What state are you from, and do you have a “garage fridge”?
September 12, 2025
By that I mean an old or cheap refrigerator you keep in your garage, basement, etc.
50 comments
Tennessee, and yes.
My parents are from Maryland and they have a chest freezer in the basement.
My aunt is also in Maryland and keeps a fridge in her basement. Then again she has a kitchenette in her basement.
I do not have one. I don’t have the room for one.
Mass and yes
Oregon. Basement fridge but it just broke down.
Colorado, and no, which is a problem, because I have to leave the hitchhikers in the trunk and they start to smell.
Washington, and no… I have a garage freezer! It lets me bake and shop in bulk, and store my homegrown produce, without any of it going to waste.
My in-laws have a garage fridge, but they have a lot more people at their house, especially on holidays.
California and the garage fridge is newer than the kitchen fridge. Also have a garage freezer the size of a Volkswagen. My wife loves Costco and Winco, so here we are.
Massachusetts. Basement fridge and deep freezer
Virginia and yes – and it’s newer than the kitchen fridge.
New York. No, we didn’t have a garage and the basement was unfinished and creepy and we never went down there except to do laundry. I can’t think of anything we would have put in a second fridge or freezer anyway
Georgia, yes. It was originally our main fridge but got moved to garage when we got a new one. Mostly use it for soda and frozen pizza, lol.
Louisiana. Yes. And a back porch mini fridge.
Cause we fancy.
Ohio, basement refrigerator and two chest freezers. Gotta put that side of beef somewhere.
Colorado via Minnesota and yes, always. And everyone i know has one.
Colorado we don’t now, but I grew up with one. Also, I would like to get one.
Yep. Everyone in my family has one in their house. My house, my parents house, my in laws house, my sister’s house.
Maine and have and keep full a stand up freezer in the basement. Also have a refrigerator/freezer next to it.
From state of despair in a town called malice. I have a fridge in the yard where one day I hope to have a garage.
Washington- No, but there are two freezers!
I kinda wish there was a fridge though
Georgia and yes. Have a garage fridge and freezer.
Oklahoma and yes we have a fridge and a freezer in the garage.
Florida – no garage fridge
Florida no but we do have one on our lanai
California, yes, always have done
New York, and we have a basement freezer but no basement fridge (yet)
washington and yes, kinda. we didn’t my whole life growing up but about 3 years ago we got a mini fridge from somewhere and we put it in the garage and use it for beer
Family in New Jersey – yes, from food shopping
TX
Yes, we have a newer refrigerator and separate freezer in the garage.
Also have mini fridge-wine fridge in outdoor kitchen by our pool-hottub.
Alabama. Yes. Actually have 4 “garage fridges.”
Arizona and I had a garage freezer. Until it blew the GFI and stopped working in July. Had like 40lbs of rotten meat before we discovered it. Never again
Michigan and yes! Garage fridge and basement freezer.
Central Jersey, yes. 2 fridges & a freezer, they’re not old or cheap 🖕🏼
In North Carolina I had several friends who did. In Oregon I know one person with a back porch fridge but I think that’s because they live with lots of roommates so genuinely need more fridge space. I know someone else with a dining room mini-fridge for drinks but that seems a slightly different concept.
The traditional garage fridge as I remember it was used for sodas or as food storage for things that wouldn’t be cooked right away.
Ohio and yes, I have a basement fridge. We mostly got it for the pandemic and Thanksgiving.
MA growing up, CA as an adult, and never had one.
Washington, and yes, I have both a full size fridge and a mini fridge in the garage, as well as a huge freezer. My parents always had both as well (they actually have two full size garage fridges right now, but one they mostly just plug in when they have visitors).
NM and yes. Originally it was our main fridge years back, but now it’s a second pantry for soda and nonperishables that don’t mind how hot it gets in the summers. We don’t need it plugged in.
Oregon and no, I’m in an apartment. Grew up in Minnesota and also no because the garage would typically be colder than a refrigerator for like five months out of the year. We kept sodas on a shelf in the garage and it was only ever an issue when it got too cold and they exploded.
