How long can you store meat in the freezer before it becomes freezer burned?

Answer 1

Food can get freezer burn in a day or so if left exposed in the freezer. Otherwise, it generally takes a month or more to become freezer burnt. If food is properly packaged, the risk of freezer burn goes way down.

Answer 2

Freezer burn has more to do with the quality of the packaging rather than time. Unpackaged meat placed in freezer will develop freezer burn in one day. Vacuum packaged meat may never get freezer burned, as long as the packaging remains intact, although it will eventually turn rancid.

Answer 3

I put the last of the tomatoes in the freezer before that last frost in Oct. I planned on making salsa with them during the winter. I put them in a Rubbermaid container. It's now March and they already taste freezer burned. I guess Rubbermaid is not a good choice. I would stick with Ziploc bags. I have had more success with those.

Answer 4

the better you wrap them the longer it takes, but you should use them within 6 months

Answer 5

when you put something in the freezer without an airtight seal on the container or bag and when you take it out it tastes different

Answer 6

it takes about a month and a half