Those boxes are a brilliant idea! We've been struggling with how to organize our freezer for almost a year now, I can't believe it never occurred to me that this was an option
I love this content. Not because I have a chest freezer, because I don't have one (which I think could be a reason not many people watch). But, I love it because I enjoy the clever solution you make/find for all kinds of home life. I put this in the bank for the future. Please share an update on the baskets as time passes.👏
Here I am at almost 2am thinking of what to do with my freezer chaos now that we are also eating more at home and buying in bulk. When cleaning the freezer out, I realized I lost some seafood that freezer burned at the bottom. Groceries are too expensive to do that again. Your freezer appears the same style as mine, so thank you for this video!
I've got a huge chest freezer (at least double yours) and I struggled to organize it as well. Finding sturdy containers that make efficient use of the space in addition to being easy to move around when full of frozen food isn't easy! I ended up with those plastic milk crates and double-stacking them. They almost stretch the width of the freezer; the space left is just enough to slide in loaves of bread or pizza boxes or frozen dinners. But they're heavy to lift and they don't have handles, just hand notches on the sides (always worried about pinching my fingers!). I'm going to check my measurements to see if these will work better.
I actually just watched the video you mentioned during your into before coming here! My biggest worry was what you said about air flow but also making sure that the baskets properly interlock to avoid crushing the products in the one below. Great video and thanks for including so much information about the materials
I love the fact that you addressed the type of plastic to use! That was actually a concern of mine when looking up organization tips. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for this video. I have a large chest freezer and it might be the most aggravating thing in my house. I’ve tried organizing, but chose really terrible containers. This video has popped lightbulbs off in my head. Thank you & thanks for the Butcherbox idea. I created a cart and shared with my wife.
We got a freezer about the same size as yours during the pandemic. I got some vented stackable baskets but they’re a little small and there is wasted space because of the lip they have. I might check what kind of plastic they are a compare to yours. I also need space for pizzas, bread, and a Costco bag of tater tots. I actually have some bagged ice and cold packs in the bottom as “ballast” because we didn’t have enough stuff to fill the whole space well. Might be time for a reorg. Just need to remember to wear my gloves this time!
These Amazon baskets look really good! I have been using the buckets recommended by Alejandra for 3 years now and they also work really well but i paid a tonne of $$ to get them shipped from the container store in USA to me in Aus so its so great to find an alternative i can get from amazon to recommend to family and friends!. I can say the ones recommended by alejandra havent cracked or been damaged in anyway from sitting the the freezer and being lifted up and down over the last 3 years and i dont believe my freezing has been negatively affected by the containers how having holes for ventilation but they dont actually interlock or stack, they just sit on top of each other just in case anyone is looking for feedback on those. Great video Kay! Always love your content! ❤
Great idea! My mom had a large chest freezer when I was a kid and I’m sure things at the bottom got forgotten pretty often. We almost bought an upright freezer but now that our kids are grown we don’t need that space. We do have a second fridge in our garage for holidays when we need extra space. Thanks for another great video! 😊
Thanks for sharing! I love that your bins have handles and are vented! We have a small chest freezer as well. Thanks for sharing the link! I might have to try Butcher Box too!
Brilliant ! We don’t have a chest freezer in our flat, but my parents do (a really, really big one) ... I never have ideas for Christmas presents, so now I’m going to look for PP baskets. 😊
Also yes, chicken thighs are the best! They actually taste like something, not teddy bear stuffing (which I think is how Julia Child described white meat American chicken).
I found Alejandra’s video years ago and bought the blue bins. I don’t love them but they were the best option I could find to only have to pull out one bucket to get what I need.
Hello Kay! We don't have a chest freezer. However I do organize the bottom drawer-style freezer using breathable, color-coded, reusable grocery bags. Pink for chicken, red for other proteins, greens for veggies, etc. Maybe someday we'll get ourselves a chest freezer. ☺️
LOVE the freezer organization!!! I don't have a chest freezer, but my mom does, and always has. Guess who gets to go hunting for things in it? Yep! How many times have I almost fallen in searching for something at the bottom that was just over on the other side (I was trying to be thorough!)? Going to see if I can convince her to use something like these. You should link those baskets in a vlog for all of your unorganized freezer friends! Thanks for sharing.
