How long does it take steel to reach its coldest point in a household freezer?
The object is a Kitchenaid stainless steel bowl. It is an attachment from the stand mixer. It is the standard bowl that comes with the it. I am not sure of the thickness. Is is only mm’s wide. Can it reach it’s coldest point in a household freezer? I know that the freezer varies from 0 degrees F to 5 degrees F.
The smart guy: I put ice cubes in the bottom when I placed it in the freezer before I posted this. I guess a small detail that I forgot to mention…oops! It was maybe 1 1/2 cup of ice.
It all depends. If it is just sitting there then not very fast. But if it was touching something like say…a bag of frozen peas, or ice cubes, it would go MUCH faster, as solids conduct a lot better than air, which is said to be the best insulator (when not moving around).
Of course it will reach the temperature of the freezer, the open question is how long.
The fastest way is to have the bowl in direct contact with the metal surface of the freezer, it would take less than an hour under those conditions.
If it depends on air flow for cooling then it may take several hours.
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