Colorado cold storage

[pfraze]

I've had good luck with Hotchkiss Meats in Hotchkiss in the past but I haven't been there for a few years. We got there late and called the number on the door around midnight and they came and opened up. We did have them do the processing. Its a little ways from Montrose but not too far.

 

[Balderdash]

This is the way. You can often even find them cheaply on Craigslist (they're really bulky but not very valuable so when people move, sometimes chest freezers don't make the "cut".) Also, if you're willing to do a temperature controller mod, since you're (probably) not actually trying to freeze the meat, you can run it at about 40F on one or two solar panels if you set it up right.

I'll have to look into this. We've gone solar for the camp. Would be nice to not have to schlep the generator and extra gas cans around.

OTOH, we sometimes use the generator to power an auxiliary heater for the tent/camper, and we've used to to power car battery chargers, etc if it's overcast.

 

[taskswap]

I'll have to look into this. We've gone solar for the camp. Would be nice to not have to schlep the generator and extra gas cans around.

OTOH, we sometimes use the generator to power an auxiliary heater for the tent/camper, and we've used to to power car battery chargers, etc if it's overcast.

FWIW chest freezers are one of the most common choices by the RV/van-life crowd as an alternative to fridges, for exactly the reason of low power consumption. When modified to run at fridge temps (just a temperature controller - lots of Youtube videos on this) they can use as little as a few hundred Wh per day, which a single solar panel can often provide (and more). A lot depends on things like what temp you set it at, keeping it out of the sun, the quality of the appliance you get, and how much work it has to do initially (let the meat cool as much as possible before putting it in).