Was watching Pat sloan's quilting channel this morning and she mentioned she listens to your channel while quilting. So I hopped over to check you out. I absolutely loved this video and it was much needed. Look forward to watching more.
Perfect timing, Kay! My husband and I just got our first chest freezer and it's exactly the same as yours. So excited to try out your awesome tips as always :).
Thank you. Love the baskets for use in the freezer. Going to check dimensions of our freezer to see if I can get the same. And yes I know what you mean..... I could live on chicken thighs and nothing else. I buy chicken breast for my husband and dont know why he prefers it. 😊
I’m 5’3 and I fell into the watermelon barrel in our local grocery reaching for what I thought was the best one at the bottom. Needless to say I won’t do that again. So I will be very careful reaching into my 10 cubic freezer. Thanks for the heads up 😀😂😄
I don’t own a chest freezer and probably never will. Yet, I had to watch your video since I love your content. I liked how you paid tribute to Alexandra of Alexandra TV… she’s the OG!
This is an excellent video, thank you so much! We are buying a chest freezer now as we are buying bulk beef to save money, and so many things in your video are well thought out and stuff I would not have thought of, I appreciate this in-depth info so much
I used to use plastic bins in my chest freezer but they got brittle and cracked. Now I use cloth boxes with handles from a local grocery store. They are sturdy and strong and keep the proteins separate.
This is fantastic! Just what I was looking for 😊 I have a large chest freezer we use constantly that I desperately need to implement this solution right away. Thank you, just subscribed! ❤
Hi Kay. Thank you for this video. I just ordered the baskets you used, from Amazon. I am 5'2" and I can barely reach the bottom of my freezer. These baskets with handles are really going to help. Excellent idea!
Congratulations on moving your family to an animal protein diet. Cutting down and out the processed foods, seed oils, sugar, and fructose will improve your family’s physical, mental, and social health. I love this idea and will be measuring my chest freezer to order these baskets from my animal protein. Thank you.
I love this and my freezer is smaller and I found wire baskets that work great and I did like you separated the meats from the chicken and Turkey and pork products…now I need to look into butcher block…
It seems like every time I get the freezer set up so the bags and boxes can be read and the newest purchases go under or behind the older items, hubs gets his mitts in there and tosses things wherever! He dislikes bins, however he seems to not like any kind of order in the chest freezer either. sigh
😮😮😮 I love this idea!! We have a deep freezer. And I am the one to dig into it to find out what we have and don't. This would make it so much easier for me. I keep debating whether or not to do mail in order meat or sea foods. As I live in Boston too, I remember when Butcher Box started here, if that is the same company I wonder? At any rate, I will put this to do on my organizing the dining room list as thY is where the deep freezer is, thanks Ms. Kay! May be the free chicken breasts we're given due to your order as a bonus🎉
You mentioned 3 different types of plastic. How do you know which plastic a basket is made of since it just says plastic? I want to use those in my freezer as well since the dollar store baskets aren’t working well for me
I was going to subscribe to a monthly meat box subscription like Butcher Box, then I discovered my freezer (over fridge) is much smaller than I thought and it's already almost full. I am now looking for a countertop-sized freezer which opens from the front (not the top) and has wire drawers imside to stack things, but apparently those are not a thing in the U.S.
I got the smaller ones because those are the ones that fit in my freezer! Measure the interior before you do anything! You may find a different set that work better!
Out of curiosity how does the salmon taste. So far, the Costco salmon beats grocery stores in taste. I agree that chicken thighs taste the best. Thank you for suggesting those baskets
I like the Butcherbox salmon better than the Whole Foods salmon which is weird to me. I know it’s better to eat wild salmon and I didn’t find the frozen one from Whole Foods very tasty or appealing. I haven’t tried the Costco version though! I’m curious!
Be sure to measure the interior dimensions of your freezer. I have a Hisense 7 cu ft freezer and the bottom is only about 19.5” wide, so these baskets (at 10.47” in width) don’t fit.
