Defrosting Apparatus

A system for defrosting, comprising:

• a container for water, having a bottom surface and container sidewalls;
• water to a specific depth in the container;
• and
• a defrosting apparatus, comprising a foundation unit having a top surface and sidewalls, housing an electrically-powered water pump with an inlet and an outlet, with an opening enabling water to pass from outside the foundation unit to inside, a vertically oriented conduit extending from the top surface of the foundation unit, with a lower end connected to the outlet of the water pump, and an upper end, a horizontally oriented, conduit assembly having a first and a second end, connected proximate the first end to the upper end of the vertically-oriented conduit, and a vertically-oriented downspout connected at the second end of the horizontally-oriented, conduit assembly, the downspout open at a lower end;
• wherein the defrosting apparatus is placed on the bottom surface of the container with the opening fully beneath an upper surface of the water, and the pump is operated to re-circulate water from the container through the conduits to the downspout, and water from the downspout is directed over a frozen item to be defrosted.

A defrosting method, comprising:

• placing a defrosting apparatus, having a pump enabled to pump water from a container upward through a conduit assembly and outward to flow downward from a downspout above a surface of the water, on a bottom surface of a container;
• filling he container with water to a depth indicated on the defrosting apparatus;
• placing a frozen item to be defrosted on the bottom surface of the container away from the defrosting apparatus;
• adjusting position of the downspout to be directly over the frozen item to be defrosted;
• and
• operating the pump, causing water to be drawn from the container and to be poured over the frozen item, returning to the container, and re-circulated through the pump and conduits until the frozen item is defrosted.