The day my freezer broke and I lost $200 worth of meal prep

It was about 6 months ago, I had just finished a huge Sunday batch cooking session. Like 8 containers of chili, some frozen burritos, bags of chopped veggies. All carefully portioned out to save money on lunches. Monday morning I open the freezer and it's all lukewarm. The seal had gone bad overnight. I stood there for a minute just staring. Then I threw it all out and ordered pizza. Now I check that seal every month with the dollar bill trick. Anyone else had a big meal prep loss like that?

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robert_rodriguez663mo ago

That ice cube trick @hugo_craig mentioned is smart, I read it on a budget blog last week and started doing it myself.

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hugo_craig3mo ago

It sucks when you put that much work into meal prep and watch it go down the drain. I've had it happen with a slow freezer leak before and you're right that dollar bill test is the only way to catch a failing seal before it costs you. I'd add that keeping a bag of ice cubes in there can also tip you off if they start looking smaller than normal.

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