JP3247838U - Cooking dish - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] To provide a cooking heating dish capable of heating a variety of ceramic tableware by providing flexibility in the shapes of the heat storage plate, the insulating material, and the recesses of the wooden base. [Solution] A cooking heating dish 1 comprises a ceramic tableware 5 for serving food, a preheated heat storage plate 4 that contacts the bottom of the tableware, a cork board 3 on which the heat storage plate 4 is placed, and a wooden base 2 having a recess 6. The outer shape of the heat storage plate 4 is smaller than that of the cork board 3, which is smaller than the size of the recess 6, and the cork board 3, heat storage plate 4, and tableware 5 are placed in the recess 6 in this order. [Selected drawing] Figure 1

Description

This invention relates to a food heating plate used in restaurants and other establishments to serve food to customers.

When serving food to a large number of customers at once in a restaurant or other food establishment, it takes time to plate the cooked food and carry it to the table, and by the time the food of the last customer is served, the food of the first customer may have cooled down. To address this issue, Patent Document 1 shows a steak serving dish that maintains heat retention for a long time. This steak serving dish is constructed by placing a metal dish on a wooden boat that contains aluminum heat storage pellets in a pellet receiver also made of aluminum, and the metal dish is heated by the heat storage pellets to keep the food warm.

Patent document 2 also shows a cooking heating dish that uses a flat heat storage material and is made up of a wooden boat equipped with a heat storage plate that contacts the bottom surface of a heat-resistant dish to heat it, and an insulating material made of an alumina plate on which the heat storage plate is placed.

Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 5-86271 Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 7-27374

In Patent Documents 1 and 2, aluminum plates and flat alumina plates are used as the heat insulating materials. Since the heat storage plate is made of metal, when the heat storage plate is placed on the aluminum plate or alumina plate, a collision sound is likely to occur in the kitchen. In addition, the aluminum plate or alumina plate has a small friction force when it comes into contact with the heat storage plate. If tableware with even smaller friction is placed on the heat storage plate, the tableware will shake greatly during transportation and become uncontrollable, causing the arrangement of ingredients to become disarrayed. Therefore, in order to prevent these from moving during transportation, it is necessary to provide a recess in the wooden base with an external size that restrains the aluminum plate, alumina plate, and the heat storage plate. In this case, only heat storage plates, insulation materials, and recesses in the wooden base that are of a fixed size can be used. There are many different shapes of ceramic tableware. If tableware of various shapes could be used depending on the taste of the dish, a more effective presentation would be possible, but this is difficult to achieve if a heat storage plate and insulation material with a fixed shape are used in relation to the recesses in the wooden boat.
Therefore, the object of this invention is to provide a cooking heating plate that can heat a variety of ceramic tableware by allowing flexibility in the shapes of the heat storage plate, insulation material, and recesses in the wooden base (corresponding to the wooden boat in prior art literature).

In order to achieve the above object, the cooking heating plate of the present invention comprises a ceramic dish for serving food, a preheated heat storage plate that contacts the bottom surface of the dish, a cork board on which the heat storage plate is placed, and a wooden base having a recess;
The outer shape of the heat storage plate is smaller than that of the cork board, and the outer shape of the cork board is smaller than the size of the recess, and the cork board, the heat storage plate, and the tableware are placed in the recess in that order.

According to this invention, the use of a cork board as an insulating material reduces the noise made when placing the heat storage plate, making it easier to handle. In addition, the cork board has high friction with both the wooden base and the heat storage plate, so the heat storage plate can be stably maintained even if the recess in the wooden base varies slightly in size or does not match the shape of the heat storage plate. As a result, flexibility is possible in the shapes of the heat storage plate, insulating material, and recess in the wooden base, making it possible to heat a variety of ceramic tableware and serve food at the perfect eating temperature.

1A and 1B are diagrams showing a cooking heating plate, FIG. 1A being a plan view and FIG. 1B being a cross-sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 1A. FIG. FIG. 3A is an explanatory diagram of a cooking heating plate, and FIG. 3B is a bottom view of the dish with a heat storage plate fitted into the rear surface of the dish. 4A is a plan view showing another embodiment, FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view taken along line YY in FIG. 4A, and FIG. 4C is a cross-sectional view taken along line ZZ in FIG. 4A. FIG. 13 is an exploded plan view showing another embodiment. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which another embodiment is used. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing another embodiment.

