My shiny new Blast Freezer arrived as expected yesterday.
After wrestling the 50kg unit through the house the next problem was to find a
temporary home for it. Once it was installed and had settled for a few hours I
thought it was time for a try out. I soon had it up and running so I opened the
manual to see how to freeze my first items. Che catastrofe. Tutto era in Italiano.
OK, I realise the home of excellent ice cream is Italy and the blast freezer is
an ideal tool for creating such a product but all bar a very small section with
basic ‘how to turn it on’ instructions were in Italian.
I
soldiered on and managed to get it working. Taking the temperature down to -40C
I soon had a couple of chicken thighs reduced to frozen solid. My only issue
was a periodic beeping and the whole freeze process on hold. A few hours later
I guessed that Ld that was flashing on the display had something to do with the
door. It seemed closed but on touching it the error message vanished and the
freezing recommenced. I have now come to the conclusion that the sensor is not
correctly positioned so as the temperature drops, the door contracts slightly
and a false error is created.
I will endeavour to correct the sensor issue over the next
day or two as time permits and I can then try a little experiment. We all know
that putting Vodka in the freezer thickens it but at -27C or so it should
freeze. This means I can make Alcohol Cubes to put in my tonic. More on this
later
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