Patent ID: 6910347

Claim:
A temperature-controlled food serving bar comprising a cabinet having a bottom, opposite sides and opposite ends defining an interior space, a top wall, and an opening in the top wall above said interior space, a plurality of elongate, generally parallel, spaced apart dividers of thermally conductive material extending lengthwise of the cabinet in or below said opening, said dividers having side walls extending down into said interior space dividing said interior space into a plurality of elongate generally parallel cavities extending lengthwise of the cabinet, a temperature control system for controlling the temperature of the side walls of the dividers, upwardly facing surfaces on the dividers for supporting food-holding pans in positions in which the pans extend down into said cavities adjacent the side walls of the dividers for being heated or cooled thereby, and thermal barriers below said upwardly facing surfaces for inhibiting the transfer of heat between the side walls of the dividers and said surfaces.