Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, there is provided a disposable aluminum lid having a lid stamped from a bendable formed aluminum. The lid being defined to include a base defining a top section and a bottom section, where the base terminates at an inside edge to form a window through the base. A skirt extending downwardly from an outside edge of the base and extending continuously around the base to form a well there-between, the skirt further having a terminal lower edge. A transparent film material secured over the window on the bottom section of the base.

Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, there is provided an improved disposable aluminum pan for use with a chaffing rack and a pair of half pans. The pan includes a base terminating to a sidewall and an rim, which terminates to a rolled bead. The pan includes an inside length measured longitudinally across opposing sidewalls from the inside edge of the rim. The inside length is configured to be shorter than a corresponding inside length of an unimproved pan. The pair of half pans when nested side by side in the improved pan can have adjacent sides of the half pans lay without overlap. The pan also allows for a lid to fit better. The pan also includes a deeper well such that the bottom is positioned closer to burners in the chaffing rack and allows more water to be added during the heating process.