Abstract: An ice chest or cooler comprising a container including an insulating base and insulating sidewalls upstanding from the base. Within the container, a false floor is supported in spaced relation from the insulating base and permits heat transfer across its thickness. The false floor has a perimeter located close or adjacent to the insulating sidewalls and an ice feed tube is secured to the false floor. The feed tube has a bore that opens into the space between the false floor and the insulating base to permit passage of ice cubes through the bore into the space between the false floor and the insulating base. Ice can be thereby be fed into the space between the false floor and the base of the container without removing food or drink containers above the false floor.