: a utensil for cooking or keeping food warm at the table
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Other than the casual suggestion to break out a chafing dish, this simple, speedy recipe holds up.
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James Beard, Saveur, 23 Jan. 2025
Avoid: Slow cookers, steam tables, or chafing dishes are not recommended for reheating purposes.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
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
For a slightly elevated affair, serve in a chafing dish.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 13 June 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
The chafing dishes were full, and sparkled with Sterno and silver polish.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024
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James Beard, Saveur, 23 Jan. 2025
Avoid: Slow cookers, steam tables, or chafing dishes are not recommended for reheating purposes.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
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
For a slightly elevated affair, serve in a chafing dish.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 13 June 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
The chafing dishes were full, and sparkled with Sterno and silver polish.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024
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“Chafing dish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chafing%20dish. Accessed 31 Jan. 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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