Freezer next to cooker ?

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Am trying to find somewhere for my mum to put a small (slimline) freezer in her tiny bungalow kitchen (so she doesn't have to go out to the garage to her big chest freezer when the temperatures drop in evenings night during winter).

OK, that's the background - the question is ...

The only place it can really fit is if we take out a slimline cabinet which is currently next to her cooker. There will be a space of about 10cms between the freezer and the (electric) cooker. I know this isn't ideal, but I wondered if there was anything we could put between the two in order to stop the freezer from getting heated up by the cooker?

Anyone any ideas ??

mart.vader

Corona wrote: »

Am trying to find somewhere for my mum to put a small (slimline) freezer in her tiny bungalow kitchen (so she doesn't have to go out to the garage to her big chest freezer when the temperatures drop in evenings night during winter).

OK, that's the background - the question is ...

The only place it can really fit is if we take out a slimline cabinet which is currently next to her cooker. There will be a space of about 10cms between the freezer and the (electric) cooker. I know this isn't ideal, but I wondered if there was anything we could put between the two in order to stop the freezer from getting heated up by the cooker?

Anyone any ideas ??

How about a slab of insulation? Not sure which material to go for. (is there a Non-flammable polystyrene? Rock-wool ?) You would have to make sure that it was not in any danger of catching on fire as it's next to the cooker.

TonyMMM

Freezers are very well insulated - will hardly affect it... the exterior of the freezer may get warm when the oven is on, but 10cm is quite a distance and the amount of heat that transfers to the freezer interior will be negligible (if any at all).

We have a big larder fridge in a recess right next to a built in double oven, and it's no problem at all.

Meepster

There really isn't an issue putting a fridge or freezer at the side of a cooker/oven, the heat transfered will be negligable...

nickj_2

i've got my friedge freezer right next to the cooker , i have a 2" gap between them so they are not actually touching , i've never had any problems with it ,

jrrowleyws

You can get small worktop freezers for about £90, that could be an alternative option?

The_Pedant

With 10cms between them there shouldn't be too much of an issue.

The main problems with the two side by side are that firstly heat from the oven may have a small heating effect on the freezer (the freezer is insulated internally though), and secondly the air around the feezer can be heated which could in theory mean the evaporator grille (normally on the back of the freezer) has to work a little harder to lose heat. It depends just how much heat the side of the oven generates.

With a 10cm gap though, I would have thought any effect would be small. Considering that some people put fridge freezers under a worktop with little ventilation I would have thought the gap you have is sufficient.

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jrrowleyws wrote: »

You can get small worktop freezers for about £90, that could be an alternative option?

Yes, we have looked at that as another option, but she has very little workspace and it would take up half of it. Basically, the kitchen is just too small

Thanks everyone for your help!

jackyann

Planning our new kitchen recently, the set-up made putting the fridge freezer next the oven the obvious choice, and the shop who supply our equipment (for 25+ years, so I trust them!) said with modern appliances it wasn't an issue at all.

DVardysShadow

Corona wrote: »

There will be a space of about 10cms between the freezer and the (electric) cooker. I know this isn't ideal, but I wondered if there was anything we could put between the two in order to stop the freezer from getting heated up by the cooker?

Anyone any ideas ??

Airgap will be most effective at letting both freezer and cooker operate close to their intended design conditions. If you start putting in insulation to fill the gap, strangely you are more likely to couple them together thermally, probably to the detriment of the freezer with a long baking session.