: a utensil for cooking or keeping food warm at the table
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The chafing dishes were full, and sparkled with Sterno and silver polish.
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Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024
While the recipe has been modified through the years, including additions to balance and add complexity to the sauce, along with the switch from warming the meatballs in a chafing dish to a slow-cooker, the flavor base remains the same.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2023
Using chafing dishes for hot dishes and keeping cold dishes in their containers, sometimes in ice, is recommended, Baker writes for The Conversation.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2023
Be sure to keep the dip warm in either a slow cooker or a chafing dish.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2023
Swedish meatballs—that staple of American 1950s chafing dish cookery with grape jelly and sour cream—might best be forgotten.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 17 July 2023
Transfer to a fondue pot or chafing dish.
—Meredith Deeds, Star Tribune, 25 Dec. 2020
The flat aluminum top acts like a chafing dish, radiating enough heat to keep a bowl of soup warm or melt a pot of snow.
—Charlie Ebbers, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
During the game, keep foods at their proper temperatures Keep hot foods hot with a food warmer, chafing dish, or hot plate. Keep cold foods cold by placing dishes in a shallow container with ice. Portion out food.
—Katie Wedell, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2022
Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024
While the recipe has been modified through the years, including additions to balance and add complexity to the sauce, along with the switch from warming the meatballs in a chafing dish to a slow-cooker, the flavor base remains the same.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2023
Using chafing dishes for hot dishes and keeping cold dishes in their containers, sometimes in ice, is recommended, Baker writes for The Conversation.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2023
Be sure to keep the dip warm in either a slow cooker or a chafing dish.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2023
Swedish meatballs—that staple of American 1950s chafing dish cookery with grape jelly and sour cream—might best be forgotten.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 17 July 2023
Transfer to a fondue pot or chafing dish.
—Meredith Deeds, Star Tribune, 25 Dec. 2020
The flat aluminum top acts like a chafing dish, radiating enough heat to keep a bowl of soup warm or melt a pot of snow.
—Charlie Ebbers, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
During the game, keep foods at their proper temperatures Keep hot foods hot with a food warmer, chafing dish, or hot plate. Keep cold foods cold by placing dishes in a shallow container with ice. Portion out food.
—Katie Wedell, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2022
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chafing dish
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chaf·ing dish
ˈchā-fiŋ- 
: a dish for cooking or warming food at the table
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