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Storage Chest Freezers

Chest Freezers for Commercial & Home Use in Toronto & Canada

Add bulk cold storage without eating into your kitchen's shelf space — or your garage — with Phoenix Food Equipment's Storage Chest Freezers collection. Built for restaurants, grocers, and convenience stores, these commercial-grade chest freezers are just as popular with home buyers looking for a reliable deep freezer for a garage, basement, or cottage. Our lineup covers everything from a compact 30-inch small chest freezer to a 76-inch double-door model that holds a full day's backstock — or a season's worth of bulk grocery shopping. Most of our lineup comes from Duracold, our proprietary line, holding a standard -18°C to -28°C range at a budget-friendly price point that beats most big-box chest freezers on both price and build quality. For specialty needs, our Excellence Refrigeration chest freezers hold down to -45°C, built for lab samples, biological specimens, and other product that needs deeper cold than a standard freezer provides. Whether you're stocking a restaurant in Toronto, running a market in Mississauga, or keeping a deep freezer in the garage right here in Vaughan, we ship chest freezers across the GTA — Markham and Hamilton included — and nationwide across Canada.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions from operators buying this kind of equipment.

What's the difference between a chest freezer and an upright freezer?

A chest freezer opens from the top and holds cold air in even when the lid is open, since cold air sinks and doesn't spill out the way it does from a front-opening door — that makes it more energy-efficient for bulk, long-term storage, whether that's a restaurant's backstock or a home garage's overflow groceries. An upright freezer, like our Reach-In Freezers, opens from the front and organizes product on shelves for easier day-to-day access, but loses more cold air every time the door opens. Chest freezers work best for inventory you're not digging through constantly; reach-in freezers work best for items you need quick, repeated access to.

What size chest freezer do I need?

Chest freezer size comes down to how much you're storing and how much floor space you have — a compact 30-inch model works well for a family kitchen, garage, or small store, while a 76-inch double-door unit holds enough for a restaurant's full day of backstock or a home buyer stocking up for an entire season. Keep in mind a chest freezer's lid needs room to swing fully open, so measure your floor space before you order, not just where the freezer itself will sit. Phoenix Food Equipment carries chest freezers across that full size range, from Duracold's smaller CF-series units up through our largest double-door models.

What is an ultra-low temperature chest freezer used for?

An ultra-low temperature chest freezer, like our Excellence Refrigeration UCS Series holding down to -45°C, is built for product that needs deeper freezing than a standard -18°C to -28°C commercial freezer provides — think specialty food product, ice cream bases, or lab and pharmaceutical samples that require a stable, very cold environment. Phoenix Food Equipment stocks Excellence Refrigeration ultra-low temperature chest freezers alongside our standard-range Duracold lineup, so you can match the freezer to what's actually being stored.