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The return of the upright freezer

By Judy Stark and Times Homes, Garden Editor
In print: Saturday, August 16, 2008

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First we grew concerned about rising grocery prices. Then there were food contamination scares (tomatoes! peppers! meat!). Now growing some of our own food seems like a fine idea. The next logical step: freezing what we grow or what we buy on sale.

Hence: increased interest in that onetime standard kitchen appliance, the upright freezer.

New from Frigidaire comes a line of uprights with some organizational features that should help homeowners find what they've frozen:

• A pizza shelf (below) to hold those thin, wide boxes.

• A soft-freeze zone on the door that stays warmer than the freezer interior for convenient storage of items such as ice cream that you don't want rock-hard.

• Snap-on bookshelf organizers to keep boxes of frozen foods upright. No more avalanches. (No more smashed toes.)

Frigidaire also offers a model that converts from a freezer to a refrigerator with the flip of a switch. Freezers come equipped with alarms that sound if the temperature reaches unsafe levels. There is also a Polar Freeze option to quickly chill bulk purchases.

The freezers range in price from $399 to $799. Information and a buyer's guide are at frigidaire.com.

Judy Stark, Times Homes and Garden Editor