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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n- How can I keep food warm without ruining it?<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\nWarm food without ruining it by keeping it on very low heat if you are using a slow cooker, crockpot, or the simmer on the oven range method.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWatch how long you keep your food in the warm setting to not ruin the food. For example, pasta heated for too long can eventually become mushy. If beans are in your dish, they could become too mushy as well.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nFor example, you can keep a chili or pasta dish in a warm setting for about an hour or so. Remove it from the heat source and place it in a cool area with a lid over the top of the dish to trap the steam. Do this about 15-30 minutes before the party to keep the food warm enough to serve the food immediately as guests arrive.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/div><\/li>How do you keep food warm for hours?<\/div><\/div>Slow cookers and crockpots have just the right thermal temperature emitted from them to keep food warm for hours. To be above the danger zone for food, the dish\u2019s temperature should be at least above 140 degrees Fahrenheit.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service<\/a> states that hot food is in the danger zone if the temperature is anywhere between 40 degrees Fahrenheit and 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Most heating products can keep your dishes warm up to 170 degrees Fahrenheit to avoid the danger zone.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWarming trays<\/a> can be another option to keep your food warm for hours. Depending on the warming tray you purchase, it may be electrical or you could need a Sterno as a heat source.\r\n\r\n <\/div><\/li>How do chefs keep food warm?<\/div><\/div>Chefs have cooked many dishes in a restaurant repeatedly so that they can work quickly to cook them and keep them warm until serving simultaneously. They utilize hot water baths to keep a dish warm or heating lamps with a temperature above the food danger zone to keep food warm.<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You\u2019re a busy bee prepping for your upcoming party, but there\u2019s only one problem. You are not sure how you will keep the many food dishes you are making hot enough to serve at the party. We understand how challenging it can be to keep multiple dishes piping hot before serving at party time. We … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":9340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"How To Keep Food Warm For A Party? (16 Creative Ways)","_seopress_titles_desc":"You\u2019re a busy bee prepping for your upcoming party. Naturally, you are wondering how you can keep food warm for your party. Here's how...","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.gigglesnhugs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/keep-food-warm-for-a-party-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.gigglesnhugs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/keep-food-warm-for-a-party-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Cardi Clark","author_link":"https:\/\/www.gigglesnhugs.com\/author\/cardigigglesnhugs-com\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gigglesnhugs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9337"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gigglesnhugs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gigglesnhugs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gigglesnhugs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gigglesnhugs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9337"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.gigglesnhugs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15254,"href":"https:\/\/www.gigglesnhugs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9337\/revisions\/15254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gigglesnhugs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gigglesnhugs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gigglesnhugs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gigglesnhugs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n1. Wrap With Aluminum Foil Or Towels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Even if the food is sitting on a counter in a throw-away pan, wrapping it with aluminum foil or towels will retain the heat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the aluminum foil can maintain the food\u2019s warmth because the hot temperature reflects into its vessel, you can keep your food warm for the long term as you prepare another dish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are a science nerd, Iowa State University Department of Agronomy<\/a> explains how thermal energy from hot food is reflected from the tin foil to retain heat.<\/p>\n\n\n Coolers are not just for keeping drinks cold at a barbecue. Placing your wrapped food in a cooler will also retain the heat just as long as cold temperatures if ice were in it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on its size, you can keep about 4-6 wrapped-up containers inside a cooler to maintain heated temperatures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You just bought some Chipolte trays with Apple Pay<\/a> and need to keep it warm. Take a look at your oven dial or digital temperature gauge. There\u2019s a warm setting where you can turn your oven on and keep about 4 to 6 dishes warm there.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two throw-away aluminum pans can fit per rack in the oven. If you have two oven racks, you can fit up to four dishes. Having three oven racks allows you to warm six aluminum containers simultaneously. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Especially if you have ten or more foods that need to stay heated for a party, consider grabbing some chafing dishes and a Sterno. You can find them at department stores and party stores. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Chafing dishes are metal that will retain the food heat the same as aluminum foil. The denatured alcohol inside a Sterno will burn right from its can. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Place the food you want to heat in a chafing dish and affix the lid. Light the Sterno carefully and position it in the middle underneath the chafing dish. Regularly stir the food every 15-30 minutes for the heat to evenly distribute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Boston University Environmental Health and Safety<\/a> have some stern safety tips to follow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Slow cookers or crockpots, much like ovens, have a warm setting on them to keep food hot and ready for the party. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Whether you have chili for hot dogs or spinach artichoke dip for your chips, you can keep whatever dish you need warm inside of a slow cooker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The University of Minnesota Extension<\/a> has safety tips for when using a slow cooker:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Thermal cookers utilize thermal energy to keep food warm. It is a high-tech spin-off of a hay box that has burning hay to retain food\u2019s heat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The dish\u2019s ingredients go into the thermal cooker\u2019s inner pot. Your thermal cooker model may have two inner pots so that you can cook the main dish and a side at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Place the pot on an electric or gas oven range on simmer or low heat to keep your dishes warm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Once the barbecue coals come to a simmering stage, you can keep food warm by putting the lid on the grill to retain the heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have a propane grill, keep it on a simmer or low heat to maintain your steak, ribs, or grilled vegetables at a proper temperature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Use a double boiler and keep it on a simmer for your food to remain warm. Boiling water stays at the bottom as a heat source. Your food will be at the top part of the double boiler to remain heated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you do not have a double boiler from a department store, you can make one yourself. Making your double boiler is best if you make sauces such as queso dip for nachos, chocolate sauce for strawberries, or melted chocolate for candy-making. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Take a saucepan and fill it up with some water halfway up. Place a heat-safe glass bowl on top of the saucepan. Be sure the bowl is large enough to fit on top of the saucepan but not small enough that it caves inside the pan where it could come in contact with the boiling water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Keeping the bowl properly elevated over the boiling water will mimic how a true double boiler works. As with a double boiler from a department store, keep the pan on a simmer so the food does not burn as you keep it warm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n An insulated thermos keeps broths, sauces, and other liquids nice and warm. Have a few on hand if you want to do personal servings of soup at your party. Your food storage can also double as serving vessels to save how many dishes you are doing during clean-up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Insulated thermoses usually come in 8-ounce to 32-ounce sizes. 8-ounce thermoses are great for the personal soup serving idea. 16-ounce insulated thermoses store personal hot chocolate or coffee servings for a winter party. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Trapping the steam is as easy as placing a lid over your cooking pan or pot. Keep your dish inside the pan or pot and place its corresponding lid on top to trap in the steam. You can keep this on your oven range, kitchen counter, or dining area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are afraid that the steam will not keep the food adequately warm, especially if you still have a couple of hours until the party, you can put the pan back on the stove on a simmer to maintain the steam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.gigglesnhugs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aluminum-foil-roll.jpeg\")
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n3. Put In Oven On Low<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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5. Use A Slow Cooker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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6. Put Food In A Thermal Cooker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n7. Use The BBQ Grill<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n8. Use A Double Boiler<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n9. Use An Insulated Thermos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n10. Trap The Steam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n