Disclosed is a beverage chiller having a bottom portion and a top portion. The bottom portion includes a perimeter wall defining a receiving vessel for receiving a beverage to be chilled. The top portion includes at least first and second cooling tubes. The bottom and top portions interfit such that the cooling tubes extend vertically down into the beverage and chill the beverage to a desired temperature by thermal contact with said cooling tubes when the top portion is positioned on the bottom portion. The first and second cooling tubes have first and second perimeters, respectively, within a horizontal cross-section of the top portion, and the first and second perimeters have substantially a same size and shape.

A machine (1) for processing a liquid food substance includes: a jug (20) having a container (21) and delimiting a food for containing the liquid food substance; and a base (10) that has one or more walls (11) forming a seat (11) for removably receiving the container (21). The base (10) and/or the container (21) has one or more thermally insulating spacers (11a) spacing the base wall(s) (11) from thermally conditioned outside container wall(s) (21a) when the container (21) is received in or on the seat (11) so as to prevent or inhibit thermal transfer from the container (21) into the base (10) via the base wall(s) (11) from the container wall(s) (21a) adjacent the base wall(s) (11).

A machine (1) for processing a liquid food substance includes: a jug (20) having a container (21) and delimiting a food cavity (21) for containing the liquid food substance; and a base (10) that has one or more walls (11) forming a seat (11) for removably receiving the container (21). The base (10) and the jug (20) comprise or delimit, respectively, an off-centred projecting member (33) and a corresponding off-centred seat (13) for the projecting member (33) or vice versa. The off-centred seat (13) is configured to receive the projecting member (33) when the container (21) is received by the base seat (11) such that the container (21) is in place for processing the liquid food substance. The off-centred projecting member (33) is configured to maintain the container (21) off its place for processing the liquid food substance in the cavity (21) when the projecting member (33) is off-set relative to the off-centred seat (13).

A food preparation table system includes a housing including a food item holding arrangement defining multiple food pan receiving locations. At least one food pan is located in one of the food pan receiving locations. A cooling system is provided for cooling the food pan. The food pan includes a wall at least in part defining a food receiving volume, a thermowell extending inward from the wall into the food receiving volume and a temperature sensor positioned within the thermowell. A food pan is also provided.

In summary there is provided in one embodiment a combination of a pan and thermal bag used to maintain hot or cold temperatures of food placed in the pan.

A bowl may be configured to include an outer body that has a u-shaped cross section, and the outer body may have a bottom configured to support the bowl on a surface, the bottom also including a circular groove around a circumference of the bottom and a bracket within the circular groove, wherein a foot is inserted within the groove, and wherein the foot is secured to the circular groove by the bracket. The bowl may include an inner body, wherein the inner body is concave and dome-shaped. The inner body may hold a liquid or solid, and the inner body is connected to an upper edge of the outer body. An internal cavity is formed by the outer body and inner body, and the internal cavity is insulative. The connection formed by the upper edge of the outer body and the inner body may be seamless.

A food transportation system for transporting uncooked food items and a grill to an outdoor event includes a cooking unit employed to cook food. The cooking unit has a grill that is removably positioned therein and an uncooked food item is positioned on the grill for cooking. A storage unit is provided that has a chamber and a plurality of drawers. The storage unit has a plurality of wheels to roll along a support surface. Ice, food items and beverages are selectively positioned in the chamber. The grill is removably positioned in a selected one of the drawers to store the uncooked food item on the grill before the food item is cooked. In this way the uncooked food item is carried to an outdoor event.

In summary there is provided in one embodiment a combination of a pan and thermal bag used to maintain hot or cold temperatures of food placed in the pan.

A bowl may be configured to include an outer body that has a u-shaped cross section, and the outer body may have a bottom configured to support the bowl on a surface, the bottom also including a circular groove around a circumference of the bottom and a bracket within the circular groove, wherein a foot is inserted within the groove, and wherein the foot is secured to the circular groove by the bracket. The bowl may include an inner body, wherein the inner body is concave and dome-shaped. The inner body may hold a liquid or solid, and the inner body is connected to an upper edge of the outer body. An internal cavity is formed by the outer body and inner body, and the internal cavity is insulative. The connection formed by the upper edge of the outer body and the inner body may be seamless.

An adapter for a cooler assembly is provided that is configured to extend the capacity of a cooler assembly. The adapter includes a hollow cylinder with an outer wall, an inner wall, a top edge, and bottom edge. The hollow cylinder has a first section that is threaded on the outer wall to receive a collar of the cooler assembly. The hollow cylinder has a second section that is threaded on the inner wall to receive a body of the cooler assembly. In some arrangements of the invention, a shoulder on the outer wall is positioned between the first section and the second section. On the inner wall, a slanted section is positioned between the first section and the second section.