Patent ID: 7028498

Claim:
A temperature-controlled food serving bar comprising a cabinet having opposite sides and opposite ends defining an elongate interior cabinet space extending endwise of the cabinet, at least one divider of thermally conductive material extending lengthwise of the elongate interior cabinet space and dividing the interior cabinet space into a plurality of elongate, upward-opening pan-receiving cavities each of which extends endwise of the cabinet to allow placement of at least one food-holding pan in the cavity at any desired location along the cavity, the divider comprising a side wall and a bottom wall, at least one of the bottom wall and the side wall having a wall thickness between about 0.1 inch and about 0.2 inch, at least one food-holding pan received in one of said pan-receiving cavities, said pan having a bottom wall and side walls, at least one of the side walls of the at least one food-holding pan being spaced from the side wall of the divider between about 0.03 inch and about 0.15 inch, and a temperature control system for controlling the temperature of the at least one divider.