My electric bill went down over $50. when I got rid of the second fridge. I would not eat food that thawed and was refrozen. I like my food fresh though and never eat protein that has been frozen or things in the freezer more than a couple of weeks. I am sure it is probably safe but just don't like the taste of old food.

Anonymous wrote:You have been fortunate. Google it. No one is making this stuff up. If your unheated garage is well insulated you may be fine. Others not so much.

yay for old fridges then!

You have been fortunate. Google it. No one is making this stuff up. If your unheated garage is well insulated you may be fine. Others not so much.

I also use a regular freezer in my unheated space.

Anonymous wrote:Unless your garage is heated you won"t be able to use the freezer during winter months. The low air temp interferes with the the thermostat. We used our garage frig for bottled soda and beer only during the winter months. During the other seasons of the year you can use it like you use your in house refrigerator.

Huh? I have a regular fridge in my garage and the freezer works just fine. My garage is not heated.

I used stuff out of that freezer during the bitter cold last week and it was frozen like a rock as it always is.

Or just keep it really full in winter.

Anonymous wrote:Unless your garage is heated you won"t be able to use the freezer during winter months. The low air temp interferes with the the thermostat. We used our garage frig for bottled soda and beer only during the winter months. During the other seasons of the year you can use it like you use your in house refrigerator.

+1. You need a special fridge for a cold garage.

Off topic, but I would recommend getting rid of an old fridge. You would not believe how much energy those things use, so you have to ask yourself it if that fridge is worth $20 monthly in electrical costs (and the lost garage space).

Unless your garage is heated you won"t be able to use the freezer during winter months. The low air temp interferes with the the thermostat. We used our garage frig for bottled soda and beer only during the winter months. During the other seasons of the year you can use it like you use your in house refrigerator.

If the ice was just mushy, the pizzas are probably fine - although I would eat them sooner rather than later.

Might impact the taste some, so maybe test one when you aren't relying on it for dinner.

You don't need to throw them out for safety reasons because they were always at least refrigerator cold, right? You might need to throw them out for having a gross texture but the only way to know for sure is to bake one and see if it looks ok.

Moved to a new house (new to us, but built 30 yrs ago ) and the owners left us their second fridge in the garage. The freezer in the house is super narrow, so I put three frizen pizzas for emergencies in the garage freezer . I also threw in a pack of Italian ice cups. Three days later, I took out some ice cups for the kids, but they were a bit mushy. I turned the temp on the freezer to max cold and didn't think much of it (have intermittently stored other stuff out there, too, without issue). Next day, the iced were watery. I turned the freezer to the max cold setting, but the pizzas still felt cold - and they don't for in the inside freezer anyways.

Today, a week later, the ices are frozen, but clearly went through a period if being liquid bc they're frozen layered out (we're red and blue swirled and now there's a layer of red with blue on top ).

So my question is: throw pizzas all out?