Blue Air BSF23-L-HC 23 cu. ft. One-Section Solid Door Reach-In Freezer, Left Hinged

It is a true freezer. Blue Air rates the BSF23-L-HC at -10°F to 5°F, which is a hard-freeze band for ice cream, dough, portioned proteins and frozen prepared foods — not the 33°F to 38°F range of a reach-in refrigerator. The setpoint is held by a self-diagnostic digital control with a front display, so staff can read the cabinet temperature without opening the door.

No — the BSF23-L-HC uses manual defrost, initiated from the digital control panel. That is a deliberate choice on a low-temperature cabinet: the operator runs a defrost cycle when the coil actually needs it, typically during a slow period or after close, instead of a timer firing mid-service and softening product. The bottom-mounted condensation pan is designed to prevent water overflow while improving ventilation during those cycles.

It designates a left-handed door — the hinges are on the left side of the cabinet and the door swings open from the right. That matters when the freezer sits at the end of a line or beside a wall, because the wrong hinge side puts the open door across your aisle. Blue Air builds the same 23 cu. ft. one-section cabinet with a right-hinged door if your layout needs the opposite swing.

Four adjustable epoxy-coated wire shelves are included, one per tier across the full 23 cu. ft. interior, and each one repositions on the cabinet pilasters so you can run four even levels for sheet pans or open a tall bay for cases and tubs. Additional shelves are available from Blue Air as an accessory. The epoxy coating resists the corrosion that repeated frost and thaw cycles cause on uncoated wire.

Yes. Blue Air specifies a durable door gasket with easy replacement, and it is the part most worth watching on a freezer — a gasket that no longer seals lets warm humid air in, which shows up as frost buildup and a rising energy bill long before the box actually warms. Gaskets, casters, shelves and lamps are treated as normal wear items and are excluded from the 5-year warranty, so budget for the gasket as routine maintenance.

The cabinet measures 26-13/16" wide by 31-9/64" deep by 82-7/8" high on its standard 4" casters, with a net weight of 251 lbs and a ship weight of 282 lbs. It runs on 115V/60Hz single phase at 5.6 amps through a NEMA 5-15P plug on a 9.8 ft cord, so one standard grounded receptacle on a 15-amp circuit is all the electrical work required. The 1/2 HP R-290 system is self-contained and bottom mounted.