The invention relates to a container for receiving, keeping warm and/or serving food, wherein the container comprises a base body that can be closed by means of a lid. According to one aspect, a brake is provided, which brakes a closing movement of the lid. According to another aspect, a connecting module for connecting the lid to the base body is provided, wherein the connecting module is detachably connected both to the lid and to the base body.

A continuous bottom/side wire extends upwards at opposite ends of a wire stand in order to form bendable handles. The resilient bendability enables modification of the position of the handles with respect to a top closed loop. The handle has bends that can be moved to encircle a part of another wire. Also part of the device are wire supports that connect the top closed loop to the bottom/side wire. A top pan with a lip and an open side facing towards an open side and lip of the bottom pan may be inserted into a cavity defined by the top loop and bottom/side wire. The two pans lips can be abutted, and they can be held in place against each other by the bends of the bottom/side wire.

There is provided a combination of nested pans for use in warming and cooking foods. The combination includes a first pan and a second pan. The second pan has a base portion terminating to an upwardly extending continuously surrounding sidewall. The sidewall has an upper edge that extend outwardly to a rim. The second pan further has an inside angle defined between the base portion of the upwardly extending sidewall, and wherein the continuously surrounding sidewall defines a pair of oppositely positioned short sides and a pair of oppositely positioned long sides interspaced between the short sides. The length of the short side of the pan is configured to permit at least three pans to nest side by side within the first pan.

A steamer accessory includes a water reservoir communicating with the outside via a filling orifice, and a steam generator including a steam production chamber connected to at least one steam distribution outlet provided in a lower part of the steam generator, the water reservoir communicating with the steam production chamber via a water supply inlet. The steam production chamber communicates with at least one steam evacuation outlet disposed higher up than the water supply inlet, the steam production chamber being confined above the steam evacuation outlet(s), the or each steam evacuation outlet communicating via a duct with the or one of the steam distribution outlet(s).

A system of interchangeable chafing dish components may comprise a water pan comprising a holding portion configured to receive and hold at least one of liquid and ice, a food pan capable of being restably coupled to the water pan, the food pan comprising an interior portion configured to receive and hold at least one of a food and a liquid, a lid capable of being interchangeably coupled to at least one of the water pan and the food pan, and a plurality of knobs comprising a first knob and a second knob that is different from the first knob, wherein each of the first knob and the second knob is capable of being interchangeably coupled to the lid.

Certain embodiments herein relate to a chafer skirt that comprises a band that may be removably attached to the perimeter of a chafer dish frame via a securing mechanism. The chafer skirt may further comprise a plurality of plates coupled to the band via a plurality of fasteners, where each of the plurality of plates further comprise an attachment mechanism, to individually attach each of the plates to the perimeter of the chafer dish frame, such that the band wraps around the chafing dish frame and the plurality of plates extend downward from the band to form a wall around one or more sides of the chafing dish frame, thereby enclosing a heat source below the chafing dish frame.

A cooking appliance includes a main body that defines a cooking chamber, a steam generator comprising a steam heater that is configured to heat food in the cooking chamber by generating steam, a lower heater located vertically below a bottom wall of the cooking chamber and configured to heat food in the cooking chamber, and a controller configured to control the steam heater and the lower heater. The controller is configured to: based on selection of a steam cooking mode, operate the steam heater to generate steam; and turn on the lower heater in a state in which steam cooking is performed.

The cooling and heating tray (11) for gastronomy containers has a base (12) and side walls (13, 14, 15), wherein a heating device and a cooling device are provided for optional operation as a heating tray or as a cooling tray, and wherein the heating device heats the base (12). According to the invention, both the base (12) and the side walls (13, 14, 15) consist of stainless steel, and the base (12) is fixed at a number of locations, preferably by means of threaded bolts (16) welded to the base (12), to a sandwich panel (20), preferably consisting of a layer of stainless steel (21), a layer of aluminium (22) and a further layer of stainless steel (23). The cooling device cools both the side walls (13, 14, 15) and the base (12).

A collapsible chafer stand for heating food is disclosed. The chafer stand includes a base frame. The chafer stand includes leg frames placed apart from one another. The leg frames connect at distal ends of the base frame via T-shaped members. The chafer stand includes poles extending from distal ends of each leg frame. The chafer stand includes a top frame removably connected to the poles. The top frame includes pole receiving sections. The pole receiving sections receive the poles and connect the top frame to the base frame. The poles are connected via a straight connecting bar and handle. The top frame receives a tray having a dish. The base frame receives a heating member for chafing the dish. The top frame is removed and the poles are made to collapse over the base frame when not in use. The chafing stand provides an easily stackable structure that can be folded for easy transportation.

Provided is a rice cooker suitable for enzyme brown rice. The rice cooker (1) is provided with rice-cooking control details with via which the following steps are executed in the stated order: a softening step in which the temperature detected by a temperature detector (5) is kept in a range of 50 to 70? C. inclusive and contents of the rice cooker (1) are softened; a first heating step in which the temperature detected by the temperature detector (5) is kept in a range of 110 to 130? C. inclusive while the pressure in an inner pot part (2) is kept in a range of 1.8 to 2.2 atmospheres inclusive; a second heating step in which the temperature detected by the temperature detector (5) is raised so as to be higher than that in the first heating step and the temperature is kept in a range of 115 to 155? C. inclusive while the pressure in the inner pot part is kept in a range of 1.8 to 2.2 atmospheres inclusive; and a steaming step in which the contents are steamed for a prescribed period.