Colorado, yes, we call it The Party Fridge and it’s covered in stickers. We literally buy stickers on vacations to bring home and put on this old fridge in the basement. And we never host parties, so no clue why it’s The Party Fridge.
I’ve lived in a lot of different states and not originally American but I guess I spent most of my time in Texas?
The folks that adopted me never did a garage fridge and we moved fairly often.
We spent summer in Michigan and pretty much all of our family and friends had garage fridges. Usually beer and soda
texas, garage freezer
I’m originally from Nevada; I knew a few people growing up who had garage fridges, but we never did.
Since then, though, my parents (who still live there) have acquired one.
I live in an apartment in Seattle now, so I don’t even have a garage, never mind one with a fridge in it.
Iowa. My garage is detached (a separate structure from my house) and I don’t have a fridge in it, but I do have a spare fridge in my basement and it holds beverages only. When I moved here, I brought the fridge from my old house, but my new house also had a nicer fridge, so the old house fridge went to the basement. That was 18 years ago and it is still down there and still working.
Virginia and yes. It became a necessity because there were 9 people living in the same house at one point. Also a chest freezer in the garage.
Kentucky and we have a small garage fridge but a big basement one.
Illinois (living in Arizona), and yes. We keep mostly beverages in it, but the freezer out there is for the deep storage of meat.
NH and yes- small fridge in the garage for beer/water etc. and a full “ meat” freezer in the basement for butchered chicken and beef. Used to be used for venison but I don’t hunt any longer.
Yep. Fridge and chest freezer in the garage.
Pennsylvania. We don’t have a garage, but my mom’s old house had two freezers, my grandparents ground floor had one as well (they didn’t have a basement). My dad has a fridge in his basement but no freezer
I grew up in California and in Idaho. Garage fridges weren’t very common but I remember thinking the few people I knew that had them were rich! I live in Indiana now with my husband (who grew up here) and we have a garage fridge. It was a “necessity” in his eyes. And we didn’t even have to be rich. I got ours on fb marketplace for like $80 lol.
50 comments
Tennessee, and yes.
My parents are from Maryland and they have a chest freezer in the basement.
My aunt is also in Maryland and keeps a fridge in her basement. Then again she has a kitchenette in her basement.
I do not have one. I don’t have the room for one.
Mass and yes
Oregon. Basement fridge but it just broke down.
Colorado, and no, which is a problem, because I have to leave the hitchhikers in the trunk and they start to smell.
Washington, and no… I have a garage freezer! It lets me bake and shop in bulk, and store my homegrown produce, without any of it going to waste.
My in-laws have a garage fridge, but they have a lot more people at their house, especially on holidays.
California and the garage fridge is newer than the kitchen fridge. Also have a garage freezer the size of a Volkswagen. My wife loves Costco and Winco, so here we are.
Massachusetts. Basement fridge and deep freezer
Virginia and yes – and it’s newer than the kitchen fridge.
New York. No, we didn’t have a garage and the basement was unfinished and creepy and we never went down there except to do laundry. I can’t think of anything we would have put in a second fridge or freezer anyway
Georgia, yes. It was originally our main fridge but got moved to garage when we got a new one. Mostly use it for soda and frozen pizza, lol.
Louisiana. Yes. And a back porch mini fridge.
Cause we fancy.
Ohio, basement refrigerator and two chest freezers. Gotta put that side of beef somewhere.
Colorado via Minnesota and yes, always. And everyone i know has one.
Colorado we don’t now, but I grew up with one. Also, I would like to get one.
Yep. Everyone in my family has one in their house. My house, my parents house, my in laws house, my sister’s house.
Maine and have and keep full a stand up freezer in the basement. Also have a refrigerator/freezer next to it.
From state of despair in a town called malice. I have a fridge in the yard where one day I hope to have a garage.
Washington- No, but there are two freezers!
I kinda wish there was a fridge though
Georgia and yes. Have a garage fridge and freezer.
