IceGone Quick Defrosting Tray Review

Описание: Rapid, effective, quick defroster for prepping frozen foods last minute. Reserve your IceGone Defrosting Tray now by backing their KickStarter campaign before it ends! Kickstarter Affiliate Product Link: https://icegone-defrost-food-in-a-mos...

At first glance, the IceGone looks like a simple metallic tray. It measures 8.25” x 13.5” and is about 0.5” thick, weighing a little over 2 lbs or about 1 kilo. It’s got a rectangular shape with plastic grips on the sides that also have small bump out feet on the bottom to raise the plate up from your countertop. But flip it over, and you’ll find it has these heat transfer fins all along the bottom, and these increase the rate of heat transfer to or from the environment and whatever is sitting on top of the plate. Since the metal used in the plate is and aluminum alloy, it is highly thermal conductive and sealed inside is heat-transfer fluid which helps move the heat from the environment into the frozen item on top of the plate.

I tested the tray's claims of rapid defrosting with a couple "controlled" experiments. The first was using two ice cubes: one on the IceGone and the other in a glass, both set out at room temperature, and I recorded how much time it took to completely melt the cubes on their respective surfaces. It did not matter where the item to be melted was placed on the IceGone as long as it has good surface contact with any part of the top of the tray. After 7 minutes the ice cube on the IceGone completely melted while the ice cube in the cup was maybe a quarter of the way there. In fact, even half and hour later, the ice cube in the cup had not melted completely and was still about 50% frozen. I did discover that if you're melting/defrosting something that will release a lot of liquid that you'll want to set the IceGone on a flat level surface to reduce melt liquid running off the sides, or set the tray on a towel or rimmed baking sheet. Alternatively, if you do choose to back this project on Kickstarter, you’ll have the option to add on a washable silicone drying mat which would serve this purpose.

After you’ve defrosted something, the tray will be quite cold to the touch. I also noticed that the plastic feet, do nothing to keep the tray from sliding around on your counter, which would be another benefit of getting the silicone undermat, to stabilize the tray and keep it from sliding.

I also defrosted some burger patties and a stack of sliced cheese with much the same results. Each time, the IceGone was able to defrost much faster than the "control" case of the same food item sitting out on a plate at room temperature.

Washing the IceGone is pretty straight forward, like washing a serving dish. Give it a rinse with warm water and gently wipe with the soft side of a sponge then rinse off. You’re not really cooking on it so you don’t need to scrub hard and for defrosting stuff. Nothing’s going to stick to it unless it’s syrupy and has lots of sugar in it, so you don’t need to treat it any differently than a regular dinner plate that raw meat has been sitting on. The surface is non-porous so there are no crevices that could harbor bacteria. It’s even dishwasher safe, though hand-washing is simple enough, and I just let it rack dry.

Also, if the IceGone isn’t large enough, you can place two of them together and defrost across both of them. Or, if you need to defrost several things on the same tray one after another, you’ll want to rinse the tray with warm water in between defrosting to bring its core temperature back up to room temperature, but be careful not to use hot water because the tray will hold onto that heat, and you don’t want to cook the food you set on it nor create a warm enough environment where bacteria could multiply. Though as an added benefit, that means the tray can also absorb heat from hot foods, cooling them down quickly so you don’t burn your fingers or mouth.

Do I think the IceGone works? Yes, 100%. For optimal performance you should stick to defrosting things that have at least one flat surface that’ll make good contact with the tray and are no more than one or two inches thick, like steaks, fish fillets, chicken breast, or hamburger patties. For foods that are thick or may have air gaps between the food and the tray, defrosting may take longer and be uneven unless you manually flip or turn the food so more frozen surfaces can contact the tray’s surface. Speed, when defrosting, is key to safe food handling, and you always want to make sure to cook or refrigerate the food as soon as it’s done thawing. If you can’t defrost your food on the IceGone completely within 20 minutes, like a whole chicken, then you’re better off defrosting it in the fridge.

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