We have one in the garage. We got it from our in-laws when they moved to assisted living, although it did in fact, replace one we HAD there, that was broken.
THAT one, we got for a very specific reason - we found that we could save money on meat by buying a whole side of beef, a whole cow or a whole pig, all at once. And it was of very good quality. A few times a year I would have a big chunk of cash which sadly would get nickel and dimed away, and we decided a few years back to just start buying large meat purchases.
Sadly - that luxury has passed. So it has been repurposed. When I see really good meat bargains, I go ahead and buy as much as I can. Extra turkey at Thanksgiving time, extra corned beef around St Patties. During the height of the pandemic, some stores would sell large bags of chicken thighs for a song. I think our extra freezer barely has an item in it that WASN'T on mark down. A while back, a neighbor of ours moved away, and he had several freezers in his garage, because he was a hunter. His freezers were full of his stuff, plus his wife stocked up on things like bones and chicken parts for stock.
But in case you are wondering, we haven't bought an extra freezer or refrigeration unit in a few years - the current situation had no impact.