Oklahoma and yes we have a fridge and a freezer in the garage.
Florida – no garage fridge
Florida no but we do have one on our lanai
California, yes, always have done
New York, and we have a basement freezer but no basement fridge (yet)
washington and yes, kinda. we didn’t my whole life growing up but about 3 years ago we got a mini fridge from somewhere and we put it in the garage and use it for beer
Family in New Jersey – yes, from food shopping
TX
Yes, we have a newer refrigerator and separate freezer in the garage.
Also have mini fridge-wine fridge in outdoor kitchen by our pool-hottub.
Alabama. Yes. Actually have 4 “garage fridges.”
Arizona and I had a garage freezer. Until it blew the GFI and stopped working in July. Had like 40lbs of rotten meat before we discovered it. Never again
Michigan and yes! Garage fridge and basement freezer.
Central Jersey, yes. 2 fridges & a freezer, they’re not old or cheap 🖕🏼
In North Carolina I had several friends who did. In Oregon I know one person with a back porch fridge but I think that’s because they live with lots of roommates so genuinely need more fridge space. I know someone else with a dining room mini-fridge for drinks but that seems a slightly different concept.
The traditional garage fridge as I remember it was used for sodas or as food storage for things that wouldn’t be cooked right away.
Ohio and yes, I have a basement fridge. We mostly got it for the pandemic and Thanksgiving.
MA growing up, CA as an adult, and never had one.
Washington, and yes, I have both a full size fridge and a mini fridge in the garage, as well as a huge freezer. My parents always had both as well (they actually have two full size garage fridges right now, but one they mostly just plug in when they have visitors).
NM and yes. Originally it was our main fridge years back, but now it’s a second pantry for soda and nonperishables that don’t mind how hot it gets in the summers. We don’t need it plugged in.
Oregon and no, I’m in an apartment. Grew up in Minnesota and also no because the garage would typically be colder than a refrigerator for like five months out of the year. We kept sodas on a shelf in the garage and it was only ever an issue when it got too cold and they exploded.
Colorado, yes, we call it The Party Fridge and it’s covered in stickers. We literally buy stickers on vacations to bring home and put on this old fridge in the basement. And we never host parties, so no clue why it’s The Party Fridge.
I’ve lived in a lot of different states and not originally American but I guess I spent most of my time in Texas?
The folks that adopted me never did a garage fridge and we moved fairly often.
We spent summer in Michigan and pretty much all of our family and friends had garage fridges. Usually beer and soda
texas, garage freezer
I’m originally from Nevada; I knew a few people growing up who had garage fridges, but we never did.
Since then, though, my parents (who still live there) have acquired one.
I live in an apartment in Seattle now, so I don’t even have a garage, never mind one with a fridge in it.
Iowa. My garage is detached (a separate structure from my house) and I don’t have a fridge in it, but I do have a spare fridge in my basement and it holds beverages only. When I moved here, I brought the fridge from my old house, but my new house also had a nicer fridge, so the old house fridge went to the basement. That was 18 years ago and it is still down there and still working.
Virginia and yes. It became a necessity because there were 9 people living in the same house at one point. Also a chest freezer in the garage.
Kentucky and we have a small garage fridge but a big basement one.
Illinois (living in Arizona), and yes. We keep mostly beverages in it, but the freezer out there is for the deep storage of meat.
NH and yes- small fridge in the garage for beer/water etc. and a full “ meat” freezer in the basement for butchered chicken and beef. Used to be used for venison but I don’t hunt any longer.
Yep. Fridge and chest freezer in the garage.
Pennsylvania. We don’t have a garage, but my mom’s old house had two freezers, my grandparents ground floor had one as well (they didn’t have a basement). My dad has a fridge in his basement but no freezer
I grew up in California and in Idaho. Garage fridges weren’t very common but I remember thinking the few people I knew that had them were rich! I live in Indiana now with my husband (who grew up here) and we have a garage fridge. It was a “necessity” in his eyes. And we didn’t even have to be rich. I got ours on fb marketplace for like $80 lol.