We are considering to subscribe to Butcherblock, and would like to get a freezer to get in our small kitchen. Can you tell me what the measurements are on the one you have. Thanks
Food that comes to you via mail is too expensive for the working class. I fear in the future it will become harder to find a store that sells decent food. Please think about this. So many people need the stores to stay in business to prevent food deserts.
Cut for cut, Butcher Box is more affordable than buying high quality cuts individually in a store. Grass-fed and grass finished beef is very expensive. You're still allowed to go to a grocery store. Meat subscription services have been around for DECADES. They are not the problem. Supporting your local providers and butchers is helpful too as they have to compete with big food. Big Food, Big Pharma and Big Ag is the problem. 1 in 10 of us have T2 or Pre T2 Diabetes. I see more ads for pharmaceuticals on TV than I do for actual food. However...this is a home organization channel. I could talk for ages about my feelings about food deserts and other societal problems that I feel passionately about but this is probably not the right forum. Thanks for watching!
@@jeanettemarkley7299 As long as you're eating the best, REAL food your budget allows (minimally processed whole foods) you're doing a heck of a lot better than a whole lot of other people! 💪🏾
@@TheOrganizedSoprano Yes. I cook my own food. I don't eat junk food. I'm afraid of the miles I will ave to put on my car when My supermarket closes. There is only one.
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Those boxes are a brilliant idea! We've been struggling with how to organize our freezer for almost a year now, I can't believe it never occurred to me that this was an option
I love this content. Not because I have a chest freezer, because I don't have one (which I think could be a reason not many people watch). But, I love it because I enjoy the clever solution you make/find for all kinds of home life. I put this in the bank for the future. Please share an update on the baskets as time passes.👏
I like your vedio. Never thought about organizing the freezers but yeah😊!!! Now I will. Maybe try the ordered meat.
Here I am at almost 2am thinking of what to do with my freezer chaos now that we are also eating more at home and buying in bulk. When cleaning the freezer out, I realized I lost some seafood that freezer burned at the bottom. Groceries are too expensive to do that again. Your freezer appears the same style as mine, so thank you for this video!
Airflow is essential. Yes. Good video.
I've got a huge chest freezer (at least double yours) and I struggled to organize it as well. Finding sturdy containers that make efficient use of the space in addition to being easy to move around when full of frozen food isn't easy! I ended up with those plastic milk crates and double-stacking them. They almost stretch the width of the freezer; the space left is just enough to slide in loaves of bread or pizza boxes or frozen dinners. But they're heavy to lift and they don't have handles, just hand notches on the sides (always worried about pinching my fingers!). I'm going to check my measurements to see if these will work better.
I actually just watched the video you mentioned during your into before coming here! My biggest worry was what you said about air flow but also making sure that the baskets properly interlock to avoid crushing the products in the one below. Great video and thanks for including so much information about the materials
Wow, you found the best solution I have seen for freezer organization!
I love the fact that you addressed the type of plastic to use! That was actually a concern of mine when looking up organization tips. Thanks for sharing!
These baskets are genius. I’ve been looking for an idea. Thank you
Thanks for this video. I have a large chest freezer and it might be the most aggravating thing in my house. I’ve tried organizing, but chose really terrible containers. This video has popped lightbulbs off in my head. Thank you & thanks for the Butcherbox idea. I created a cart and shared with my wife.
We got a freezer about the same size as yours during the pandemic. I got some vented stackable baskets but they’re a little small and there is wasted space because of the lip they have. I might check what kind of plastic they are a compare to yours. I also need space for pizzas, bread, and a Costco bag of tater tots. I actually have some bagged ice and cold packs in the bottom as “ballast” because we didn’t have enough stuff to fill the whole space well. Might be time for a reorg. Just need to remember to wear my gloves this time!
Great tips and suggestions. My dad's freezer is disorganized. It's in need of help. Thank you for uploaded this.
I use butcher box and milk crates in my chest freezer to organize the items. I like the baskets with handles you showed.
I have tried a few things to organize my freezer, but I haven’t been satisfied with any. I will have to look into those baskets! Thanks for posting!
