Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-12
FOOD BOON
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Home food freezers have
become a boon to the large
family by saving money and
time and because Of their
convenience.
Because of the demand for
such freezers, today most
major electrical appliance
manufacturers produce var
ious sizes and designs Of
freezers to fit almost any
family's needs.
Basically, home freezers
fall into two categories-up-
rights and cheSt-type freez-
erS.
Some manufacturers pro-
duce com ination home
freezers and refrigerators.
The chest type freezers
have access doors or lids on
the top Of the cabinet. They
include freezers from 3 cubic
feet to more than 20 cubic
feet.
In appearance. chest-type
freezers resemble somewhat
the commercial Ice cream
cabinet long used by sports
men to preserve fish and
game.
The upright freezer closely
resembles, outwardly, a reg
ular household electric re-
frigerator with shelves and a
large full-length door.
In engineering principle,
both the chest and upright
models have an electric mo-
tor that operates a freezing
unit which constantly MAIN
tains an extremely low tenn
perature in a thickly insu-
lated cabinet.
William M. Warneke, a
freezer salesman for a lead
ing Washington department
store, said in his experience
he has found that the chest
type freezer is not selling.
UprightS Versus Cabinets
The reason being that up
rights are more accessible
since there is a large front
door and shelves. In a chest
cabinet, the housewife must
rummage through stacks of
frozen foods piled one on top
of another to get what she
wants.
Also, most of the uprights
today are featuring auto
matte defroSting, but the
chest freezers must be de-
frosted and the accumulated
water removed from the bot
tom.
Another disadvantage Of
chest models, Mr.. Warneke
said, is that many of them
are too big to be moved into
the modern home. Some
manufacturers today are
making smaller models.
One Of the smallest chest
types handled by Mr.. War
neke is SO inches high and has
a capacity of AZ cubic feet
or 100 pounds Of food. 1t is
normally used in apart
mentS.
Mrs. Jack Forester, q
hostess for the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Company, that
displays all makes of freez-
erS, but does not sell them,
noted that chest freezer
manufacturers claim the
units hold more foods than
uprightS.
They also say that since
the lid is opened from the
top, not as much warm air
can enter the cabinet when
it is opened as enters an up
right when a full-length door
is swung ajar.
The uprights vary in size
from about 81 inches in
height to 70 inches. Smaller
models are available. Most Of
the upright freezers are
about % to 20 inches in
width.
Mrs. Forester said most Of
the upright freezers are basil
cally the same in design and
concept.
Placement Of Coils
In some, however, the
freezing coils are concealed
in the porcelain walling,
while others feature coiling
running through the shelf.
When coiling is installed In
the shelves, 1t can either be
exposed coils, which some
manufacturers claim pro-
duces quicker freezing, or
concealed under a sheeting
on the shelf.
I When the shelf coils are
covered with sheeting, 1t
means less chance Of dam
aging the coils.
Freezers require minimum
maintenance and feature
built-in fabrication for mo-
tor parts.
"All that is needed" Mrs.
Forester said, lis to dust
around the condenser and
compressor parts Of the
mechanism.
The lower priced uprights
usually come In white, but
the most expensive units also
include yellow, pink and
blue-green, Mrs. Forester
said.
Each manufacturer, nat
urally, claims his product is
best and one may brag that
the door is lined with soft