Bought a 10lb bag of chicken leg quarters at Kroger last week, Grilled up some over the weekend and went to do the rest yesterday and they had gone bad. Never had that happen before, BTW the sell by date was 6/20. Checked the temp in my fridge the best I could, searched for a thermometer all I could come up with was an instant read unit I use for baking, it did go down to 30 degrees. Put it in a glass of water and checked it a few hours later and it read close to 50! When the fridge was new I set it in the upper 30's and had not thought too much about it over the years.
Rummaged around a found a few more thermometers, they read upper 40's, not good. Turned the cold control up and checked again still in the 40's. Checked the freezer and it read -10, so compressor is working well. My freezer is packed quite tightly, but the fan is running and I checked the vents in the fridge side and both appear to be open and not frosted over. I guess the next step will be to empty the freezer and pull the back off to see if there is any frost build up potentially blocking the air flow. It's been a good fridge, I'm guessing I've had it for 12-14 years with only one major issue, a blown lighting control board, cheap fix.
Any other suggestions? What a pain...
Rummaged around a found a few more thermometers, they read upper 40's, not good. Turned the cold control up and checked again still in the 40's. Checked the freezer and it read -10, so compressor is working well. My freezer is packed quite tightly, but the fan is running and I checked the vents in the fridge side and both appear to be open and not frosted over. I guess the next step will be to empty the freezer and pull the back off to see if there is any frost build up potentially blocking the air flow. It's been a good fridge, I'm guessing I've had it for 12-14 years with only one major issue, a blown lighting control board, cheap fix.
Any other suggestions? What a pain...