If you want to be extra safe, you can keep an appliance thermometer in your freezer, which can help confirm the freezer ...

Stock Your Freezer with Ice. Fill empty 2-liter soda bottles, water jugs, or even good zip-top bags (I would double bag the freezer bags) with water and set them into dead spaces in your freezer.

A refrigerator should keep food cold for six hours and a half-full freezer for 24 hours (48 hours if the freezer is full) if you don't open the doors, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ...

A refrigerator should keep food cold for six hours and a half-full freezer for 24 hours (48 hours if the freezer is full) if you don't open the doors, according to the U.S. Department of ...

Add ice or another cold source to keep them below 41 degrees. Throw out these foods during a power outage. ... If frozen foods in your freezer have thawed, you should throw those out too.

Group food together in the freezer. This helps the food stay cold longer. Have coolers on hand to keep refrigerated food cold if the power will be out for more than 4 hours.

Directions. Preheat air fryer to 350 F. In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; crumble beef; drain.