So if you don’t want to bother with figuring out the math right now and just want to get started, you are welcome to copy what I have (or get more or less). *** I’m feeling extra nice so I went ahead and put exactly what buckets I have and how many of each. Here’s some of the best estimates I could find, so figure out your plan and good luck with the math! FOOD ITEM So if you needed 100 lbs of oats, you would need 5 buckets & 4 (25lb) bags of oats. Most bulk food you find is in 25 or even sometimes 50 pound bags. You first need to figure out how much food you want, then you can figure out how many buckets you’ll need! Now the fun part! You get to pull out your calculator and give your brain a workout. But if you use a lot of those items in your home, you might want to go ahead and use buckets.Īnyways, hopefully that made some sense, just figure out a system that works best for you! How Much Do You Need? By storing food in one type of container it helps keep things rotating well in my food storage system.įor food items that I use less of, I store mainly in #10 cans – like my beans, popcorn, hot chocolate, and freeze-dried foods. For instance, if I decide to store my flour in buckets, I DON’T then go store it in #10 cans, flour bags, etc. One rule I have that helps me stay organized and rotate my food is that I store each type of food in only ONE type of container. I reserve my buckets for foods I use frequently and need more of. I store 5 different type foods in my buckets that you can see below (the ones with the ***). You can store pretty much anything that is dry and sits on the shelf (except your cat, my brother tried), but look below for more ideas. Make sure to stay away from foods with high oil or sugar content those need to be vacuum-sealed in jars. This is one reason, among many, that I LOVE buckets! They have come to the rescue, and have allowed people the option to supersize their food storage, while at the same time using little space. While closets have been expanded to fit every handbag in America, the pantry has been shriveling away, and in some homes it’s practically non-existent. Our society seems to be so concerned about supersizing everything these days, EXCEPT for food storage. The last thing you want when the zombies come is to open up a package of food and find bugs all over it ) It’s something that anyone who is serious about getting food storage needs to think about, because if you’re investing your time and money into food, you want to make sure you’re storing it properly! I call it BUCKET OF FOOD.” Somehow I managed to come up with a few more things to say, and even ran over my 30 minute time limit.Įven though there’s not much to it, I get more questions about how to store food than anything else. I was asked to give a class one time on storing food in buckets and I definitely could relate to Brian Regan with his cup of dirt, but instead I was more like… “It’s a bucket, with food in it.
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