SS Bain Marie With Serving Counter

The most common use for a modern bain marie is for food or ingredient holding. Bain maries are often used to keep foods cool as well as to heat them. This can be seen on salad bars that use bain maries for things like salad dressing. The container is placed in a cooling unit or surrounded by ice to keep foods fresh.A Bain Marie, also known as a double boiler, is a kitchen equipment used to keep ingredients warm over a period of time. It is two pans stacked on top of one another. The bottom pan is filled with water and the top pan is placed with the food to be cooked by the steam.