Vollrath 7024 Traex® ; 4L (135 oz.) Safety Mate™; Insta Chill®; Cooling Paddle - 2/Pack

They seem to need to freeze upright but the bottom is rounded... The tips keep cracking and breaking and LEAKING (INTO the freezer, on the floor, into a soup pot ruining said soup....) all my others seem to function and tolerate all usage

These are better in theory than actual use. We find them to be a little too large for our needs and not as sturdy as some other options such as the clear polycarbonate paddles. They're good but not our favorite.

These are great for quickly chilling product. We fill ours up with ice and store in the freezer until needed.

We have purchased a variety of cooling wands over different years. All are still in working order. This wand first of all not easy to store, This wand needs to stand upright and has a round bottom. We purchased in November and worked as listed until recently when we added 2 wands in two separate containers with hot product to cool they both cracked in multiple places including the handle. They are listed do not put in temperatures exceeding 195 which is understandable. We estimate temperature to be 170 or less.

Our kitchen couldn't function without cooling paddles. These Vollrath Safety Mate Insta Chills are small enough to not get in the way but work perfectly. Sadly though we had one crack after only a few weeks.

Food chiller works great. Shipping was fast. It’s easy to use. All I had to do was add ice cubes and water. I stick the food chiller in the food to cool down.

I make a lot of different kinds of stocks and soups in large (several gallon) quantities. It has always been difficult to rapidly cool them down so that I can either can or freeze them in serving sized containers. Not anymore! This cold paddle makes short work of cooling the liquids down. In fact, I plan on buying another one so that I always have one ready in the freezer!

The ice wand is the best way to rapidly chill soups, starches, etc that are produced in prep. Keep your food safe & invest in this one!

This is really cool. I make broth that I need to cool quickly to avoid bacteria growth (as we all should do.) So it is a great tool to use in conjunction with an ice water bath for hot broth / soup. With 2 gallons of broth in a ice bath (stainless steel pot), I can get the temperature down from 210 degrees to 75 degrees in 45 minutes.

These ice cores work well for small applications. I don't have a lot of extra freezer space, so their design helps with saving space in my freezer.