Food warming apparatus and method

摘要

A method of preserving cooked food. Food is cooked in a cooking appliance to provide pre-cooked food and placed in a holding compartment of a food warming apparatus for a duration of holding time. The pre-cooked food is heated in the holding compartment for at least a portion of the duration of holding time by delivering in a pre-programmed manner an amount of radiant heat to the pre-cooked food from a radiant heat source positioned above the pre-cooked food. The amount of radiant heat delivered to the pre-cooked food is varied to maintain the food at a selected holding temperature by delivering radiant heat to the pre-cooked food at a first level during a first phase of the duration of holding time and delivering radiant heat to the pre-cooked food at a second level during a second phase of the duration of holding time.