Patent ID: 7258064

Claim:
A food holding device comprsising: a plurality of holding compartments adapted to receive food products, each holding compartment capable of maintaining a temperature of an associated food product; a plurality of timers, each timer associated with a holding compartment and adapted to measure the holding period of the food product in the associated holding compartment; a plurality of display devices, each display device associated with a holding compartment and adapted to display information about the associated holding compartment including information about the food product therein; a plurality of timer status indicators, each timer status indicator associated with a timer and adapted to indicate a status of the associated timer; a plurality of timer buttons, each button associated with a timer and operatively coupled to the associated timer; and a transfer button adapted to initiate transfer of a food product from a first holding compartment to a destination holding compartment, wherein the timers are operatively coupled and adapted to transfer the holding period of the food product from a timer associated with the origin holding compartment to a timer associated with the destination holding compartment when the food product in the origin holding compartment is transferred to the destination holding compartment.