Thread: Dry ice information

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Ive recently contacted a supplier to enquire about dry ice, heres the feedback I got from him.

dry Ice is compressed CO2
it exists at -78 c
it WILL give you severe cold burns if touched with bare skin
it will KILL anyone who ingests it accidentally (like the meche bag/cheesecloth remedy)
it will evaporate, even in a cooler or feeezer
it can be used in punch bowls etc, as long as the actuall granuals don't find their way into the cups (usually comes as granuals and is reffered to as RICE)
when in the punch bowl, the actuall fog created is Carbondioxide. be carefull with ventalation as can cause asphixiation,
a 10lb box, in appropriate container in a freezer should be ok for about 2-3 days, some will evaporate during this time.


cant really remember anything else he said but hope that help some people.

i really fancy getting some, but need to justify the cost.

I always put a small bowl in my cauldron and then add the dry ice outside the bowl in the culdron,hope I am making sense,need more coffee

I have a question. I have read that if I place dry ice in the pipes of my homemade fog chiller it will help with the effect. Is this true?

I plan on trying the double bowl method this year. Just for the fog effect, not to cool anything. I will be placing a smaller couldron inside a larger one, and the dry ice between the two.

I saw a halloween cake being made last year. it was in the design of a cauldron with a simple drinking glass placed in the middle of it with warm water. place some dry ice in the water and imaging how your cake comes to life.

finding dry ice in the UK is a specialist skill.......just to source it.
actually purchasing it is an even bigger task.

Dry ice is usually $1 dollar per pound.

Grocery stores usually have it. I was told that the meat and fish departments in Safeway use it all of the time.

My question is how many pounds are necessary for one night? (for ~5 hours)

I used dry ice in my candy bowl the first year, and it fogged great but did not last long, it was the sorta the same set up as the pic's below except I used a plastic coffee can poked hole through it and put the dry ice in water inside. then put it in the middle of the cauldron and surrounded it with newspaper and put the candy on top. But I was always refilling the dry ice and water, but i didnt use hot water, not sure if thats what would have made the difference ( Got the idea from Martha Stewrt) The next year I bought a tiny foger but water went everywhere and soaked the candy. Should I go back to dry ice or forget it all together?

Has anyone tried using an immersion heater and dry ice at the same time? How long will an immersion heater run if you leave it plugged in constantly? I've always been kinda creeped out by them though, since you're basically sticking a metal rod plugged into 120v AC into a liquid. You'd have to constantly make sure that the water level doesn't get too low.

Just called Safeway here in California.

$1.49 per pound.

How many pounds do you go through in one night?