Patent ID: 11913682
Assignee: CHILLWARE, LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC F  A | IPC A  F

Claim 19:
20. A method of using a food serving apparatus including a plurality of thermoelectric heating/cooling devices, a shell defining a plurality of passageways, a plurality of thermal conduction blocks, and a thermally-conductive liner coupled to the shell and including a plurality of extruded portions each positioned within a corresponding one of the plurality of passageways, the method comprising:
providing a removable tray with a food product contained therein;
positioning the removable tray within a receptacle defined by the thermally-conductive liner such that the removeable tray is thermally coupled to the thermally-conductive liner, wherein each of the plurality of thermal conduction blocks is thermally coupled between one of the plurality of thermoelectric heating/cooling devices and a corresponding one of the plurality of extruded portions of the thermally-conductive liner; and
selectively operating the thermoelectric heating/cooling devices in one of a heating mode and a cooling mode to heat or cool the food product.