"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> On 12/29/2011 11:46 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
>> > wrote in message
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>>> On 12/29/2011 7:12 PM, Cheryl wrote:
>>>> My fridge is just about empty so time for an easy scrubbing for that
>>>> beast. The top freezer doesn't have much in it, so easy to scrub that
>>>> out quickly. That one is self-defrosting.
>>>>
>>>> My downstairs freezer isn't a no-frost one, and it's been cold enough
>>>> outside to think about putting most in a couple of coolers outside to
>>>> get it done.
>>>>
>>>> What's your best method for defrosting a freezer? I usually use pots of
>>>> boiling water, but this freezer is downstairs, the kitchen is upstairs.
>>>> First time for this since getting the freezer.
>>>
>>>
>>> Our freezer is in the garage and I use the boiling water in a kettle
>>> method. Could you put boiling water in a crock pot turned on high?
>>>
>>> Husband once showed me how to defrost our former freezer with a hair
>>> dryer. It worked well except he melted one of the door shelves enough
>>> so it sagged a few inches. I went back to boiling water.
>>>
>>> gloria p
>>
>> what the heck are you folks doing? Just turn a fan on and let the room
>> air
>> circulate into the freezer. It will defrost likity split, and big chunks
>> of
>> ice will fall off.
>>
>>
> Room temp is about 50F where the freezer is downstairs during the winter.
>

NEWS FLASH: 50 degrees WILL melt ice!