An impact pad for use on the bottom of a vessel into which molten metal is poured for suppressing turbulence of the molten metal. The impact pad includes a central formation having a center and an outer circular periphery and diminishing in height form the center to the outer circular periphery and an outer annular formation surrounding the central formation and having an outer peripheral surface and an inner edge at the outer circular periphery of the central portion and an upper surface flaring outwardly from the inner edge. The outer annular formation has a plurality of channels formed therein extending radially outward from the inner edge.
