I'm fortunate and in my area I don't really have to buy and freeze Pork Butts or whole packer briskets. They go on sale every month and often a couple of times a month.

Steaks also go on sale almost weekly in a rotation of like Ribeye, NY Strip, and T-Bone so I really don't have to buy steaks and freeze either, I just have to wait.

Being this fortunate allows me to use my freezer space for my sausage making, freezing vac sealed smoked food, and other less common things like my pure venison grind or when I grind briskets and pork butts for ground meat :)
 
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What do you use for alarms in your freezers? I have a deep freeze and fridge freezer in shop. Deep freeze is the newest freezer but fridge freezer is old.

Brian, do you know if fridge app can be synced between 2 phones, so my wife and I can both use it?

Ryan
I know it syncs between phone and PC. Should between phones also.
 
I glad I not alone. I am addicted to grocery sales. Problem I have stuff been in there for several years now. Every time I start making progress I fill back up again. Like Carlo says we have good sales constantly around here. Need to take a break.
 
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Nope! You're not alone. Our biggest problem is that as well. Or we forget to take something out at the last minute. So, we go to the store and buy it again.
 
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As most have said, I see no problems here, only folks being in a state of preparedness...at least that's my justification :emoji_wink: It served us and the neighbors well early last year when the snow and ice storm hit and the city was totally shut down for a week and all the grocery stores were empty.

Big upright in the garage. This is all beef, most cut from huge primal cuts into steaks and roasts
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Some homemade sausage
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Small freezer in the garage. Top shelf is a whole packer brisket, some top sirloin roasts, and top sirloin steaks. Bottom shelf is 8 tri tip roasts
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Overflow freezer #1 in the utility room. This is all pork products
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Homemade bacon, Canadian bacon, and dried beef
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Overflow freezer #2 in the utility room. Just some assorted stuff
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More sausage
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Leftover freezer in the kitchen. I just cleaned this out the other day. Got some prime rib, brisket, and polled pork
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I gotta say, as overindulgent as it may seem, it sure is nice to be able to walk to any of the freezers and grab whatever you fancy that day. The variety we have on hand without having to run to the store every time we want something is a blessing.

Great thread Brian!!

Robert
 
I hit GFS everyweek . I figured out when they got a delivery , and I go the next morning early . These were weekly runs in 2020 and 2021 . I still have a bunch of it in the chest freezer downstairs . The bacon and hot dogs were every other week . I don't even freeze them , we just eat off of it over the 2 week span . They rest gets broke down different ways for different cooks . Some got vac'd and into the SV for a long soak , then into the freezer . That way when I want it , it only takes 3 or 4 hours from frozen in the SV , instead of 30 . The pork goes for sausage and hams . I was grinding most of the briskets because ground beef was 8 bucks a pound , and the brisket was $2.98 .
The bacon is pretty good . At 4 bucks a pound ( back then ) it's great .
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As most have said, I see no problems here, only folks being in a state of preparedness...

Robert you're more organized than I am, but I have had friends tell me that if "IT" hits the fan, they're coming to my house...🤣 I do feed a small crowd a few times each week so I like to be prepared...
 
Case in point. Ann went to the store for a "few" things. Came back with 10 pounds of chicken breasts. And 35 pounds of pork loin. Ground up 10 pounds. Made 5 pounds hot sausage. Left the rest in bulk. Sliced rest for future meals. And cut up 2.5 pounds for gyro's for tomorrow. The freezers are getting really full! Not a bad thing.
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Case in point. Ann went to the store for a "few" things. Came back with 10 pounds of chicken breasts. And 35 pounds of pork loin. Ground up 10 pounds. Made 5 pounds hot sausage. Left the rest in bulk. Sliced rest for future meals. And cut up 2.5 pounds for gyro's for tomorrow. The freezers are getting really full! Not a bad thing.
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Nice haul there, Steve. I'm always on the lookout for a deal and will buy larger quantities to put in the freezer. Long run that saves me a lot of money, when I want to cook something and I don't have to run to the store and pay the regular price...
 
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