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Portable steam table

a portable, steam table technology, applied in the field of food maintenance, can solve the problems of re-cooking or burning,

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-12-28
GRIFFIN EDWIN
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Benefits of technology

"The portable steam table is a cooking device that keeps food warm and moist for hours. It is perfect for the weekend griller who wants to keep their food ready for consumption. The table is designed to keep food at a temperature that is warm for human consumption, but not hot enough to recook or burn the food. The technical effect of this invention is that it provides a convenient and efficient way to keep cooked food warm and delicious for a longer period of time."

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The portable steam table keeps food moist and delicious for hours at a temperature warm for human consumption, yet not hot enough to recook or burn the food.

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[0012] According to the preferred embodiments of the invention, a mobile steam table includes a tubular main frame, a gas (e.g., liquid propane) burner, a water reservoir holding pan, enclosed storage space, and wheels associated to render the cart mobile. An exemplary tubular main frame 1 is shown in a partial cross sectional view. Currently a half-inch square hollow low carbon steel tubing is being utilized, although the invention is not limited thereto.

[0013]FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an exemplary frame for the portable steam table, formed from the tubing shown in FIG. 1. As can be seen in FIG. 2, the tubing is rigidly welded to form the main frame 1 of the chafing system / mobile steam table. The main frame 1 includes a chafing dish holding pan support and burner mounting 4 that supports at least one holding pan and burner as shown in greater detail below. While not being limited to a particular theory, the steam table includes an expanded metal platform 2 incorporated for s...

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Abstract

A mobile portable steam table with a chafing dish system heated by liquid propane gas (LPG), to keep previously cooked meats and vegetables warm and moist through a water medium reservoir intimately involved directly beneath and holding the chafing dishes.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION FIELD OF INVENTION [0001] This invention relates to food maintenance, and in particular to keeping prepared food warm. [0002] Typically, when having a Barbecue or cookout, the cook grills meats, such as chicken, hot dogs, hamburgers, etc. After the food is prepared, there is no place to set the food down except an available table. This placement of food takes up valuable table space that could otherwise be used for something else. After a while the prepared food dries out and gets cold and hard. When placed in this situation, guests and friends take their food out of the container on the table, place it on their plates and head for the kitchen to warm their food, for example, on a stove or in the microwave oven. This creates the problem of people going in and out of the house, causing unwanted traffic, unintentionally tracking dirt in and out of the house, and possibly accidentally dropping or spilling food on the floor. This is where the portable steam t...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): F24B9/00
CPCA47J37/0786A47J36/26
Inventor GRIFFIN, EDWIN
Owner GRIFFIN EDWIN
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