Patent ID: 8997636
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: A47J,F24C

Abstract:
1. A food storage device for holding food items in a controlled environment comprising: a plurality of discrete food storage cavities, each storage cavity defining a food storage volume and having a heater element for maintaining food items in the food storage volume at elevated temperature, each storage cavity having a different associated secondary human input interface for programming the device by a hierarchy of programming menus, and a different secondary human-readable display for displaying programming menu options and for displaying a storage cavity status, wherein the hierarchy of programming menus comprises a first-level programming menu and at least one second-level programming menu accessible by selecting a corresponding first-level menu option; a primary human input interface, including a human-readable primary display, discrete from the secondary input interfaces, the primary input interface allowing entry into a programming mode in which the device is programmable to hold different foods at different elevated temperatures for different holding times by the hierarchy of programming menus by selecting a desired menu option with the secondary input interface that is associated with the secondary display indicative of the desired menu option.