Flutterby™! : makin' bacon

Making your own bacon. I've had a hankerin' for bacon of late, this'd be interesting. And an excuse to fire up the smoker again.

Unfortunately, we need to draw down the freezer a bit before I do anything else in large quantities. To that end, anyone got suggestions for small to mid-sized auxiliary freezers? Good resources for figuring operating costs? We don't need huge, but we are putting a moderate amount of food by, and better ways to save things like vacuum packed fruits and cured meats would be good.