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If you buy boxloads of burgers at a warehouse club or like to keep a few weeks' worth of dinner fixings on hand, the 4- to 6-cubic-foot freezer compartments in most refrigerators may seem positively lilliputian.
A separate freezer can give you more cold-storage space. Those now on the market have 4 to 25 cubic feet of space and cost from $140 for one of the smallest units to $750 or so for a spacious model with adjustable shelves, bins, and lighting. Three sizes--5, 15, and 20 cubic feet--account for half of all purchases. Operating a new 15-cubic-foot freezer costs about $30 to $55 a year (at average electric rates), depending on the type. That's in the same ...