When growing up, we had a freezer locker in another city that stored our beef and a freezer at home that stored a smaller amount to use and our garden vegetables. It sure was handy. But, Hubby and I have to empty our small chest freezer every year for hurricane season because it is such a big mess. And, we don't like to keep meat in there during the season either. We love having one to store meals in or specials on meat the rest of the year. But, like you, we don't eat as much meat anymore. I'm going to try to use the fridge freezer more efficiently this year and see what happens. I guess our fridge freezer is easier to use than most because our ice maker never worked well and is discarded, and we have the extra room in there. I guess it depends on lifestyle and what you use it for. I think we probably waste electricity on our chest freezer since it never fills up very far.
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