A portable food warmer and cooker. The portable food warmer and cooker includes a base and a plurality of sidewalls extending upwardly. A lid is removably secured with a plurality of latches to a top portion of the sidewalls. At least one heater hose is connected to the food warmer and cooker. The heater hose enters the portable food warmer and cooker through a sidewall and exits again through a sidewall. The heater hose is connected at a first end to a vehicle coolant line. The heater hose is connected at a second end to a heat exchanger located within the food warmer and cooker.

A portable food warmer and cooker. The portable food warmer and cooker includes a base and a plurality of sidewalls extending upwardly. A lid is removably secured with a plurality of latches to a top portion of the sidewalls. At least one heater hose is connected to the food warmer and cooker. The heater hose enters the portable food warmer and cooker through a sidewall and exits again through a sidewall. The heater hose is connected at a first end to a vehicle coolant line. The heater hose is connected at a second end to a heat exchanger located within the food warmer and cooker.

A disposable support pan has a sidewall with a top lip that support the lips of rectangular food trays above a support surface. A disposable suspension tray inside the support pan has a flange resting on a support pan shoulder so the bottoms of two pockets in the suspension tray are between the support surface and the bottom of the food trays. Water in each pocket reacts with a calcium-oxide packet in each pocket to boils a predetermined amount of water to generate steam that heats the food trays without having the packets contact the food trays. One or two tray supports on each side of the pan may extend from the shoulder to a top support flange extending outward around a periphery of the support pan. The suspension tray has corresponding recesses to mate with the tray supports to keep steam from entering the area below the suspension tray.

The invention relates to a handle for a cooking vessel that includes at least one thermoelectric generator thermally connected to a heat sink. The invention is characterised in that the handle has an inner cavity that extends longitudinally over at least one third of the length of the handle, and the heat sink extends longitudinally inside the cavity through at least two thirds of the length thereof.

A wireless temperature maintenance container has an accommodating space accommodating a transmitter circuit and a receiver circuit. The transmitter circuit comprises a first power processing circuit and a transmitter coil. The first power processing circuit receives a utility power and outputs a first direct current. The transmitter coil receives the first direct current and generates a magnetic field. The receiver circuit comprises a receiver coil, a second power processing circuit and a temperature controller. The magnetic field passes the receiver coil and an alternating current is generated. The second power processing circuit receives the alternating current and outputs a second direct current. The temperature controller receives the second direct current to control the temperature of the container. The transmitter circuit is on the first circuit board, and the receiver circuit is on the second circuit board. Distance between the first circuit board and the second board is 2 mm˜4 mm.

A portable refrigerator assembly includes a refrigerator that has a box and a door that is hingedly coupled to the box. A plurality of feet is each coupled to and extends laterally away from the refrigerator for stabilizing the refrigerator on a support surface. A cooling unit is provided and the cooling unit is positioned in the refrigerator such that the cooling unit is in thermal communication with an interior of the refrigerator. In this way the cooling unit can cool the interior of the refrigerator. A pair of warming plates is each coupled to the refrigerator and a food item can be positioned on each of the warming plates. Additionally, each of the warming plates generates heat when the warming plates are turned on to warm the food item.

Presented herein is a system and a method (i.e., utility) for use in defrosting frozen food items. The utility is directed generally to a device and its use that directs a flow of a defrosting fluid (e.g., water) into a lower portion of a basin where the water passes upwards to the rim of the basin to defrost frozen items placed in the basin.

Presented herein is a system and a method (i.e., utility) for use in defrosting frozen food items. The utility is directed generally to a device and its use that directs a flow of a defrosting fluid (e.g., water) into a lower portion of a basin where the water passes upwards to the rim of the basin to defrost frozen items placed in the basin.

A food cabinet is provided that includes an enclosure with an access door, shelves carried by and vertically arranged within the enclosure, and a heat transfer arrangement. The heat transfer arrangement includes a pump, fluid conduits coupled with the pump and associated with the shelves of the enclosure, a primary tank, and an auxiliary tank. The primary tank is fluidly connected to the pump and contains a heat transfer medium. The auxiliary tank is coupled with the primary tank and provides make-up heat transfer medium to the primary tank. Also provided is a method of warming food using such a food cabinet that includes the steps of placing a food item on one of the shelves, heating the heat transfer medium to a temperature between 200° F. and 250° F., and pumping the heat transfer medium through the shelf.

A food cabinet is provided that includes an enclosure with an access door, shelves carried by and vertically arranged within the enclosure, and a heat transfer arrangement. The heat transfer arrangement includes a pump, fluid conduits coupled with the pump and associated with the shelves of the enclosure, a primary tank, and an auxiliary tank. The primary tank is fluidly connected to the pump and contains a heat transfer medium. The auxiliary tank is coupled with the primary tank and provides make-up heat transfer medium to the primary tank. Also provided is a method of warming food using such a food cabinet that includes the steps of placing a food item on one of the shelves, heating the heat transfer medium to a temperature between 200° F. and 250° F., and pumping the heat transfer medium through the shelf.