Cube steaks, right? Please tell me you meant Cube Steaks...Once I lost a pack of tube steaks in it for about five years: they were fine after I thawed them.
Seriously though, I have a chest freezer that was "leased" from Schwan's years ago. When we cancelled service, they told us to just keep the freezer!
They didn't want the hassle of picking it up.
Ours is food only though, we have two upright fridges out in the shed dedicated to our beer collection and the nic goes in the freezers.
The chest freezer would be a good investment for storing your stock for the long haul.