All shelves should be adjustable and removable.
“I had a hell of a time just finding the dove.” Also, unlike many chest freezers, the vast majority of uprights are frost-free, meaning you’ll never have to manually defrost the inside. “I piled elk on top of ducks and dove in a chest freezer and had to move the elk meat every time I wanted duck or dove,” he said. Greg F, a hunter from California with decades of experience, told us that uprights are ideal for the same reason. Most of the experts we spoke with agreed that uprights are more convenient for retrieving and organizing food, because you don’t have to go digging around for items buried at the bottom of a pile, as you would probably have to with chest freezers. Uprights offer more space with a smaller physical footprint. The other main type of freezer is a chest freezer, which looks more like a coffin or, well, a chest. This guide covers upright freezers, which look and operate just like a regular refrigerator with shelves-only at subfreezing temperatures and with a single door.