Freezers are one of the most helpful kitchen appliances of all time. They allow cooks to stock up on groceries on sale, preserve veggies and fruits in season, stash freezer meals, and provide endless ...

We rely on our freezers to store food and safely preserve it, but is your freezer actually cold enough to do the job? Your freezer keeps food cold, which prevents bacteria from growing. This is ...

Q: I’m not sure if my refrigerator temperature setting is working properly. The foods in it don’t seem all that cold, but I have the dial set at the recommended level. What temperature should a ...

A reader recently called to ask what the temperature of her refrigerator and freezer should be. Http://www.fsis.usda.gov is a good, readable source of information about food safety. The following is ...

Keeping lettuce fresh and preventing a frozen-solid gallon of milk is a delicate balancing act. Maybe you keep the butter in the back. If your refrigerator is going to freeze something, it might as ...

Have you noticed your milk getting frosty? Meat spoiling quickly? It’s likely your refrigerator is set to the wrong temperature. The FDA recommends keeping your refrigerator at or below 40° F (4° C), ...

When the power flickers off and on, your freezer quietly becomes a high‑stakes guessing game. You need a simple way to tell ...

Although ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers are specifically designed to work between -86°C and -45°C, they often work at a set temperature of -70°C or -80°C. These freezers can last for about 12 to ...