Patent ID: 7089850

Claim:
A food holding cabinet assembly for holding pre-processed food products comprising: a steamer assembly capable of containing a water reservoir; first heater means for heating water in the water reservoir and maintaining the water in the water reservoir at a first substantially fixed temperature; a cabinet housing coupled to said steamer assembly and having air circulated therein; second heater means for heating air passing through the cabinet housing and maintaining the air in the cabinet housing at a second substantially fixed temperature so as to maintain a substantially fixed relative humidity within said cabinet housing; a plurality of compartments arranged in said housing with each compartment having an openable and closeable drawer; and a carrier insert adapted to be removably supported in each of said drawers, each said carrier insert capable of holding a plurality of said pre-processed food so that said pre-processed food products in said carrier inserts are conditioned at the substantially fixed relative humidity of said food cabinet housing so as to maintain the product appearance of the pre-processed food products.