Patent ID: 8388217

Claim:
A method of using a cooling stick in combination with a blender for cooling the contents a blender vessel, comprising the steps of: providing a blender comprising a base housing a vertically oriented drive motor, an open topped vessel adapted to removably mount to said base, a rotating blade assembly mounted to a lower end of said vessel, said blade assembly driven by said drive motor, a lid adapted to seal an upper end of said vessel, said lid having a circular aperture extending through said lid; providing a cooling stick comprising: a cylindrical member, said member having an upper portion and a lower portion; said upper portion having a surrounding rim of a diameter larger than said circular aperture; said lower portion having an upper end sized and shaped to fit frictionally within said circular aperture and a lower end sized and shaped to avoid contact with said blade assembly; said cylindrical member having an interior chamber, an opening extending from an exterior of said member to said chamber and means for sealing said opening; providing a cooling fluid; placing a predetermined quantity of said fluid within said interior chamber; disposing said cooling stick in a cooling environment; filling said blender vessel with contents for blending; introducing said cooling stick into said vessel through said circular aperture; and operating said drive motor. whereby, when said cooling fluid is introduced into said cooling stick, said stick is disposed in a cooling environment, said cooling stick is then mounted to said lid of said blender, said drive motor of said blender is operated, said cooling stick will cool contents of said blender.