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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Facility employees did not know what compliant temperature was required for items in the steam table.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
may 1, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
Another 10 gathered on plastic trash and one was on an unused steam table.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 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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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
may 1, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
Another 10 gathered on plastic trash and one was on an unused steam table.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 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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“Steam table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steam%20table. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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