Patent ID: 8573118

Claim:
A tray for holding cooked food portions at an elevated temperature, comprising: a bottom and a sidewall structure defining an interior volume for containing the cooked food portions, the sidewall structure comprising first and second opposed sidewalls and first and second opposed end walls; each of the first and second sidewalls having at least one sidewall opening for providing an air passageway therethrough for venting the interior volume of the tray; and a slidable member for adjusting the size of the passageway through at least one of the openings in each of the first and second sidewalls for adjusting the amount of venting of the interior volume of the tray for optimizing the food holding efficiency of the tray, the slidable member mounted for movement along the first and second sidewalls, whereby the movement adjusts the size of the air passageway through the at least one of the sidewall openings in each of the first and second sidewalls, the slidable member having a first end proximate to the first end wall to allow the slidable member to be accessed from adjacent the first end wall to move the slidable member to adjust the size of the passageway through at least one of the openings in each of the first and second sidewalls.