[Sca-cooks] OOP: How to use a chafing dish?

[Terry Decker]

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Sterno cans get very hot, es[pecially as they get close to the bottom.  A can of sterno burning wide open can bring the water in a food service warming tray to a rolling boil.  If it is in contact with table top or cloth, it can scorch the material.

If you don't have one of the sterno containers with the lid for adjusting and shutting off the flame that also sets high enough to put an air gap between the sterno and the table. I would suggest looking for another heat source.

Bear


>The bottom ring was the right size to admit the can of Sterno that I
>also bought at the thrift shop.  However, it did not hold the Sterno
>off the table (actually my marble slab).  The Sterno instructions say
>never to let the can come into direct contact with the table or
>tablecloth.  Is this a serious concern, or a legal CYA?  Would it
>suffice to put the whole chafing dish unit on top of a plate or
>something?
>
>Brighid ni Chiarain *** mka Robin Carroll-Mann

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