To provide a food serving bar which maintains food at a suitable temperature as it is being served.
A temperature controlled food serving bar is provided. The food serving bar 1 includes a cabinet having a bottom 7, opposite sides 9 and opposite ends 11 defining an interior space 15. A top wall 17 and an opening 19 in the top wall are above the interior space. A plurality of elongate, generally parallel spaced apart dividers 23 of thermally conductive material extend in a longitudinal direction of a cabinet 3 in or below the opening. The dividers have side walls dividing the interior space into elongate generally parallel cavities 25. A temperature control system for controlling the temperature of the dividers has heat transfer lines extending along the side walls of the dividers. Upper end surfaces on the dividers support food-holding pans such that the pans extend down into the cavities adjacent the side walls. Thermal insulator below the upper end surfaces inhibit the transfer of heat between the side walls and the upper end surfaces.
FIETSAM KIM C
RUSK PAUL S
Yasushi Ohata
Tadataka Omori