The following describes an embodiment of the cooking heating dish 1 according to the present invention with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 shows the cooking heating dish 1, with Fig. 1A being a plan view and Fig. 1B being a cross-sectional view taken along line X-X of Fig. 1A. Fig. 2 is an exploded plan view of the cooking heating dish 1. The cooking heating dish 1 is made up of a wooden base 2, a cork board 3, a heat storage plate 4, and ceramic tableware 5. The tableware 5 is a large plate with a double pedestal.

The wooden base 2 is a thick wooden board, and in the center of the surface is a recess 6 in which the cork board 3, heat storage board 4, and tableware 5 are housed. The cork board 3 is slightly smaller than the recess 6 of the wooden base 2, and although it is not aligned with the recess 6, it has a larger outer shape than the heat storage board 4. The cork board 3 is placed at the bottom of the recess 6 as a heat insulating material.

Figure 3 is an explanatory diagram of the cooking heating plate 1, Figure 3A is a bottom view of the dish 5, and Figure 3B is a bottom view of the dish 5 with the heat storage plate 4 fitted to the back side. The dish 5 is used to serve food. The bottom side of the dish 5 has a double platform 7, 8. The heat storage plate 4 is made of the same iron plate as the platforms 7, 8 but thicker than them, and has a donut shape with a hole smaller than the platform 7 on the outside of the bottom side of the dish 5 and larger than the platform 8 on the inside. This shape of the heat storage plate 4 is a shape that makes surface contact with the platform back 9 surrounded by the platforms 7, 8. In addition, the heat storage plate 4 has an outer shape smaller than the cork board 3 and does not match. Furthermore, the heat storage plate 4 does not match the size of the recess 6. Rather, it has a relatively large gap. The heat storage plate 4 is placed on the cork board 3, and the dish 5 is arranged so that the heat storage plate 4 rests on the platform back 9 of the dish 5.

When using the food heating plate, the preheated heat storage plate 4 is placed on the cork board 3 inside the wooden base 2. Next, the tableware 5 with the food served on it is placed on the high-temperature heat storage plate 4. In this embodiment, the food is assumed to be steak, so the heating temperature of the heat storage plate 4 is set to 300 degrees. The heat storage plate 4 is in surface contact with the underside 9 of the platform, and due to the heat storage effect of the heat storage plate 4, the food continues to be heated for a while even while it is being served. Since the heat storage plate 4 is plate-shaped, it is possible to heat a large number of dishes at once by using a gas heater or the like.

The cork board 3 is compressed by the weight of the dish 5 with food on it and the heat storage plate 4, and exerts a high frictional force against both the wooden base 2 and the heat storage plate 4. As a result, the heat storage plate 4 does not swing against the wooden base 2 during transportation. In other words, the size of the heat storage plate 4 does not need to be the same as the size of the recess 6, and it is sufficient if it can fit inside the recess 6. For example, it may be smaller than the bottom of a heat-resistant dish without a foot. In this embodiment, the heat storage plate 4 is contained between the outer foot 7 and the inner foot 8, suppressing the behavior of the dish 5. Therefore, the dish 5 is also suppressed from swinging. When the dish 5 has only a single foot 7, the heat storage plate 4 may be any shape, except for shapes that lack stability, as long as it is small enough to fit inside the foot 7. For example, a disk shape, a rectangle shape, a star shape, a doughnut shape, etc. can be used.

The surface of the cork board 3 may burn due to the heat from the heat storage plate 4, but the heat transfer of the cork board 3 itself is low, and even if it is used repeatedly, the burnt part hardly penetrates into the interior. Therefore, there is no need to frequently replace the cork board 3.

In this embodiment, tableware 5 with a double base is used, but even tableware with a single base can use the cork board 3, heat storage board 4, and wooden base 2 of this embodiment as is, as long as the heat storage board 4 fits inside the base. Of course, tableware 5 can also be a so-called heat-resistant dish with a flat bottom without a base.

Figure 4 shows another embodiment, where Figure 4A is a plan view, Figure 4B is a cross-sectional view taken along line Y-Y in Figure 4A, and Figure 4C is a cross-sectional view taken along line Z-Z in Figure 4A. Figure 5 is an exploded plan view showing another embodiment. Figure 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the use of the other embodiment. The cooking and heating dish 11 is made up of a wooden base 12, a cork board 13, a heat storage plate 14, and tableware 15 with a single elevated base. Tableware 15 is not heat-resistant tableware.

The wooden base 12 is a thick wooden board, and at the back of the center of the surface, there is a recess 16 large enough to fit the cork board 13, heat storage board 14, and tableware 15. The size of the cork board 13 needs only to have a larger outer shape than the heat storage board 4 and be smaller than the recess 16, but in this embodiment, it is sized to fit into the recess 16 of the wooden base 12. The cork board 13 is installed as a heat insulating material so that it can be easily attached and detached.

