stinking freezer

[snowtop]

Just got back from UK and electric off and freezer stinks awful.  Any suggestions for deoderising the smelly machine please

[KKOB]

Give it a rub over with soapy water, dry it, and put some BBQ charcoal bricks in to absorb the smell. If you haven't got BBQ charcoal, use bicarbonate of soda.

[Jacqui Harvey]

Two things that work and are used by people in the antiques business and have been for hundreds of years  for kists (trunks) and old furniture is either a lemon or two cut in half or onions cut in half.   i have always found the onions work well and are cheaper than lemons.  They absorb the bad smells and contrary to what you might think, there is no onion smell.   Put the half onions in and close the door and leave it for a few hours, overnight is best.  Lemons will do the same thing. 

[scorcher]

Activated charcoal, or unscented cat litter works too. My mother used to cut up raw potatoes and leave them in the fridge overnight - seemed to work.
 

[loz]

Last year we returned after 6 weeks to a defrosted freezer, on opening the freezer door we were near knockedout by the pungent smell of decaying flesh! I had to start the freezer to refreeze the meets so that I could dispose of it more easily,.
The smell of the freezer was awful, we put the offending article in the garden and tried everything from bi-carb, lemon, and charcoal to rid the smell, even steamed cleaning and jet washing, all to no avail, the smell had got into the casing, no shifting it.
We ended up buying a new one, :-(
For some reason I have no idea why, before leaving the house I (yes me) turned it off at the switched!!!!  Gordon was so happy, and so pleased to have to spend £500 on a new one.

[scorcher]

 Has Gordon given up on the old proof reading lark ?   

[loz]

Cheeky! He can't get to a computer at the moment, we are on holiday in Scotland, and I refuse to show him how to work my tablet we use for travelling;-) 

[Stargazer]

This also happened to us 2yrs ago, we tried all the above things and after 2 weeks decided to get a new one. My husband being a refridgerator engineer then proceeded to take it to pieces only to find it is a sealed unit. It was worth getting a new one to be rid of the smell. Lesson learnt!!

[snowtop]

I have bought a new freezer and letting the other one stay outside and see if the smell goes.  If it does, then I will have a backup freezer