most recent 30 from http://paleohacks.com 2013-05-21T17:03:15Z http://paleohacks.com/feeds/question/9527 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://paleohacks.com/questions/9527/how-much-meat-can-i-fit-in-a-5-0-cu-ft-freezer Bread-Eating Beelzebub 2010-09-02T17:15:01Z 2011-08-24T00:24:54Z

<p>I'm drawing up meat orders and don't want to order more than I can take! <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/Featured-Products-Cooling-Freezers/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1xqdZbtc9/R-100598976/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&amp;storeId=10051&amp;catalogId=10053" rel="nofollow">Here is my model</a>. I'm loving it so far :) </p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/9527/how-much-meat-can-i-fit-in-a-5-0-cu-ft-freezer/9532#9532 Deb 2010-09-02T18:13:37Z 2010-09-02T18:13:37Z

<p>I have the same freezer and got 1/4 beef in it. It also might depend on what cuts you get. I had to put a little in my refrigerator freezer. I really like that little freezer. Edited to add: It would also depend upon how large the animal is. Ours weighed about 1300 lbs. before butchering.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/9527/how-much-meat-can-i-fit-in-a-5-0-cu-ft-freezer/9533#9533 Matt Manning 2010-09-02T18:17:03Z 2010-09-02T18:17:03Z

<p>If this: <a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_density_of_1_pound_of_ground_beef" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_density_of_1_pound_of_ground_beef</a></p> <p>is to be believed, then beef is about 950 kg / m^3 ~= 59 lbs / ft^3, so your max capacity should be around 59 * 5 ~= 295 lbs.</p> <p>That's just a ballpark figure, though. Bone-in beef is going to have a different density (not sure if it's gonna be higher or lower) than ground beef, and you aren't going to be able to pack every cubic inch of your freezer; some space is inherently going to be wasted.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/9527/how-much-meat-can-i-fit-in-a-5-0-cu-ft-freezer/9534#9534 Mark 2010-09-02T18:17:22Z 2010-09-02T18:17:22Z

<p>I bought a quarter cow once and had the same problem. I called the CSA people who said the meat was transported in coolers so I asked how many coolers and what were the cooler's dimensions. From that I was able to make an educated guess that I had the room.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/9527/how-much-meat-can-i-fit-in-a-5-0-cu-ft-freezer/9535#9535 gilliebean 2010-09-02T18:21:08Z 2010-09-02T18:21:08Z

<p>This beef seller has a great little tool on their website for figuring freezer space. It also has a great little tool for figuring out how much to buy!</p> <p><a href="http://www.missionranchbeef.com/order.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.missionranchbeef.com/order.php</a></p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/9527/how-much-meat-can-i-fit-in-a-5-0-cu-ft-freezer/9536#9536 pfw 2010-09-02T18:27:59Z 2010-09-02T18:27:59Z

<p>Wow, my wife and I literally JUST bought that exact freezer to handle an overflow of meat after the cow I got from a farmer was just a little bit bigger than I expected. Actually, it was probably 75lbs bigger than expected. AND my fridge/freezer combo died the morning I was scheduled to go to the farm to get the cow.</p> <p>That was a fun day.</p> <p>Anyway, I was able to get a 550lb+ hanging weight cow into a 14cu. ft standing freezer with the GE 5 cu. ft chest freezer as emergency overflow, and with a normal above the fridge freezer for the last box of roasts. One key warning here is that the shape of the cuts you're ordering will make a difference in how much you can pack in there - the rules of thumb I've seen on various hunting websites about how many lbs of whatever will fit don't always work. My 2lb tubes of ground beef were pretty volume efficient, but the roasts I piled in after making a dent in the ground beef pile are not. I'd hazard a guess and say that I have about 50-75lbs of beef in there, not counting the bones I put in the bottom section. I'll get a picture and a more accurate count when I get home.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/9527/how-much-meat-can-i-fit-in-a-5-0-cu-ft-freezer/24333#24333 FanOfSunshine 2011-02-23T03:47:08Z 2011-02-23T03:47:08Z

<p>Another visual: how much freezer space is does a quarter beef take? </p> <p><a href="http://wilcoxangusbeef-grassfed.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-much-freezer-space-is-needed-for.html" rel="nofollow">http://wilcoxangusbeef-grassfed.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-much-freezer-space-is-needed-for.html</a></p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/9527/how-much-meat-can-i-fit-in-a-5-0-cu-ft-freezer/24376#24376 Wozza 2011-02-23T11:57:17Z 2011-02-23T11:57:17Z

<p>You should be able to fit 5 cubic feet.</p> <p>...</p> <p>Sorry, couldn't resist.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/9527/how-much-meat-can-i-fit-in-a-5-0-cu-ft-freezer/60238#60238 Jack Mac 2011-08-23T23:17:37Z 2011-08-23T23:17:37Z

<p>We have a 7cuft chest freezer from Lowes [Holiday brand].</p> <p>Packed 100% full, it almost holds a 1/2 cow (approx 220 lbs out of the total 260 lbs we purchased)</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/9527/how-much-meat-can-i-fit-in-a-5-0-cu-ft-freezer/60253#60253 FuelRestMotion 2011-08-24T00:21:16Z 2011-08-24T00:21:16Z

<p>cubic feet? argh wish you guys would speak English! ;-) anyway based on those freezers an The Home depot website as a kid my family in NZ had a 20ft³ chest freezer as did just about everyone else I knew, one that big was standard only little old ladies living alone had a 5ft³ one. Funny how your perspective changes after living in Japan where secondary freezers are rather rare. even a 5ft³ cheest freezer looks big!</p> <p>So as a kid my family lived in.. I guess what you could call exurban, we rented two paddocks behind our house from the landowner. Our neighbors had a chicken coup there we used to buy cheap eggs of them, and we raised 1-2 cattle at a time for consumption. I gave them names - Ponch, Baker, Daisy, Boss Hogg, BJ ( can you guess the era :-)) they used to get put into a horse float and taken to the 'works' (slaughterhouse) and then came back to our freezer. I was only little and didn't initially put two and two together I thought they were going to a bigger farm to be with more friends! ignorance is bliss</p> <p>IIRC one slaughtered cow took up a good chunk of the large freezer, half a cow left lots of room for frozen veggies and two litre 'tip top' brand ice cream tubs. So I will give you 1/4 of cow worths of space for 5ft³ which seems to fit what everyone else has generally conferred.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/9527/how-much-meat-can-i-fit-in-a-5-0-cu-ft-freezer/60256#60256 Kate 2011-08-24T00:24:54Z 2011-08-24T00:24:54Z

<p>I was able to fit a quarter cow in mine last fall no problem. Still have a little beef. Added half a pig a couple months ago. Also keep extra stuff for my German Shepard, which makes it a little tight at times. </p>