VEVOR Hot Box Food Warmer, 5-Tier Concession Warmer with Water Tray, 5 Pans, Single-Door and Adjustable Shelves, Stainless Steel Food Warmer Cabinet, Ideal for Storing Pizza, Chicken, Restaurant

Keeps Food Hot and Fresh – A Total Lifesaver! The VEVOR Hot Box has completely exceeded my expectations! It’s incredibly easy to use and keeps food perfectly hot for hours without drying it out. The build quality is solid and durable, and it feels like a professional-grade product, not something cheaply made. I love how spacious it is—plenty of room to store multiple trays, which makes it perfect for parties, catering events, or family gatherings. The consistent temperature control gives me peace of mind knowing that everything will stay at the ideal serving temperature. Plus, it’s lightweight enough to move around easily, which is a huge bonus. If you’re hosting events or need to transport food while keeping it hot and fresh, the VEVOR Hot Box is an absolute must-have. I wish I’d bought one sooner—it’s a total game-changer!

I use this item primarily for long heated rest for smoked beef brisket. This warming oven is plenty large, and construction quality seems acceptable (not incredible, but appears fine). I checked the oven's temperature calibration with a separate thermometer, and the oven temperature is correct. It also comes with a small water container at the bottom of the oven to provide some extra humidity, which is helpful to prevent meats from getting dried out during a long heated rest. As the other reviewers have stated, removing the protective plastic from the oven out of the box is a huge pain in the butt - plan for that to take a couple of hours or more, depending on how picky you are. But functionally it's working great for me.

I purchased this warmer and it worked well for 28 days. On the 29th day the warmer stopped working. When you turn the warmer on, the temperature is reading higher than you have it set for ie: I have it set for 160 degrees, it went up as high as 218 degrees but the warmer was super cold. The doors had what looked like smoke coming from it as if it was too hot however when you opened the warmer it wasn’t even 50 degrees inside. I contacted the company (they only communicate via live chat) all for them to say someone will email me instructions on how to fix it. It’s been 5 days and as of today there hasn’t been an email from them. See video attached!

Purchased it to hold multiple briskets for holiday BBQ. Worked like a champ. Also kept other items at serving temps without using the stove in the kitchen. For people who do a lot of BBQ or entertaining, I highly recommend. The only downside is removing all the plastic wrap used in shipping. Some of the seal was behind screws and rivets. Pain to remove before first use. But any that is left will burn and stink, so removal is a must.

Like all of the other reviewers have said the plastic coating that they put on this is ridiculous. It is a pain in the neck to get off. They put rivets over the top of the plastic, so no matter how hard you try it will have plastic left on it. In addition, it is a bizarre size. It fits a half size pan perfectly with tons of space all around it.. With that being said it is a great deal of wasted space because of the size you cannot fit 2 1/2 pans nor can you fit a full pan. Unfortunately, they do not sell three-quarter size. Disposable pans. And less space is a huge concern for you. This machine is really a waste. Step up and buy the next bigger machine. That's what I just did and waiting for it to be delivered. Their shipping process makes about as much sense as their plastic wrap process does. I purchased the product it was picked up in San Bernardino, CA and shipped to Katy Texas. Now it's being shipped back to Corona, CA. When it could've gone directly from San Bernardino to Corona within a day.

Making larger meals for holidays is stressful. Trying to time everything to be ready at the same time takes practice, but having everything ready and requiring your attention at the same time adds a lot of stress! With this, I started cooking earlier in the day and things finished at staggered times but stayed hot and fresh. There was still a lot of work, but I was never worried that something would be ready too early or too late. Also, I finished all the food well before meal time, and just pulled out the food when we were ready to eat. This fit multiple cooked turkeys, a full ham, and all the sides. I was shocked! This was well worth the money!

The oven held a decent temperature with a typical variance of +/-15 degrees. See photo from independent probe. I thoroughly tested with a pan of water 3 times. Typically set at 149 deg to get 140 min/160 max. 140 is food safe and my target hold temp to reduce additional cooking. I bought to finish/hold meats like brisket and plate rib. Justified the purchase for a big party. 1 brisket I held in this was a B grade. The 165 peaks overcooked and inconsistencies were not ideal. BUT, if just looking to hold food for an event, less than 2-4 hours, this would work fine. Held hots (non meat) just fine for 4 hours with little burning. I would not use for meats again. About the unit: It is covered in blue protective wrap. Took 2 of us about 30-45 minutes to remove. Pain. Plastic under the rivets had to be "burned off". The door is magnetic and has large gaps at the top and the bottom. Not even close to a sealed door. Wastes energy and likely causes the fluctuations in temp. Temp is way off. Needed to adjust by 9 degrees to match my probe temp. Do NOT trust the display temp. The instructions are near comical. No doubt written by a chinese man with English as Second Language. Actually a high point for the humor factor in translation. The control panel makes little sense. Not even going to try to explain. But calibrating temp or any other function is near archaic. I don't even think well written instructions would have helped. Bottom-line: Not for precision temp hold. Okay for sides or hot dogs. If buying for brisket, build a souse vide cooler and get 140 deg all day...at 1/3 the price of this unit.

It does work, and with gentle use probably would last a good amount of time. Be careful when you take it out of the box, because the feet are not pre-installed and I scratched my hardwood floor with it. The interior comes dirty -- with factory grime, which took me about a half hour to clean. That should have been their job, not mine. The sheet metal comes with a sticker on it to protect it from scratches, but the glue is much much stronger than usual, and it took me a hour and a half to get it off. Maybe a heat gun would have helped. They put that protection sticker on before they put in the rivets that hold the pieces together, so when you peel the sticker off it is very hard to remove the last bits of sticker near the rivets. The thermostat is way off. After running the warmer for a few hours with some pans in it (see photo) the thermostat said 150 degrees (148 after opening the door for a few minutes) but my instant read thermometer said 117 degrees. You can get close to 150 degrees if you set the thermostat to maximum (170 degrees). Some of the rivets were missing, which is sloppy, but should not impair the function. The two hours I needed to get it usable is so unacceptable. As sloppy as the construction is, it did the job, and at a good price, and I would probably buy it again if there was no better alternative.