These Amazon baskets look really good! I have been using the buckets recommended by Alejandra for 3 years now and they also work really well but i paid a tonne of $$ to get them shipped from the container store in USA to me in Aus so its so great to find an alternative i can get from amazon to recommend to family and friends!. I can say the ones recommended by alejandra havent cracked or been damaged in anyway from sitting the the freezer and being lifted up and down over the last 3 years and i dont believe my freezing has been negatively affected by the containers how having holes for ventilation but they dont actually interlock or stack, they just sit on top of each other just in case anyone is looking for feedback on those. Great video Kay! Always love your content! ❤
Great idea! My mom had a large chest freezer when I was a kid and I’m sure things at the bottom got forgotten pretty often. We almost bought an upright freezer but now that our kids are grown we don’t need that space. We do have a second fridge in our garage for holidays when we need extra space. Thanks for another great video! 😊
Yum!! Love the containers with handles. Brilliant!!
I'm glad I found your channel! I've been struggling to organize my chest freezer. Thanks for the tips, I ordered a set of these baskets!
Thanks for sharing! I love that your bins have handles and are vented! We have a small chest freezer as well. Thanks for sharing the link! I might have to try Butcher Box too!
Love your freezer, Kay. I'm eventually going to get a small one like that. Great idea for organizing and handling the food!
I had a small chest freezer for 20 years and found it so useful and saved a lot of money. Definitely need an organizational system.
Brilliant ! We don’t have a chest freezer in our flat, but my parents do (a really, really big one) ... I never have ideas for Christmas presents, so now I’m going to look for PP baskets. 😊
Also yes, chicken thighs are the best! They actually taste like something, not teddy bear stuffing (which I think is how Julia Child described white meat American chicken).
I found Alejandra’s video years ago and bought the blue bins. I don’t love them but they were the best option I could find to only have to pull out one bucket to get what I need.
Hello Kay! We don't have a chest freezer. However I do organize the bottom drawer-style freezer using breathable, color-coded, reusable grocery bags. Pink for chicken, red for other proteins, greens for veggies, etc. Maybe someday we'll get ourselves a chest freezer. ☺️
I would love a link to what your talking about… the grocery bags 🙏🏻
I’m a vegetarian so I didn’t watch the meat part, lol, but I think I’m going to order those baskets! Those would be perfect for my freezer! Thank you!
Glad you’ve recommended a material that’s best for freezer so it won’t crack, that’s the trouble ive had with baskets.
LOVE the freezer organization!!! I don't have a chest freezer, but my mom does, and always has. Guess who gets to go hunting for things in it? Yep! How many times have I almost fallen in searching for something at the bottom that was just over on the other side (I was trying to be thorough!)? Going to see if I can convince her to use something like these. You should link those baskets in a vlog for all of your unorganized freezer friends! Thanks for sharing.
Was watching Pat sloan's quilting channel this morning and she mentioned she listens to your channel while quilting. So I hopped over to check you out. I absolutely loved this video and it was much needed. Look forward to watching more.
Yay thank you! We love Pat over here!
Nice, I always wondered how to organize chest freezers like this. good to know for the future! I love how neat your freezer is!
Perfect timing, Kay! My husband and I just got our first chest freezer and it's exactly the same as yours. So excited to try out your awesome tips as always :).
Never thought about using those baskets. Great idea thsnk you
Thank you. Love the baskets for use in the freezer. Going to check dimensions of our freezer to see if I can get the same. And yes I know what you mean..... I could live on chicken thighs and nothing else. I buy chicken breast for my husband and dont know why he prefers it. 😊
I bought 6 of these! They fit perfectly! Great suggestion!
We got rid of our chest freezer, I fall in at 5’ trying to reach the bottom. Now we use a standup freezer.
Imagine me I’m 4”9. Lmaooooooo it’s not easy.
There is a professional sliding basket system on rails that would raise the bottom a bit.
Really, how do I find it
@@nccrchurchunusual really how do I find it?
I’m 5’3 and I fell into the watermelon barrel in our local grocery reaching for what I thought was the best one at the bottom. Needless to say I won’t do that again. So I will be very careful reaching into my 10 cubic freezer. Thanks for the heads up 😀😂😄
I don’t own a chest freezer and probably never will. Yet, I had to watch your video since I love your content. I liked how you paid tribute to Alexandra of Alexandra TV… she’s the OG!
