Cooler insert

An insert for a cooler of insulating material such as an ice chest or the like for the storage of foodstuffs having a bottom wall and a side wall defining an interior for accommodating refrigerating material such as ice and an access opening adapted to be closed by a closure comprising, in combination, a tubular body for removably supporting said tubular body in an upstanding position within said chest interior with said lower open end adjacent said chest bottom wall and with said open upper end adjacent said chest access opening so that said tubular body is disposed in spaced-apart relationship with said chest side wall to define a clearance space surrounding said tubular body for accommodating a refrigerating material such as ice, wherein said supporting means for said tubular body comprises a laterally extending marginal flange on said tubular body adjacent said lower open end for overlying engagement with said chest bottom wall, said tubular body being provided with aperture means for curculating cooling air between said clearance space and said tubular body interior and shelf means removably supported within said tubular body interior above said lower end for supporting foodstuffs to be refrigerated by said cooling air within said chest.