What Is A Hot Holding Cabinet?

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Hot holding cabinet is used to keep food warm until you are ready to serve it. The cabinet will simply maintain a steady temperature to keep your food warm. They provide humidity and air velocity controls, so they can protect your food from drying out. There are different sizes of hot holding cabinets. They usually come in four full sizes, three-quarter, half and under-counter.  The size will depend on your need. If you are using hot holding cabinet in the kitchen of a home, then you should use the smaller unit but if you deliver the food or prepare dishes for a buffet or catered event you should use the full-sized unit.  If you want to store your food and you want it warm, then hot holding cabinets are the best solution.
heated holding cabinet usually comes in roll-in and roll-thru types, which are used to accept full pan racks to hold warm food in large quantities. Reach-in and pass-thru ...
... types are available with sliders. These sliders are designed to hold pans and standard-sized sheets.
TYPES OF Heated Holding Cabinets
Heated holding cabinets have two types. You can choose between mobile and stationary. You can use the mobile cabinet to move not just around kitchens, but also to off-side serving locations. You can take the cabinet to anywhere to serve food. You just need an electrical outlet so you could serve food from one side of town to others. Stationary cabinets are fixed. You can’t take them anywhere they are fixed at their locations. Most probably they are fixed in kitchens.
Features of Hot Holding Cabinets
Hot holding cabinets offer different features which are listed below,

Some hot holding cabinets are insulated for higher efficiency it means that the device loses heat during use, so you can maintain the temperature. It is less costly to maintain temperature. Insulated cabinets are used to transfer food from one location to another as the food remains warm inside it. Non-insulated cabinets are cheaper and they are great for the short-term holding of food
Hot holding cabinets consist of adjustable slides. The slides can be moved up and down to make more room for other products. A large quantity of food can be stored in the hot holding cabinets.
Hot holding cabinets offers two types of doors. There is an option to choose between glass doors or solid doors. Some models also offer Dutch doors so heat which limits the heat loss.
Hot Holding cabinets are usually constructed with aluminium and stainless steel. Aluminium is less expensive while stainless steel is durable.

Choosing a Hot holding Cabinet

You should identify what you are holding. You should check how much food and what types of pan you are holding. You should choose different sizes according to your needs
If you want hot holding cabinet outside the kitchen than you should buy a mobile cabinet as it is flexible and can be transferred from one location to another
You should check whether the doors, frames, sliders are working fine before buying

Melissa Humphries is a 35-year-old former technician who enjoys photography, chess and vandalising bus stops. She is brave and generous, but can also be very sneaky and a bit violent. She is a British Christian. She has a degree in mechanicals. She is addicted to the internet & traveling.