I think that style freezer would drive me crazy but good ideas
This is an excellent video, thank you so much! We are buying a chest freezer now as we are buying bulk beef to save money, and so many things in your video are well thought out and stuff I would not have thought of, I appreciate this in-depth info so much
I used to use plastic bins in my chest freezer but they got brittle and cracked. Now I use cloth boxes with handles from a local grocery store. They are sturdy and strong and keep the proteins separate.
Super helpful video! I’m purchasing the crates. My deep freezer is an absolute disaster so the crates should help a lot. Thanks so much for sharing!
This is the greatest idea! I have a freezer just like that. Makes so much sense.
I’m glad you enjoyed the idea! I’ve LOVED this system so much. It’s a game changer.
This is fantastic! Just what I was looking for 😊 I have a large chest freezer we use constantly that I desperately need to implement this solution right away. Thank you, just subscribed! ❤
We are a family of twelve and we love Butcher Box!
Hi Kay. Thank you for this video. I just ordered the baskets you used, from Amazon. I am 5'2" and I can barely reach the bottom of my freezer. These baskets with handles are really going to help. Excellent idea!
Yay! The short people in a deep freezer struggle is REAL 😂
Great idea . Thank You !
Love this idea. Shopping baskets
I need to clean out and organize my deep freeze in the worst way!
Congratulations on moving your family to an animal protein diet. Cutting down and out the processed foods, seed oils, sugar, and fructose will improve your family’s physical, mental, and social health. I love this idea and will be measuring my chest freezer to order these baskets from my animal protein. Thank you.
Been a year clean ketogenic and feel amazing 💪🏾🥚🧈🥦🍗🥩🥗
@@TheOrganizedSoprano Happy to hear. Love it the word is getting out and healing our country on person/family at a time.
can you add those shopping baskets to your amazon list? Oh you said you're linking it, okay
I love this and my freezer is smaller and I found wire baskets that work great and I did like you separated the meats from the chicken and Turkey and pork products…now I need to look into butcher block…
It seems like every time I get the freezer set up so the bags and boxes can be read and the newest purchases go under or behind the older items, hubs gets his mitts in there and tosses things wherever! He dislikes bins, however he seems to not like any kind of order in the chest freezer either. sigh
I need to do this ASAP
I miss seeing you videos.
😮😮😮 I love this idea!! We have a deep freezer. And I am the one to dig into it to find out what we have and don't. This would make it so much easier for me. I keep debating whether or not to do mail in order meat or sea foods. As I live in Boston too, I remember when Butcher Box started here, if that is the same company I wonder? At any rate, I will put this to do on my organizing the dining room list as thY is where the deep freezer is, thanks Ms. Kay! May be the free chicken breasts we're given due to your order as a bonus🎉
You are so charming! Love your “realness!” Now have researching baskets on my to do list.
Hi Kay.....yes!!! Thanks for this video....love those crates!!! Stay well❤
So clever solution!
You mentioned 3 different types of plastic. How do you know which plastic a basket is made of since it just says plastic? I want to use those in my freezer as well since the dollar store baskets aren’t working well for me
Does it have a symbol and number for recycling? That tells you the type. I would judge by the quality you see in front of you.
It might say on the manufacturer’s website, if they have one.
Great video ! I never thought to use the those little crates in the freezer. Butcher Box seems like a great deal for families.
I was going to subscribe to a monthly meat box subscription like Butcher Box, then I discovered my freezer (over fridge) is much smaller than I thought and it's already almost full. I am now looking for a countertop-sized freezer which opens from the front (not the top) and has wire drawers imside to stack things, but apparently those are not a thing in the U.S.
We needed this video. Thank you.
it literally never occurred to me to get some kind of crates for my chest freezer, i immediately ordered some.
Great idea!! I’m going to try it.
Hello! I love this idea! Thank you very much
I don’t think chest freezers have fans that distribute the air bit thanks for the video.
Kay,
I enjoy your videos! They are informative and Clover 🍀 cute!
Cute sweater too!
I'm new here, and so glad to come across your channel ❤️❤️❤️🙏
Very nice! great solution for a chest freezer!!!
Brilliant. Wish I had a freezer.
AWESOME!!!!!! Which size did you buy? There are 2 sizes available LOVE THIS!!!!!
