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US 2014/0193549 A1Published application
Food Holding Device, Method of Making, and Method of Storing Cooked Food
AssigneeRestaurant Technology, Inc.
InventorJames C. Purgatorio
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Abstract
A food holding device includes a holding bin and an optional heating component. The holding bin has a specified average surface roughness Ra on at least a portion of the surface intended to be contacted with food during storage of the food.
Claims20
A method of storing cooked food in a food holding bin, comprising:
- placing cooked food in a food holding bin having a food-contacting surface, at least a portion of the food-contacting surface having an average surface roughness Ra in the range of from about 0.5 μm to about 3 μm;
- directing radiant energy onto the food while in the holding bin and onto at least a portion of the surface of the food holding bin having the average surface roughness Ra.
A method of making a food holding device comprising:
- providing a sheet of material suitable for a holding bin, at least a portion of the sheet of material having an average surface roughness Ra in the range of from about 0.5 μm to about 3 μm;
- forming at least a portion of a food holding bin from the sheet of material having a food-contacting surface wherein at least a portion of the food-contacting surface has the average surface roughness Ra.
A method of storing cooked French fries comprising:
- placing cooked French fries in a food holding bin having a food-contacting surface, at least a portion of the food-contacting surface having an average surface roughness Ra in the range of from about 0.5 μm to about 3 μm;
- directing radiant energy onto the cooked French fries while in the holding bin and onto at least a portion of the surface of the food holding bin having the average surface roughness Ra.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.