Warming tray on Shabbat

Asked by Stuart · October 28, 2004 · Shabbat

Question

My electric oven shuts off after 12 hours of use (a pre-"Sabbath Mode" model). I prefer cholent baked in the oven rather than in a crockpot. Can I: put the cholent in the oven before shabbat; take it from the oven in the AM (oven now off but food still hot); move it to a warming tray that has yet to go on (timer)? If so, can I (on shabbat morning before the timer goes on) add precooked things like hot dogs to the hot cholent? Thanks Stu

Answer

Answered by Aaron Abadi

put the cholent in the oven before shabbat; Certainly! __________________________ take it from the oven in the AM (oven now off but food still hot); Yes ______________________________ move it to a warming tray that has yet to go on (timer)? Of Course! _________________________________ If so, can I (on shabbat morning before the timer goes on) add precooked things like hot dogs to the hot cholent? You can even put raw food onto an oven or into a crockpot that is on a timer and not on yet. (I'm a little confused on this last scenario) AA