: a utensil for cooking or keeping food warm at the table
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This dip can be kept in a chafing dish or a slow cooker set on a very low temperature to keep the dip perfect throughout the night for guests to enjoy.
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Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
Other than the casual suggestion to break out a chafing dish, this simple, speedy recipe holds up.
—James Beard, Saveur, 23 Jan. 2025
Using chafing dishes or other serving platters designed to keep food hot for many hours.
—Food Drink Life, Twin Cities, 28 Nov. 2024
Amazon sells a pack of six chafing dishes and fuel cans.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2024
With a chafing dish in one hand and a knife in the other, Sakahara stood guard by the crying youths, unsure of where or how many shooters there might be.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 28 July 2024
Hot foods should be kept over 140°F by placing them on the grill, in a heated chafing dish, slow cooker, or warming tray.
—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 21 May 2024
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Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
Other than the casual suggestion to break out a chafing dish, this simple, speedy recipe holds up.
—James Beard, Saveur, 23 Jan. 2025
Using chafing dishes or other serving platters designed to keep food hot for many hours.
—Food Drink Life, Twin Cities, 28 Nov. 2024
Amazon sells a pack of six chafing dishes and fuel cans.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2024
With a chafing dish in one hand and a knife in the other, Sakahara stood guard by the crying youths, unsure of where or how many shooters there might be.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 28 July 2024
Hot foods should be kept over 140°F by placing them on the grill, in a heated chafing dish, slow cooker, or warming tray.
—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 21 May 2024
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“Chafing dish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chafing%20dish. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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chafing dish
noun
chaf·ing dish
ˈchā-fiŋ- 
: a dish for cooking or warming food at the table
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