Apparatus for heating foods, such as french fried potatoes

A receptacle for holding food to be heated in an oven and then functioning as a serving plate for the food, said receptacle being a disposable one time use receptacle generally in the form of a relatively shallow pan having an integral handle extending outwardly at its rim, the pan being adapted to be placed in an oven for heating food in the pan with the handle extending out of the oven for being grasped to remove the pan from the oven, the pan with the handle being formed in one piece of paper or the like adapted to withstand oven temperatures and of such low heat conductivity as to maintain the handle cool enough to be grasped to remove the pan from the oven after the pan has been placed in the oven and the food in the pan has been heated, the pan being of circular form and the handle being relatively thin and flat and extending radially outwardly at the rim of the pan generally in the plane of the rim, the pan being for use in a convection oven wherein food in the pan is heated by flowing hot air over and around it, the pan having its bottom formed to provide spaces for flow of air under the food, the spaces being formed by channels in the bottom extending generally radially from adjacent the wall of the pan toward the center of the pan, wherein the bottom of the pan is generally flat, the channels terminate short of the center of the pan, and wherein a boss is provided extending up from the bottom of the pan at the center.