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I have a little chest freezer and I love it, but mostly for convenience. "They" say a smallish freezer used fairly economically will use about $50 a year in electricity (figure $85 if you want a bigger one). You then have to add the cost of buying/transporting it, maintaining it, and dealing with food that spoils if you ever lose power for a significant period of time. I see the cost being outweighed if you have a really big family or live a long way from the nearest source of cheap food. Otherwise they're still great for convenience, but probably not economical IMHO.