Buffetware – Keep Buffet Food Warm

No one would like cold food that is supposed to be served hot. In a buffet, the dining time usually lasts for 2 to 3 hours. Keeping food nice, fresh and warm is very essential. Buffetware is the key. It is a type of serving equipment with the functionality to present food.

Table of Contents

• Which equipment is used to keep food hot in a buffet?
  • 1) Chafer (Chafing dish)
  • 2) Cast Iron cookware
  • 3) Coffee Urn / Milk Urn
  • 4) Soup Warmer
  • 5) Heat Lamp
• Buffetware can also keep cold
  • 6) Juice Dispenser

This is widely used and the most effective method of keeping food nice and warm in the buffet. It is adopted by most hotels and restaurants.

It is usually made of stainless steel due to stainless steel’s durability and ease of maintenance. Therefore, it is often called stainless steel chafing dish.

Chafer (chafing dish) either uses electricity or chafing fuel to warm food.

Food can be kept at optimal temperature for a long time.

Cast iron cookware works great with different heating mediums like electric heating plates, stovetops. Many buffet tables are now well designed to fit with various heating mediums.

The working concept behind is a kind of slow cooking that can keep food warm for hours.

Apart from food, keeping beverages like coffee and milk at optimal temperature is important too. Imagine serving hot coffee with cold milk, would you like it?

Coffee urn / Milk urn is usually powered by electricity. It is usually designed in large capacity in order to serve large crowds.

Soup warmer is sometimes called a soup kettle. Like coffee urn/milk urn, it is usually designed to serve large crowds and is powered by electricity. Apart from soup, it is also good to hold congee, stews, and gravies.

Heat lamp keeps food warm by turning light from light bulbs to heat.

It is powered by electricity.

Chafer can also be used to keep food cold by filling the water pan with cold water and ice. And of course, no need to power by electricity or fuel can.

No one would deny cold juice or soft drink can increase appetite. How to keep them nice and cold….

Juice dispenser is used to dispense beverages hygienically and is widely used in hotels, restaurants, canteen, and bars. There are two main types: 1) Non-electric juice dispenser and 2) Electric juice dispenser.

Lastly, please be reminded that buffetware only keeps food at an optimal serving temperature. It does not cook food.

Make sure food is well cooked before presenting in buffetware.

Sunnex has been in the buffetware industry for more than five decades.