Warming Shelves/Plates

[Laurentius]

Cold plates suck.  I didn't fully appreciate how bad the suckage was until I put my wood cookstove into mothballs and thereby lost its upper warming cabinets.

 

I hate using the oven for this and refuse to use the microwave.

 

Then yesterday at Costco, I saw this:  https://www.costco.com/chefman-electric-warming-tray-with-adjustable-temperature-control.product.4000228132.html

 

What do other people use to warm plates and plated foods?

[blue_dolphin]

I regularly use my little Cuisinart CSO combi oven to warm plates. The warming function offers a range of temps starting at 125°F and can handle as many empty plates or pasta bowls as I have dining chairs. Wouldn’t work for multiple platters or plates full of food.  I've used the bread proofing setting (~100°F) on one of my double wall ovens to keep platters of food from getting cold. 
I inherited my grandmother’s dishes and love that a lot of the crazing in the glaze is from her habit of putting the plates in the oven to make sure cold plates wouldn’t chill the food!  

[Okanagancook]

I use my CSO also.

For a crowd I use my electric warming tray as above to keep my food and limited number of plates warm.

[liuzhou]

I moved to the tropics and the problem stopped coming up!

 

But seriously, it's about the only thing I do use my microwave for, when it's rarely required.

Edited November 28, 2023 by liuzhou (log)

[JoNorvelleWalker]

I put my dinner plates on top of my Anova oven.

 

[CorineMoulton]

On 11/28/2023 at 8:29 AM, Laurentius said:

Cold plates suck.  I didn't fully appreciate how bad the suckage was until I put my wood cookstove into mothballs and thereby lost its upper warming cabinets.

 

I hate using the oven for this and refuse to use the microwave.

 

Then yesterday at Costco, I saw this:  https://www.costco.com/chefman-electric-warming-tray-with-adjustable-temperature-control.product.4000228132.html

 

What do other people use to warm plates and plated foods?

I use ovan.

 

Edit: I tried microwave and I didn't like it.

Edited January 10 by CorineMoulton (log)

[aliénor]

my old oven has a bread rising feature: 100 degrees.  i always use it to warm dishes. my dish closet is a cool 50 degrees from october  to may.  i hate to use cold dishes to plate a warm meal

[weinoo]

CSO on warm function, or if it's being used for cooking, plates atop.