freezing food

becky2812

My fridge freezer is supposedly a frost free one, but every thins i put in there, comes out covered in frost and meat gets freeezer burn??? i put things into freezer bags, am i doing something wrong?

geordie_joe

Check the seal around the door for gaps.

Also check that "frost free" refers to both the fridge and the freezer. I bought a "frost free" fridge/freezer but the manual clearly states that only the fridge is frost free.

bluebag

Buy a freezer thermometer and check you have it set at the correct temperature, it sounds as if you may have it set a little too high.I bought mine at wilkinsons for about a quid.
Make sure the freezer is full as this helps it to work more efficiently, stock it with loaves of bread or freeze bottles of water if you don't have enough food to fill it.
Hope this solves your problem.
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becky2812

thanks for the replies.

my freezer is always totally jam packed full to be honest.. i thought that might have been the problem.

I took sausges out yesterday that had only been in there a week and the bag was already full of white frost..

i'll get a thermometer as you say. what's the best temp to have it set at??

taterduck

Your freezer should be -18C lower is ok, but really uses more power for no more benefit in terms of keeping food fresh.

Freezer burn is caused by the moisture in the air around the food condensing onto it and freezing into ice, or by moisture leeching out of food as it defrosts (eg. in a power cut) and then turning to frost when it's refrozen.

Make sure anything that goes in there is tightly wrapped so as little air as possible can touch the food. Sometimes if you get whoopsied meat and stuff it's better to take it out of the pack so you can wrap it tightly. It doesn't matter if the outside of the packaging gets icy, it's the frost touching the food that ruins it, so the key things are keep air out and temps down by wrapping tightly and keeping the door closed. If there has to be air touching the food, like a tupperware tub of soup, get the stuff as cold as poss before putting it in the freezer (cool room temp things in the fridge first) cause warm air holds more moisture = more frost on food. Pat dry raw meat etc. before wrapping it. Don't put stuff in the freezer when you're cooking things that produce a lot of steam cause the air will be more humid.

Hope that's helpful for you.

becky2812

thanks taterduck, that's great advice. will make sure everything is tightly wrapped. this mus be where i;m going wrong. the freezer must be fine, becuase there is not one bit of ice inside the freezer, just inside the bags of food!!