How to prevent Keirig from freezing??

RetiredRealtorRick wrote:

jkwilson wrote:

RetiredRealtorRick wrote:
How would it freeze if there's no water in it?

I'd imagine if it were a concern, I'd buy an insulated ice chest it would fit into and let it live there until I needed to use it.

It will still freeze unless there is a heat source inside the cooler.

Really? So a putting it inside a well-insulated cooler, in a somewhat-insulated RV would not keep it from freezing? Exactly what kind of outside temps are we talking about here?

The insulated cooler and insulated RV won't keep it from freezing. It merely takes longer for the temperature to drop low enough around the Keurig. Without a source of heat, the inside of any insulated container will eventually reach the temperature of the outside. The insulation just slows that process down.

jkwilson wrote:

RetiredRealtorRick wrote:
How would it freeze if there's no water in it?

I'd imagine if it were a concern, I'd buy an insulated ice chest it would fit into and let it live there until I needed to use it.

It will still freeze unless there is a heat source inside the cooler.

Really? So a putting it inside a well-insulated cooler, in a somewhat-insulated RV would not keep it from freezing? Exactly what kind of outside temps are we talking about here?

In regards to the landfills, K-Cups are recyclable. All the ones I buy state that and tell you what to do. Peal the top off, dump the coffee, rinse, put with recyclables.

Now, do I do this? NOOOO!! When they make it easy to pull the top off I will, right now it is a PAIN.

I use a cheap no name K-Cup brewer, OK, it has a name, but nothing I have heard of before, that makes a single cup and pretty much sucks all the water out each time.

wa8yxm wrote:


The lowest end Kuring is one where you pour your water in and it uses it all up running itsel dry (you will hear the pump run free...

We have one of the single serves also. Couple of times we have taken off for a long weekend in winter we will just grab the few cloths and some food and go to the storage lot. It takes us 15-20 minutes to settle in.

We get done and decide to make coffee to go. Keurig wouldn't work. Drove to destination and decide to re-check it before I trash it and it fires right up. Did this twice. Finally decided it just doesn't like to work till it gets warmed up to above 45.°

ivbinconned wrote:
Wa8 Don’t worry about us filling landfills with cups.
I cut them open, shake out and compost the grounds.
Then because there is a tiny amount of oil in each cup I use them to help start the fires in the wood stove we heat our house with.
I love to watch the black smoke going skyward and the spreading out all over the country side from witch the product originally came from.
Although if I run out of Kcups I burn railway ties and they really pour out the black smoke!!
I’d advise to only burn those at night so your neighbors don’t see the black smoke.
But it sure does through the heat when it’s -40 degrees out side.

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RetiredRealtorRick wrote:
How would it freeze if there's no water in it?

I'd imagine if it were a concern, I'd buy an insulated ice chest it would fit into and let it live there until I needed to use it.

It will still freeze unless there is a heat source inside the cooler.

Wa8 Don’t worry about us filling landfills with cups.
I cut them open, shake out and compost the grounds.
Then because there is a tiny amount of oil in each cup I use them to help start the fires in the wood stove we heat our house with.
I love to watch the black smoke going skyward and the spreading out all over the country side from witch the product originally came from.
Although if I run out of Kcups I burn railway ties and they really pour out the black smoke!!
I’d advise to only burn those at night so your neighbors don’t see the black smoke.
But it sure does through the heat when it’s -40 degrees out side.

:S

We had one freeze and break even though we were sure it was drained.

RetiredRealtorRick wrote:
How would it freeze if there's no water in it?

I'd imagine if it were a concern, I'd buy an insulated ice chest it would fit into and let it live there until I needed to use it.

The lowest end Kuring is one where you pour your water in and it uses it all up running itsel dry (you will hear the pump run free(

All the others water remains in the pump housing and there is no way to get rid of it as they have 'out of water' Detectors and no drain plug.

So go with the low end or as I did with a "Knock Off" (Tru from Fred's, a southern store) or forget the Keurig and stop filling landfills with empty I-Cups (The Tru has a mesh filter and and can use Ground coffee)
And use a common 4=cup Auto Drip

On on the Tru I found using the mesh filter lets finly ground coffee into the cup so I lined it with a #2 Filter

You can also use a Melitta Pour Over Coffee Cone Brewer and a teakettle (electric or stove top)

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01J96VMCA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=arfoodbestpourovercoffeemakersmfincher0720-20&linkId=3b21b117f33e2b99fb536233199ea756&language=en_US

There are other brands as well. This one uses a cone filter (Also #2) if you keep hot water handy (20 or 30 cup party perk?) You have a fresh cup fast as you can pour it.