I just bought a side of beef. It will be delivered cut and wrapped (and frozen), and I need to buy a freezer to put it into. I want a chest freezer, but don’t want to get one that is way larger than I need. (I already have a large freezer on my fridge, but it is filled with stuff already).
So what size, in cubic feet, freezer should I buy?
Thanks for fighting my ignorance!
Hmmm, well, when Lucy did it, she needed a walk-in freezer, but somehow wound up hiding it all in the furnace, where it got cooked when Fred turned it on.
Looks like you’ll need roughly five cubic feet according to a couple online butchers:
http://www.rivercrestbeef.com/faqs.asp
The general rule of thumb is one cubic foot per 35-40 pounds of cut and wrapped meat, and that a typical side will yield about 200 pounds of cut and wrapped meat.
So, Lucy probably didn’t need that big walk-in.
“Well, a side of bacon’s about *this *big…”
We squeezed a side into a little apartment-sized job. Any chest freezer will serve you.
Sorry, shoulda said 7 cu ft will be more than enough.