Patent ID: 8729429

Claim:
A method of storing and displaying heated food in a cabinet having a chamber with at least one shelf, the at least one shelf having a forward edge and an airflow redirector extending across the forward edge, the cabinet comprising an open front portion, a front wall having an upper edge and a lip extending along a portion of the upper edge, and a rear wall, and opposing sides extending between the open front portion and the rear wall such that the rear wall extends from one of the opposing sides to the other one of the opposing sides, the method comprising: placing heated food on the at least one shelf within the chamber; drawing air to a heating element disposed above the chamber; urging heated air down a path defined between the rear wall, and the at least one shelf so that a portion of the heated air splits away and passes above the at least one shelf at the same time that another portion of the heated air splits away and passes below the at least one shelf; directing the heated air across lower portion of the chamber towards the open front portion; redirecting, with the lip, the heated air from the lower portion, upwardly and rearwardly across the open front portion so as to provide a heated air curtain across the open front portion; and redirecting, with the airflow director, the heated air that impinges on the forward edge of the at least one shelf upwardly and rearwardly.