Steam tables used by caterers, hotels, buffets, cafeterias, restaurants and anyone else who needs to lay out a delicious spread of hot food to serve a crowd of hungry guests while maintaining safe hot food temperatures. These tables hold hot food at ideal serving temperatures throughout meal service by way of either moist or dry heating, depending on whether or not water is used in the pan or well above the heat source. The popularity of steam tables among people in the foodservice industry has helped to grow the market, and thus, there are dozens of different styles to choose from to fit your culinary and budgetary needs.