I got the smaller ones because those are the ones that fit in my freezer! Measure the interior before you do anything! You may find a different set that work better!
I love chicken 🐔 thighs. I just made them a couple of days ago; jerk thighs and roasted baked thighs. 😊
Yeah, the handles help grab and move things around in the freezer. What size is your freezer?
Not exactly sure but it’s about 15” deep and 27” across?
The description of the linked Amazon baskets says “high-quality pp plastic”.
pp = polypropylene.
Can we get an update to how those plastic bin hold up?
So far they are still working!
Out of curiosity how does the salmon taste. So far, the Costco salmon beats grocery stores in taste. I agree that chicken thighs taste the best. Thank you for suggesting those baskets
I like the Butcherbox salmon better than the Whole Foods salmon which is weird to me. I know it’s better to eat wild salmon and I didn’t find the frozen one from Whole Foods very tasty or appealing. I haven’t tried the Costco version though! I’m curious!
May i know where your sweater is from?
We’re a vegan household but this might help us organise our tofu, veggie sausages and mixed veg!
That all sounds so tasty!
Now I want a chest freezer so I can organize it like that 😂
My mom has one though, so this may come in handy is she needs help with it!
The main issue with plastic is that not all types tolerate being frozen. So did they stay intact or did they break?
So far, they are still intact!
Be sure to measure the interior dimensions of your freezer. I have a Hisense 7 cu ft freezer and the bottom is only about 19.5” wide, so these baskets (at 10.47” in width) don’t fit.
Hello, since it a bit later, did these baskets ever become brittle for you? Thanks!! 😊
They are still okay! 👍🏾
Chicken thighs are the best. They have more flavor and they're cheaper. You can't go wrong with that
Right? Why are they so cheap they are SO GOOD. Give me the dark meat over lean breast any day lol
We are considering to subscribe to Butcherblock, and would like to get a freezer to get in our small kitchen. Can you tell me what the measurements are on the one you have. Thanks
It's a pretty modest size. It's about 5 cu feet!
Hi Kay - Have any of your baskets frozen to the sides of your chest freezer?
Not yet!! They are smaller than the interior and I highly recommend against a “perfect fit” here
@@TheOrganizedSoprano Thanks. I'm going to start with four. 🙂
@@TheOrganizedSoprano Also, we've decided to use this freezer for beef only. So, this basket approach is freaking awesome!
I did enjoy your "kinda strange" video.
Freezers the tighter they are packed the better.
Hey, Great video! Do you have an actual code for the butcher box? I wanna you the new promotion and your discount at the same time
I do! I just updated it in the description as I was accepted into their partnership program yesterday :)
How big is your freezer
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I have a love hate relationship with my chest freezer 🤣
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I don't even have a freezer 😢
I mean while staying there for 10 minutes but your damn freezer open😅
That is an IMPRESSIVE amount of meat.
Food that comes to you via mail is too expensive for the working class. I fear in the future it will become harder to find a store that sells decent food. Please think about this. So many people need the stores to stay in business to prevent food deserts.
Cut for cut, Butcher Box is more affordable than buying high quality cuts individually in a store. Grass-fed and grass finished beef is very expensive. You're still allowed to go to a grocery store. Meat subscription services have been around for DECADES. They are not the problem. Supporting your local providers and butchers is helpful too as they have to compete with big food. Big Food, Big Pharma and Big Ag is the problem. 1 in 10 of us have T2 or Pre T2 Diabetes. I see more ads for pharmaceuticals on TV than I do for actual food. However...this is a home organization channel. I could talk for ages about my feelings about food deserts and other societal problems that I feel passionately about but this is probably not the right forum. Thanks for watching!
@@TheOrganizedSoprano I can't afford grass fed and high quality cuts. I just get the best I can afford at the supermarket. Thanks for the video.
@@jeanettemarkley7299 As long as you're eating the best, REAL food your budget allows (minimally processed whole foods) you're doing a heck of a lot better than a whole lot of other people! 💪🏾
@@TheOrganizedSoprano Yes. I cook my own food. I don't eat junk food. I'm afraid of the miles I will ave to put on my car when My supermarket closes. There is only one.