Methods for prolonging the quality of warm foods
AssigneeThermonator Holdings, LLC
InventorsPaul Gromowski, Hemal Brahmbhatt, Gary Plassmeyer
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Abstract
Methods for prolonging the quality of a warm food item after the warm food item is prepared, the methods including the steps of placing the warm food item in a thermally insulated enclosure, maintaining the temperature in the thermally insulated enclosure within a predetermined temperature range based on the type of warm food item, maintaining the temperature in the thermally insulated enclosure by blowing heated air over the warm food item, and maintaining the moisture level within the thermally insulated enclosure within a predetermined moisture range based on the type of warm food item.
Claims20
A method for prolonging the quality of a warm food item after the warm food item is prepared, the method comprising the steps of:
- placing the warm food item in a thermally insulated enclosure;
- maintaining the temperature in the thermally insulated enclosure within a predetermined temperature range based on the type of warm food item by blowing heated air over the warm food item;
- and
- maintaining the moisture level within the thermally insulated enclosure within a predetermined moisture range based on the type of warm food item.
The method of chum 14, wherein supplying air from outside the thermally insulated enclosure into the thermally insulated enclosure* includes passively supplying air into the thermally insulated enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.