I have a Kenmore side-by-side, model 106.54502300. The freezer causes items to get freezer burn in a short period of time. Even if we re-wrap meats and put them in freezer bags, they still get ice forming on the food in a week or two and in a month or two the food items have been damaged.

Usually looks dry/milky colored and is hard. Sometimes it is also a green tinge. Pork is good for about six months when frozen in a deep freezer with butcher wrap. If you are using a frost freeze refrigerator freezer, in a freezer bag us it in 2-3 months. From your picture they don't look freezer burned, feel the chop, if it is dry and hard, it is, if not probably fine.

Hi There, really it is up to you, I have mine on Frig on 3 and my Freezer on -18 I find that things stay better longer in the frig then the date on the items due to it being at 3, but when you put things into the freezer bag everything two times or put Cling film on everything then put into bags, this will stop freezer burn on meats & breads ok.

the ideal temp in a fridge is +5C,no colder,or your veg will spoil.

Good day,
It's become a common problem on newer machines with less frequent defrost cycles and for a shorter period of time.
The following clip, as you scroll down will see the most exotic procedure. You may not have to go that far.
Using a length of #14 bare copper wire, and wrapping it around the heater and inserting it into the drain hole will usually work. You will need to remove the heater to perform this process properly, and I prefer to wrap the copper close together, each wrap touching the last one. Your call.

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Your machine is a product of Whirlpool which makes many brands, all of them with the same basic system.

Depending on your local environment and the temperature where you live, if the door was open for that length of time, the freezer will probably take another 24 hours to recover and reach its operating temperature.

If the freezer was full, it might even take longer. If there were meat products in the freezer that thawed out, they may have spoiled, so be aware of that. Sometimes, some meat products can be cooked right away so they aren't wasted. All other products in the freezer should also be checked.

No you cannot turn off the auto-defrost as the unit would stop working at all after a short time, and there's no provision to do so anyway. And I don't understand why you would thing the feature would have anything to do with fFreezer Burn. Freezer Burn imay be somewhat affected by the temperature, but mostly how well the food is sealed, keeping air out of the package. If freezing packaged meats from your supermarket for instance, the air in the package will burn them in, yes as little as two weeks. If that is the problem, you must repackage those items, eliminating as much air contact with the food in the package as possible to avoid the problem. I myself use both plastic wrap and aluminum foil to repackage anything I want to keep a while.

Fan motors are great item to give off a burning smell when failing.
You have one in the freezer compartment behind the back panel.
You should be able to hear it when you open the door to the freezer.
A second motor is behind the cover panel at the bottom rear of the machine near the compressor. Failure of either motor can cause no cooling, and a burning odor.
There is a calrod heater located in the freezer compartment behind the real panel that can short and burn, but it would not immediately cause rapid cooling failure unless it burned a hole in the evaporator causing a total loss of refrigerant. ( I've seen it happen, but it's rare). Beyond those items wiring runs throughout the machine and can be suspect especially if the machine was transported on it's side. Refrigerators should always be moved in an upright position.

It sounds like you may be overloading your unit. If you place a large quanity of non frozen items in the freezer at one time, it may take a few hours to bring the temperature back down. This usually happens with a chest type not an upright. Insure when adding items to the freezer there is room for air movement. With out looking at it I think the problem is the defrost timer or sensor. Maybe staying on too long increasing the overall temperature of the unit. When ever the defrost cycle is on, the cooling unit is also off. As far as the meat freezer burning, none of the freezer bags I have used prevent this. I pr-wrap my meat in freezer paper and then place it in a bag, sometimes freezer bags sometimes not. I try not to buy meat from grocery stores, I grow my own meat and have it butchered and vacuum packed, it doesn't change color. Please note that items in a freezer bag moved around after the contents have frozen will cause air leaks in the bags very easily.

Hi,tomonbow
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You said,you are getting freezer burn in only two days, right?

Are you putting the meat in proper freezer bags and squeezing
air out as you zip lock the bag?
If you do not use proper freezer bags you will always get freezer burn on meats!

WAIT ! This will not happen in two days!
Seems to me something else has happened to your meat prior to your purchase and it probably is not the freezer at fault.

If it happens to meat that you feel was not frozen when you bought it, check with the store of purchase to see if it came into them frozen before it was put in their refrigerator case!
Most super markets receive cases of frozen meat and then put them in the walk in refrigerator, or refrigerator case to present them for sale to the customers and they defrost in the case.

Then we think we are buying meat that is fresh and never been frozen!
Fresh meat will not freezer burn in 2 days unless it has happened previously to the time you bought it.

Also when you freeze any meat you buy, repack it in proper freezer bags and not just any zip lock bag!

But I believe it happened before you bought it.
And i'll bet it all came from the same store.
that's why some people shop at a butcher shop or Costco type store where the meat is fresher and sells out faster!
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Do some investigating and ask the store some hard questions!