Gizmodo: freezer

The Most Important Appliance In a Depression

matt buchanan — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:40:00 EDT

I'm not surprised that in the middle of a deep recession, while people have basically stopped buying appliances, standalone freezers have an exceptional growth of 13 percent. One of my grandmas, who lives alone, has the most massive freezer I have ever seen in a home. It is bursting with food that will likely never be eaten, unless a zombie apocalypse strikes and the whole family boards itself up in her house, where we would have six months before we'd have to start eating each other.

I've been told that's pretty typical of people who lived through The Great Depression or the War in Europe (she was on the wrong side in the latter). I think it's kinda the same instinct, but like on a smaller scale. Or you know, there's just a delicious renaissance in gourmet TV dinners. [Consumer Reports via Consumerist, Image: Getty]

Norcool Fridge Hides Food in Cold Drawers

Brian Lam — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:12:45 EDT

This Norcool fridge does away with the traditional idea of the singular, monolithic fridge, instead tucking your cold food away in drawers. And it's not a concept. Norcool's production Drawer Fridge system is not only real, but it could be extremely efficient, too. Top-loading fridges and freezers, as Treehugger notes, don't spill cold as like front door traditional models do.

Good theory, but the floors of each compartment are open, so it'll spill its coolness every time you crack the fridge. Another efficiency factor here: Smaller compartments mean isolated exposure to warm air when you're digging for an ice cream sandwich in one place and leaving the rest of the compartments closed. But micro containers could be a tough call when, say, storing a 15-pound turkey. Neat, but maybe just too weird to install at home. [Norcool via Treehugger]

GE Profile Refrigerator Line to Add a Second Freezer Drawer

kevinhall2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:15:00 EDT

GE's upcoming 2008 Profile refrigerators will have a second freezer tray for double the freezing. Finally you can keep the meats and sweets away from your wife's creepy fruit. The upper drawer is slim and looks like it will hold meals better on plates and trays and the like, while the deeper lower drawer will freeze larger items such as a whole turkey. And no, we're not talking about your mother-in-law—it won't be big enough to fit her inside.

Besides the new doors, the Profile fridges feature all the bells and whistles from GE's most current models, including LCD control displays and LED interior lighting. Available in 21- or 25-cubic-foot sizes, the two-freezer Profiles will retail anywhere between $2249 and $2999.

Press release [GE]