Product Description
Winware 8 Quart Stainless Steel Chafer Includes Full Size Water Pan And Food Pan, Full Size Lid With Plastic Handle And Hold Device For The Lid, Chafer Rack With Sterno Holders.
| List Price: | $87.00 |
| Price: |
$35.38 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details |
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #738 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Size: 8 quart
- Color: Stainless steel
- Brand: Winware
- Model: C-3080B-A
- Dimensions: 13.50" h x 14.25" w x 23.50" l,
Features
- Includes one full size food pan, 2-1/2 inch deep, dripless water pan, dome cover and two fuel holders
- Stainless steel mirror finished cover
- Frame has two built-in hooks to hold the cover
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
68 of 70 people found the following review helpful.
By Linda B.
I bought this chafing dish for the holidays anticipating lots of family to entertain. It made keeping food warm for a crowd an easy task! This is an excellent chafing dish and heavy duty quality. Food doesn't dry out and the two compartments for fuel work very well and control the amount of heat to the pan of water below the food. The pan that holds the food holds a generous 24 cups of food and could probably hold more than this. This chafer is an excellent purchase if you want to serve a crowd of people.
42 of 43 people found the following review helpful.
By Shelley
I've go to admit, I have quite the collection of chafing dishes. Several models and sizes, do the amount of entertaining we do. I have some that cost a few hundred dollars, and I also purchased 2 of these at what I consider to be a very reasonable price. These chafer's function just as well as my very expensive chafer's. However, at a fraction of the cost. These chafer's will also accommodate all the optional chafing insert pans that my expensive chafer's use as well. So, these are very versatile depending on your food serving needs.
I noticed a comment regarding the proper water level to use, and maintain. Usually 3" of water is enough to maintain a consistent hot/safe food serving temperature, for about 4 to 4.5 hours of in use time. Its best to very HOT tap water when filling your chafer, as it takes less time and fuel/sterno to heat up the unit. Once the water and food items are HOT. I usually run the unit with only one sterno/fuel cell (centered). And this not only reduces excess steam, but also allows the unit to warm food longer, about 6 hours. Without the need to add additional water. It can be a bit of a task, if you need to add water, especially if the food trays still have food in them. I use my chafer's for entertaining indoors as well as outdoors. Once you start using chafer's, you're going to find, you have a lot more time to spend with your guests. Great price, great product. Enjoy!
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful.
By Chandler
I debated ordering this on Amazon or going to a restaurant supply store...it's very hard to tell quality of something like this online...but, as you can see by my Amazon purchase stamp, I decided to risk it.
For those who haven't used a chafer before, this is like like the serving chafing dishes you'd see at a buffet...it keeps your food warm for as long as you wish and frees up your having to time a meal just perfectly at a dinner party...it'll stay hot regardless of whether you are waiting for the side dishes to be done, or if you have the side dishes in here and are waiting for the main dish. Better yet, it keeps your foot hot while you eat and chat so anyone wishing to go back for seconds still gets a hot plate. During the holidays when you might need your oven at two temps, you can also cook one dish, put it in here, and keep it hot while you bake a second dish or bake a dish at a different temperature.
There is a water bath beneath the server tray. like the pro chafing dishes, to ensure even heating and food that isn't dried out. This is below the top tray that the food sits in and it has two burners underneath for your fuel cans. Your food doesn't get watery...the steam just counteracts the heat so it stays as moist as when you put it in.
For this price, I felt I got far more than I expected. I thought something light and kinda cheap would be fine as I'll just use it during entertaining but it was heavy stainless and, in all honesty, of better quality than the one 3 times the price that I got when I was married. Also, the fact that it has two burners kept the food hot all over.
Quite nice that it comes with two handles for the top, the black plastic one shown and a polished stainless one if you prefer it. The two handles on the side are built-in
Negatives: I slid this back into the box for storage and cut myself twice. They don't polish down the metal as much as they should. There are no instructions and I think there should be as not everyone would know about putting the water in for a water bath or how much to put in.
Conclusion: It's large, keeps food hot for hours, keeps the moisture in, cleaned up very easily... It exceeded my expectations. Even if you take the the dish out of the oven during holidays or entertaining and serve it immediately, this has worked wonderfully for me for hot appetizers for guests to nibble on while I cook the main dish, Better yet, last weekend we had a brunch on the deck and I was able to do pancakes and put them on one side of the server, and some veggie sausage on the other for guests, and they both stayed hot OUTSIDE...which is a use I hadn't considered. Plus the cover kept any interested bugs at bay.
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