Last night we made about 10 gallons of gumbo for a feed at noon today and placed it in the refrigerator for safekeeping overnight. This morning at 700 am the pot was taken out of refrigeration to tran...
Smaller containers cool faster than one large one. Whenever you have a large quantity to cool, split into several smaller containers. Also works for a large piece of meat. You only have a certain time to cool it to get it into the safe zone. Reduce the size (cut into smaller pieces) and it cools faster and is safer.