The invention concerns an apparatus, configured and adapted for scalding slaughtered poultry, comprising a linear scalding tank open at the top for receiving and holding a scalding medium, with at least one transport line for the poultry, wherein each transport line in its longitudinal extension borders a partition element extending over at least part of the length of the transport line, a transport means arranged above the scalding tank for transporting the poultry suspended by the feet along the transport line in the transport direction, a control and regulating unit for tempering the scalding medium, means for generating turbulence and/or flow in the scalding medium, and a filtering device for cleaning the scalding medium, which is distinguished in that each partition element comprises two partition walls spaced apart from each other and extending upward from the base wall of the scalding tank to form a channel open at the top and at the end sides, and inside the channel in the region of openings in each partition wall facing a transport line, a turbulence-generating body is arranged as a means for generating turbulence and/or flow in the scalding medium, which can be rotatably driven by means of a horizontally oriented drive shaft running transversely to the transport direction of the poultry. The invention furthermore concerns a corresponding method.