Patent ID: 9631856
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: C09K,F25D

Claim:
1. A method of pre-chilling and cooling beverages and dessert to selected temperatures, comprising the steps of providing a cooler; providing selected amounts of loose ice for insertion into the cooler; providing products selected from at least one of pre-packaged beverages and pre-packaged desserts; submersing the products in the cooler with the loose ice; forming a selected amount of an aqueous ice-melter composition having a selected salinity; pouring the aqueous ice-melter composition into the cooler over the submersed products in the loose ice; and cooling and chilling the products in the cooler to selected temperatures below approximately 32 F, wherein the step of providing selected amounts of loose ice includes the step of: providing at least one bag of the loose ice, the bags being selected from at least one of 5 pound bag, 7 pound bag, 8 pound bag, 10 pound bag, and, wherein the step of forming the selected amount of the aqueous ice-melter composition includes the step of: forming a one liter container of the aqueous ice-melter composition for the 5 pound bag of the loose ice.