My Nana’s Secret to Keeping a Deep Freezer Perfectly Organized

drain hole location in deep chest freezer

We keep our freezer in the garage so draining our freezer isn’t a hassle.

However, if your chest freezer is located in the home, you may need to either move the freezer outside to drain it or sop up as much water as possible with towels rather than opening the spout.

Note that not all of the water will drain so you will still need to use some sort of towel to absorb the rest.

For Small Chest Freezers:

Because I’m short, I usually tip the chest freezer onto its side to clean it properly.

It’s really the only way I can reach the bottom of the freezer.

You are not supposed to do that because it displaces the oil in the compressor.

However, if you can clean the freezer quickly, do so and then stand it upright again.

If you had it tipped for 30 minutes then let it stand for 30 minutes before plugging it back again.

If you had it tipped for 1 hour then let it stand 1 hour before plugging it back again.

You get the picture.