Patent ID: 8505329

Claim:
A chest for quenching beverages including: a) a plurality of walls forming an interior cooling volume for holding a cooling liquid; b) at least one door or lid on an upper surface thereof; c) a refrigeration unit for cooling the cooling liquid; d) a quench tray for holding containers of beverage, which moves between a first position and a second position, said first position being in communication with the cooling liquid, and said second position being out of communication with the cooling liquid; e) a sensor for sensing a temperature of the cooling liquid; and f) a control device having a processing unit for receiving user input and input from the sensor for controlling the refrigeration unit, wherein the controller is provided with a network connection to allow for remote start up of the chest, wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a quench history of contents of the quench tray, and is further configured to actuate an indicator when the processing unit determines that the contents of the quench tray have been adequately quenched.