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Posted By: Guest

Subject: Driving down with frozen food? Does it last?

We'd like to pre-cook meals for ease of use on arrival. How long has anyone traveled with pre-cooked FROZEN meals in a cooler and still had them last? Assuming a cooler is packed with ice that is. Wondering if they would last through the night if we kept packing them with new ice?
Thoughts?

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33854: RE: Driving down with frozen food? Does it last?

4/13/2009 1:20:25 PM

Posted By: Guest

We bring a lot of frozen foods with us. It all depends on your cooler. My cooler will keep ice for 3 solid days. Just pay attention and try to shade it as much as possible.

33860: RE: Driving down with frozen food? Does it last?

4/13/2009 1:33:09 PM

Posted By: Guest

fill it with ice every hour and keep out of sun light it should be fine.

33867: RE: Driving down with frozen food? Does it last?

4/13/2009 3:48:53 PM

Posted By: Guest

Yes - We have done this a few times. We have about a 6.5 hour drive and I usually check the cooler once during the trip and add ice if need be. A good cooler will make a difference too. It's a good idea and can make dinners much easier while you are there.

33872: RE: Driving down with frozen food? Does it last?

4/13/2009 3:59:32 PM

Posted By: Guest

most of the time we make something and freeze it a few days before and let it thaw on the way down from ohio. when we get there it is ready to cook. that way we don't have to go to the store or out to eat the first nite

33873: RE: Driving down with frozen food? Does it last?

4/13/2009 4:01:06 PM

Posted By: Guest

We have kept food frozen/cold for a large group of 40 people for 3 days. We were always the meal planners when we went camping wilth our Celtic reenactment group and like everyone else said..good cooler, shade and ice does the trick. The food should survive the trip easily. We would also duck tape the coolers with the frozen goods to make sure it was sealed during the drive..

33875: RE: Driving down with frozen food? Does it last?

4/13/2009 4:04:26 PM

Posted By: Guest

Yes and the lasagna will not be ready to heat the first night as it will still be frozen. We learned the hard way.

33876: RE: Driving down with frozen food? Does it last?

4/13/2009 4:04:36 PM

Posted By: mike

We have about an 8 hour drive from pa, we have had no problem with things thawing out. We put frozen roast steaks and burger in cooler top off with ice and don't open till we check into out rental, which is sometimes 13 or 14 hours from when we leave pa.

33882: RE: Driving down with frozen food? Does it last?

4/13/2009 4:32:36 PM

Posted By: Guest

We also drive from PA. Last year my husband bought dry ice at the grocery store. It kept everything quite frozen overnight as we drove down and it was still frozen when we finally checked in at 5:00

33886: RE: Driving down with frozen food? Does it last?

4/13/2009 4:41:06 PM

Posted By: Guest

Consider buying some Dri Ice a lot of welding company's sell it

33894: RE: Driving down with frozen food? Does it last?

4/13/2009 5:26:40 PM

Posted By: 2MiniSchnauzers

We drive almost 7 hours and what we brought frozen was still frozen when we arrived. It wasn't pre-cooked food though. We packed it good with ice and ice packs and didn't open it until we arrived at the house. HTH

33947: RE: Driving down with frozen food? Does it last?

4/14/2009 2:13:53 PM

Posted By: Guest

We have driven from Indiana, 15 hours, with frozen food and never had a problem. We have just added ice if we didn't drive straight through.

33981: RE: Driving down with frozen food? Does it last?

4/15/2009 6:45:37 AM

Posted By: Guest

We always bring our own meats, etc. We freeze up some plastic soda bottles ahead of time and with the addition of ice in the cooler everything stays good and cold. You can always replenish your ice along the way, if need be.

34045: RE: Driving down with frozen food? Does it last?

4/16/2009 2:01:51 AM

Posted By: Guest

duct tape your cooler and avoid temptation to open it and check--it will still be frozen when you arrive.

34128: RE: Driving down with frozen food? Does it last?

4/17/2009 7:13:31 PM

Posted By: Guest

Freeze a gallon of milk to use as your ice if you have room.

42439: RE: Driving down with frozen food? Does it last?

7/11/2009 9:22:15 PM

Posted By: Michelle

You can buy dry ice at some grocery stores-it should keep your food cold

67922: RE: Driving down with frozen food? Does it last?

6/4/2010 10:30:33 PM

Posted By: Sharyn

We take all our meat every year (this is our 7th trip) and drive from PA, just be sure everything is frozen solid and it will be fine, last year we left at 4am and didn't check in our house until almost 5pm and everything was still frozen solid.

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