Printable sheet
Hot holding temperature log
For steam tables, holding cabinets and soup wells — the units where a reading below the target is a decision to make now, not at the end of the shift.
The sheet
What is on it
- Target
- Printed as 135°F or above — the common US default for hot holding.
- Header
- Unit or location, the week beginning, and who is filling it in.
- Grid
- A row per day, three checks across: the time, the temperature, and initials for each.
- Corrective
- Four ruled rows: date, time, unit, the reading, what you did, initials.
Using it
How to keep it
- Take the reading in the thickest part of the food, not in the well water, and not in the pan that was topped up two minutes ago.
- Three checks a day is a starting point. Hot holding is usually checked more often than refrigeration, so rule in the times your kitchen actually works to.
- Below the target: reheat, discard or move it, and write down which. That sentence is the whole reason the sheet exists.
On the phone
The same log, without the clipboard
Hot holding is one of the unit kinds the app offers, with its own target and its own reminder times, on the same screen as the coolers.
Also free
The other sheets
ChillCheck is a record-keeping tool. It does not determine whether food is safe to serve, and it does not certify compliance with any regulation. Always follow your local health department's requirements.