<DEL-S DATE="20010424" ID="DEL-S-00001">An improved wire rack for supporting food such as chicken in a Henny Penny pressure fryer and subsequently displaying the fried food in either a single bunn pan or a double bunn pan. The improved rack is capable of being used in all three environments (fryer, single plan and double pan) largely because it has a lower rectangular
peripheral edge with a shorter length and width relative to the length and width of the upper rectangular
peripheral edge.<DEL-E ID="DEL-S-00001"> <INS-S DATE="20010424" ID="INS-S-00001">A method of heating and subsequently supporting or displaying food, according to the principles of the invention, includes the steps of: placing the food on a wire rack, (the wire rack including: a rectangular frame having a
lower border rod and an upper border rod, the
lower border rod defining a lower rectangular
peripheral edge having a length and a width, and the upper border rod defining an upper rectangular peripheral edge having a length and a width, the upper rectangular peripheral edge having a larger circumference than the lower rectangular peripheral edge, thereby enabling the wire rack to be positioned respectively, in a stable, uncocked position, in a heating device and as a sole rack in a single rack bun pan and as one of a pair of the wire racks in a double rack bun pan, the rectangular frame further including tapered sides between the upper rectangular peripheral edge and the lower rectangular peripheral edge; and a number of support members in the form of a number of wires extending between and attached to opposed sides of the
lower border rod so as to create a
support surface for the food); positioning the wire rack in a heating device, heating the food in the heating device; removing the wire rack and heated food from the heating device; and placing the wire rack in one of a single rack bun pan and a double rack bun pan, thereby subsequently supporting the food and, if desired, displaying the food.<INS-E ID="INS-S-00001">