The right chest freezer temperature range

It’s very important for you to know the right chest freezer temperature range because if the temperature is too low or too high then it will ruin all the foods you have inside the chest freezer , the packaging for your foods is also play a big role in preserving your foods. So today I want share to you what is the perfect range of your chest freezer temperature.

What is the right chest freezer temperature range?

Different temperature range will have a high impact to your foods freshness, for example a meat will be well preserve in a temperature at 0°F to -10° and can last for about a year, but it depends on the packaging of your foods, if you’re using a vacuum package then it could last for about 6-8 months and in a regular plastic wrap is about 3-5 months.

Please keep in mind that the best practise to maintain chest freezer temperature range is when you keep the chest freezer full and don’t take anything out frequently, for example when you put and taken out foods daily then it will disturb the temperature and there will be a hot air coming inside the chest freezer so to optimize your chest freezer you should put things that you’ve planned to store it for a long time and not putting something that you want to use on daily basis.

So to recap, the right chest freezer temperature range would be at 0°F to -10° and it’s best to keep your chest freezer full and don’t open your chest freezer frequently to get a maximum result of storing your foods and also mind about the packaging because a vacuum package plastic will give you the best result.

If you have had an experiences with other chest freezer temperature range please share with chest freezer reviews, do you like to barbeque? Our previous article is about how to build a smoker out of a freezer.