Does this keep soup warm (like a thermos)? I was hoping it might work to pack soup for kids lunches, so it would have to stay warm for 4-5 hours.
1286199
No, unfortunately it does not. It's not thermal. You can put soup in it and microwave it, but I'm not sure how many schools have student accessible microwaves.
1286200
No. It might keep it warm for an hour or so. But not for a long period of time.
738997
It warms but isn't hot enough to *cook*. It does warm soup, left overs, etc nicely, but that is the extent of the heat. It is a great product to keep u out of the microwave line at lunch time!
1806226
Hi there, I love this container. It holds a minium of 1.5 cups, maybe closer to two. AND it keeps hot stuff hot for a long time. I've used it to heat soup before leaving on a day long trip and have nice warm soup for an evening meal many hours later.
1935617
I suggest to soak the cups in warm water (not HOT, but little warmer than luke-warm) before pouring the hot soup...And yet, may be the soup could be not boiled hot hot...
2260266
I would say no more than 6 hours. I packed this for my husband's lunch once.. warmed up the containers with boiling water, as directed, then placed hot foods in it (aruond 7am)... he said it was just "warm" enough to eat at lunch time (12/1pm) but not hot.
63359
it does get a little warm, not sure whether it heats up soup to soup temperature, though!
1458636
I haven't had any problems with the use of my thermos. I regularly put soup in mind at home at about 7:30 and I normally don't eat lunch until about 1:00 at the earliest and it has been still piping hot. I assume that you are doing everything right but I will just inform you what I do and what I've noticed. I bring water to a rapid boil, place it inside of the empty thermos and close the lid and leave it like that for 15 minutes. In the meantime I am rewarming up whatever soup I'm going to put inside of it and it's usually piping hot. I pour out the hot water and pour my soup inside. I have noticed that if I leave the soup out like if it's not placed in the refrigerator that it gets warm which is strange because you would think that it would stay uber hot, however if I place it inside the refrigerator it is really really hot to the point that I have to blow it before eating it and has steam come out. I think this is the best thermos ever. Sorry it's not working out for you.
1560580
It keeps it hot for 8-10 hours and warm for up to about 14 hours. I found that it helps to warm the thermos up with hot water before putting in your hot item.
716123
No it does not keep food warm. You need to warm the food in a microwave. School lunches usually are chilled or made so that you don't heat them.
1415134
It does keep your food warm for a good hour or two depending on how hot the food is when you put it in the Bentgo. But I have found that if you put the Bentgo in an insulated bag, it stays warm for 4 hours.
1681005
Yes, it's made to keep liquids hot as well as cold. You can easily use the cup on end of thermos to pour your soup in.
1338910
I would suggest sending back to the company if you can. This does not sound like a working thermos. We have several of these typs of thermos' in different sizes, and this one does pretty good about keeping food warm for longer hours, so I would say that there is something wrong with it. Hope the company gets a new one for you!
2260265
I've packed it before 7 in the morning and according to my children the food was still warm when they ate lunch around noon. I also used the container for soup to hold hot water to keep the other food warm.
44121
About 2-3 hours hot, but for up to 6 hours it keeps the food warm. I can't complaint. I am just glad that the food is still warm for their lunch. Hope this helps. ^^
2101968
I have used it primarily to keep food warm. I have cooked a few soups in it that only took a few hours. The individual pots have a gap to let you put the lids on and have a serving utensils in the unit so using it to cook lets a lot of steam out.
1565630
This isn't an insulated container - it's just metal. I don't think it will keep your kids' food warm, and I also think the size is a little small for a child's lunch. This might be OK if you are trying to keep food cold if you use it with an ice pack.I have some Thermos-brand containers that keep food hot for multiple hours for my children's lunches. They have a Thermos 10-ounce food container that keeps food hot for 5 hours, though there are many other brands. I would definitely look for an insulated container that's meant to keep food warm.
1129981
Depends on how long you leave it in. Normally it's not hot after 5 to 6 hours inside the Thermos. You can easily take it out by hand.