In this embodiment, the dish 15 is a deep dish or soup cup used for soup or gratin dishes. The heat storage plate 14 placed under the dish 15 is larger than the outer shape of the base 17 of the dish 15. The heat storage plate 14 is heated to 220 degrees before use. When the dish 15 is placed on the heat storage plate 14, a gap 18 about the height of the base 17 is created on the underside of the base. The heat storage plate 14 continues to heat the food indirectly through the gap 18, allowing the food to be kept at the perfect temperature for eating.

A recess that serves as a spoon rest 19 is provided on the front side of the center of the surface of the wooden stand 12. The spoon rest 19 consists of a recess 19a for placing the base part of the spoon 20 and a recess 19b for placing the handle part of the spoon 20.

In this embodiment, the cork board 13 is compressed by the weight of the tableware 15 on which food is served and the heat storage plate 14, and exerts a high frictional force against both the wooden base 12 and the heat storage plate 14. As a result, the heat storage plate 14 does not swing relative to the wooden base 12 during transportation.

As shown in Figures 7A and 7B, the doughnut-shaped heat storage plate 4 of the above embodiment may be tapered on the outer periphery, inner periphery, or both. By tapering the outer periphery to form a slope with an angle θ, when the heat storage plates 4 are stacked and heated in an oven or the like, it is possible to insert tongs into the gaps created by the taper and remove the heat storage plates 4 one by one, as shown in Figures 7C and 7D. The same iron plate as in the previous embodiment is used as the heat storage plate 4. In addition, by making the inner periphery taper at an angle α with the slope facing upward, the inner foot of the tableware 5 having a double foot can easily enter the inner hole of the heat storage plate 4. Both the angle θ and the angle α are any angle around 45 degrees smaller than 90 degrees. In addition, when the heat storage plate 4 is tapered on both the outer periphery and inner periphery, it is desirable to make the inner periphery taper have an upward slope and the outer periphery taper have a downward slope.

As explained above in each embodiment, the cork boards 3, 13 are compressed by the weight of the tableware 5, 15 on which food is served and the heat storage plates 4, 14, and exert a high frictional force against both the wooden bases 2, 12 and the heat storage plates 4, 14. As a result, the heat storage plates 4, 14 do not rock relative to the wooden bases 2, 12 during transportation. Therefore, the heat storage plates 4, 14 can adopt an appropriate shape for managing the temperature of the food to be served according to the shape of the bottom of the tableware, which has various shapes such as no base, single base, and double base. For dishes that require further heating, such as steak, the shape can be such that the heat storage plate 4 can come into direct contact with the bottom surface, and for dishes such as soup that need to be kept warm, the shape can be such that the heat storage plate 4 indirectly transfers heat by utilizing the base.

1, 11 Cooking dish 2, 12 Wooden base 3, 13 Cork board 4, 14 Heat storage board 5, 15 Tableware 6, 16 Recess 7, 8, 17 Base 9 Back of base 18 Gap 19 Spoon holder 20 Spoon

Patent document 2 also shows a cooking heating dish that uses a flat heat storage plate and is made up of a wooden boat equipped with a heat storage plate that heats by abutting against the bottom surface of a heat-resistant dish and an insulating material made of an alumina plate on which the heat storage plate is placed.

Claims (6)

The present invention comprises a ceramic dish for serving food, a preheated heat storage plate that contacts the bottom surface of the dish, a cork board on which the heat storage plate is placed, and a wooden base having a recess,
The outer shape of the heat storage plate is smaller than that of the cork board, and the outer shape of the cork board is smaller than the size of the recess, and the cork board, the heat storage plate, and the tableware are placed in the recess in this order.
2. The cooking and heating dish according to claim 1, wherein said dish has a foot on the bottom, and the outer shape of said heat storage material is larger than the outer shape of said foot.
2. The cooking and heating dish according to claim 1, wherein said dish has a single platform on the bottom, and the outer shape of said heat storage material is smaller than the outer shape of said outer platform.
2. The cooking and heating dish of claim 1, wherein the dish has a double pedestal on the bottom, and the heat storage material has a donut shape with a hole smaller than the outer pedestal and larger than the inner pedestal.
2. The cooking and heating dish according to claim 1, wherein the dish has no footing at the bottom, and the outer shape of the heat storage material is smaller than the outer shape of the bottom.
2. The cooking and heating dish according to claim 1, wherein the heat storage plate is tapered on its outer periphery.