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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Another Stop Sale, for temperature abuse, took out white rice in the steam table that measured 68 degrees.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
Staff were unsure what food items on the steam table line were on time control.
—Sacbee.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Mounds of the vegetables that regulars rave about are found in a Technicolor grid on a steam table.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2025
Cooked mushrooms were sitting at 84°F on the steam table.
—Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2025
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
Staff were unsure what food items on the steam table line were on time control.
—Sacbee.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Mounds of the vegetables that regulars rave about are found in a Technicolor grid on a steam table.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2025
Cooked mushrooms were sitting at 84°F on the steam table.
—Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2025
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“Steam table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steam%20table. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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