steam table
noun
: a table having openings to hold containers of cooked food over steam or hot water circulating beneath them
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The restaurant was reportedly using a steam table and a rice cooker for reheating macaroni and cheese, beans, collard greens and other foods, despite the equipment not being designed to reheat food.
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2026
About 10 or more pieces of roach excrement were on shelves behind the steam table.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
In wait station steam table, chili (127F - Hot Holding).
—Staff Reports, Florida Times-Union, 24 Mar. 2026
Health inspectors discovered Mexican rice on a steam table and cooked pork and beef measured outside of safe temperatures.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2026
About 10 or more pieces of roach excrement were on shelves behind the steam table.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
In wait station steam table, chili (127F - Hot Holding).
—Staff Reports, Florida Times-Union, 24 Mar. 2026
Health inspectors discovered Mexican rice on a steam table and cooked pork and beef measured outside of safe temperatures.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for steam table
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“Steam table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steam%20table. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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