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Open holding cabinet, trays and controls

a technology for holding cabinets and trays, applied in the field of holding cabinets for food, can solve the problems of no longer palatable or heating food

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-06-28
FRYMASTER CORPTHE
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[0006] A cabinet for holding food having a housing and a plurality of slots is provided. A tray is receivable in each of the plurality of slots for receiving food. A controller is operatively associated with each of the plurality of slots to independently control cooking instructions for each of the plurality of slots.
[0007] A cabinet for h

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Maintaining the food for immediate consumption or near immediate consumption a challenging and evolving area.
The challenge is to maintain the food at a proper serving temperature and maintaining optimal flavor.
However, such cabinets risk drying the food so that it is no longer palatable or heating the food such that it is either too hot or too cool.

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[0015] Referring to FIG. 1, a holding cabinet of the present invention is shown and is generally represented by reference numeral 10. Holding cabinet 10 of the present invention is a pass through cabinet that allows food trays to be inserted and removed from cabinet front 15 or cabinet back 20. Another manifestation wold featuere access to the heated slots 25 from on side of cabinet 10 only. Cabinet 10 has slots 25 to receive holding trays 50 of the present invention. Cabinet 10 has a touch screen 30 that is capable of receiving commands from an operator to program cabinet 10 with cooking instructions. Cabinet 10 also has cooling air inlets at its bottom to prevent air in cabinet 10 from becoming excessively hot. Cooling air enters slots on side and exits across entire face on the font and rear above the power switch and touch screen 30.

[0016] Referring to FIG. 2, cabinet 10 allows the food in a tray 50 to be held and kept warm without having to keep tray 50 close to upper heater 4...

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A cabinet for holding food having a housing and a plurality of slots is provided. A tray is receivable in each of the plurality of slots for receiving food. A controller is operatively associated with each of the plurality of slots to independently control cooking instructions for each of the plurality of slots. A cabinet for holding food having a housing with a plurality of slots is provided. A tray is receivable in each of the plurality of slots for receiving food. The cabinet has an inputting device and a controller, wherein the controller receives instructions from the inputting device to control cooking instructions in each of the plurality of slots.

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[0001] This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 742,848 filed on Dec. 6, 2005, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] This invention relates to a holding cabinet for food, trays that are inserted into the cabinet and the electronic controls for the preprogramming the cabinet to optimize food preparation and holding. 2. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] In the commercial food industry and in particular, in the fast food industry, proper food preparation and readiness are a necessity. Maintaining the food for immediate consumption or near immediate consumption a challenging and evolving area. The challenge is to maintain the food at a proper serving temperature and maintaining optimal flavor. [0004] Typically, holding cabinets are slotted metal cabinets that have heaters to prevent the contents from becoming cool. However, such cabinets risk drying the food so that it is no longer palatable...

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IPC IPC(8): F25C1/00
CPCA47J39/006F24C15/18
Inventor THEODOS, MICHAEL ANDREWHUTCHINSON, CHARLES MILTONSTANGER, KEITH A.MCCOMMON, EVAN PATRICK
Owner FRYMASTER CORPTHE
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