Method of storing prepared foods

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF HOLDING FOOD PREPARED IN ONE PLACE AND TRANSPORTED TO ANOTHER PLACE IN APPETIZING CONDITION IN A CLOSED SPACE AND IN SUBSTANTIALLY ITS PREPARED CONDITION COMPRISING THE STEPS OF PROVIDING A PORTABLE CONTAINER WITH A FOOD RECEIVING WELL HAVING HEAT CONDUCTIVE WALLS AND HEAT STORING MEANS IN THERMAL CONTACT WITH A PORTION OF THE CONDUCTIVE WALLS, DELIVERING HEAT TO SAID STORING MEANS AND ACCUMULATING THE HEAT FOR SUBSEQUENT DISSIPATION HEAT INTO THE WELL THROUGH THE CONDUCTIVE WALLS, DISCONTINUING HEAT DELIVERY TO THE STORING MEANS AFTER THE FOOD RECEIVING WELL HAS BEEN PRECONDITIONED, PROVIDING A SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE THERMAL BARRIER ABOUT THE EXTERIOR OF THE FOOD RECEIVING WELL AND HEAT STORING MEANS SO THAT THE PRECONDITIONING OF THE WELL IS SUBSTANTIALLY MAINTAINED AND THE ACCUMULATED HEAT TRAVELS INTO THE FOOD WELL AS ITS PRINCIPAL ROUTE OF DISSIPATION, AND PLACING THE PREVIOUSLY PREPARED FOOD IN THE WELL WHERE IT CONTINUES TO RECEIVE HEAT.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF HOLDING FOOD PREPARED IN ONE PLACE AND TRANSPORTED TO ANOTHER PLACE IN APPETIZING CONDITION IN A CLOSED SPACE AND IN SUBSTANTIALLY ITS PREPARED CONDITION COMPRISING THE STEPS OF PROVIDING A PORTABLE CONTAINER WITH A FOOD RECEIVING WELL HAVING HEAT CONDUCTIVE WALLS AND HEAT STORING MEANS IN THERMAL CONTACT WITH A PORTION OF THE CONDUCTIVE WALLS, DELIVERING HEAT TO SAID STORING MEANS AND ACCUMULATING THE HEAT FOR SUBSEQUENT DISSIPATION HEAT INTO THE WELL THROUGH THE CONDUCTIVE WALLS, DISCONTINUING HEAT DELIVERY TO THE STORING MEANS AFTER THE FOOD RECEIVING WELL HAS BEEN PRECONDITIONED, PROVIDING A SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE THERMAL BARRIER ABOUT THE EXTERIOR OF THE FOOD RECEIVING WELL AND HEAT STORING MEANS SO THAT THE PRECONDITIONING OF THE WELL IS SUBSTANTIALLY MAINTAINED AND THE ACCUMULATED HEAT TRAVELS INTO THE FOOD WELL AS ITS PRINCIPAL ROUTE OF DISSIPATION, AND PLACING THE PREVIOUSLY PREPARED FOOD IN THE WELL WHERE IT CONTINUES TO RECEIVE HEAT.