Hot food on yom tov

Gold Member Joined: Dec 16 2008 Posts: 1126

I have never quite gotten it right... I would love to know what works for others. I dont want unnecessary heat in the house competing with the AC, but I do want hot (or at least very warm) food for yom tov!

Gold Member Joined: Jul 09 2006 Posts: 1939

It's gonna be hot! I usually have both the oven and one burner on, but I have gotten away with just the oven.

Posted: Tue, Jun 07 2011, 2:55 am Post subject: re: hot food on yom tov

Some things I'm going to heat up on the burner. Others I'll warm up on a hot plate - things like kugel etc.
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Posted: Tue, Jun 07 2011, 3:10 am Post subject: re: hot food on yom tov

If you havew a gas stove - invest in a Hagaz - a gas timer that can be changed and used on Chag. then you can cook just for the time you want to without leaving the gas on all chag.

http://www.zomet.org.il/?CategoryID=250&ArticleID=112
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Gold Member Joined: Feb 25 2009 Posts: 1317

I am not being home for the first two meals, so I will get a neighbor (israeli) to come turn on my stove and oven.

Silver Member Joined: Aug 30 2010 Posts: 608

I use a plata on a timer.

Posted: Tue, Jun 07 2011, 9:37 am Post subject: Re: re: hot food on yom tov

Gold Member Joined: Sep 23 2008 Posts: 1261

I also put a plata on a timer.

Platinum Member Joined: Jan 01 2006 Posts: 48156

Plata with a timer and yortzeit lict so I can bentch lict the 2nd night.

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Posted: Tue, Jun 07 2011, 11:11 am Post subject: re: hot food on yom tov

we put a cookie sheet w/ tea lights on the bottom of the oven and the oven will be at 35O for about 3 hours. Every oven varies and in some ovens the tea lights won't stay on. CAUTION! PEOPLE HAD FIRES FROM THIS! USE CAUTION!

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Posted: Tue, Jun 07 2011, 11:47 am Post subject: Re: re: hot food on yom tov

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Silver Member Joined: Apr 26 2010 Posts: 983 Location: NJ

I leave on one (gas) burner. I use my blech and an upside down jelly roll pan (aka cookie sheet- I use disposable) to heat the food. The pan insulated so the bottom of the kugel/ chicken, etc. don't get burned. When I am not using it I try to keep it as low as possible.
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I leave 2 ovens on and a burner I usually cook most of my food on Tom tov so don't have a choice.
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Posted: Thu, Jun 09 2011, 9:59 pm Post subject: re: hot food on yom tov

Oven primarily, sometimes a stovetop. But it's the beginning of (mild) winter here (or end of autumn depending upon the year) so it's actually quite nice to have the place warmed a bit. When we were in NY we sweltered, we sat around with frozen Tabatchnik (sp?) trying to cool off inside and went for a walk outside (a really hot day but it was cooler out than in!)
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