Trick for monitoring freezer while absent:

[Gypsy62]

2 week biz trip + freezer full of tri-tip + thaw/re-freeze paranoia =

A. Place plastic cup of water in freezer until frozen.
B. Place a few coins on top of the frozen water.
C. On return, if coins not at bottom of cup, no thaw/re-freeze event.

Back onsite, I was confidently content to flip a few dry coins before flipping a few steaks.

PS- never try to change the text size of your post using the below-right tab; it auto-erases all existing text.
Arrgh.

[Chuck_thehammer]

coins or ice cubes work well.

or a small battery powered thermometer.. with memory..

used to be mechanical thermometer.. with tabs.. if going over 40 degrees.. tabs keep pointer at 40.

[Gypsy62]

If you have them, cubes idea great alternative!

[mrquacker]

Another idea: Place a couple ice cubes in a glass, and place in freezer. If you only have one BIG ice disc, then you've gone through the thaw/freeze cycle.

[gbopp]

So, what if two coins are on the bottom and one is still on top? 🙂