Steam table: a holding device for keeping a number of different hot foods hot while awaiting service; pans are heated by steam from below.
Steam Tables & Charts by National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST
What Is Steam? (general article about the properties of water/steam)
Steam Tracing
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Also, steam table inserts to keep prepared foods and sauces hot prior to service, or cold-water bath to assist cooling of food products below 4 degrees prior to refrigeration.
" Fast food seems to have been originally applied to restaurants and catering businesses that served "steam table" delicacies, as well as to convenience foods a busy housewife could quickly whip up.
Hotel pan: A rectangular, metal pan, in any of a number of standard sizes, with a lip that allows it to rest in a storage shelf or steam table.
 See also: Cooking, Fruit, Produce, Steam, Butter
  
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