{"id":1023,"date":"2020-12-03T17:49:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T00:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cookforfolks.com\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2022-02-25T09:40:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T16:40:03","slug":"5-tips-for-keeping-food-warm-for-a-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookforfolks.com\/5-tips-for-keeping-food-warm-for-a-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Tips for Keeping Food Warm for a Crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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One of the most crucial parts of serving for a group is keeping your food at the ideal temperature, no one likes eating cold food! There are a few things to look at when it comes to keeping food warm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When cooking for a crowd, there are quite a few ways to keep food warm. Using specially insulated dishes, your oven, managing prep time, heating your serving plates, and cooking food fresh are all great methods. These will all help keep your food warm, and ready to be served.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cooking for a large group is already stressful, and there’s a lot to think about and keep up with. Making <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insulated Dishes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Insulated dishes are one of the best ways to keep food warm. It allows you to transfer your food into its dish, without losing heat. Known by the name of Chafing dishes, they’re popularly used by caterers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They’re portable pans and dishes that are raised above heated water or small flames. They hold enough heat to not only keep food at a great temperature but to even heat up cold food. You can buy different types of dishes, in different types of material, and at really great prices!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stainless steel is the most popular, and very durable. One thing to note is that you’ll need to purchase the dishes, and the heating pallets separately. As the dishes don’t frequently come with their own heat source. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 8 Qt. Full Size Stainless Steel Chafer <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n