Yanco BM-608 Birmingham Melamine 8-3/4" x 5" x 1-1/4" Rarebit Dish 10 oz, Gray Interior and Black Exterior — Case of 48 (4 dz)

A rarebit dish is a long shallow oval, and this one measures eight and three-quarter inches by five, with a well just an inch and a quarter deep. Ten ounces spread thin across that footprint, which is the point: melted cheese, a baked crab dip or a single portion of scalloped potatoes shows its whole browned surface instead of hiding in a bowl.

Oval, not round

Birmingham's round deep dish at eight and a half inches holds twenty-four ounces because it goes down rather than out. This one is for food you want to see. Four dozen in a carton suits an appetiser station that turns the same shape all night and needs backup on the shelf during service.

Sold by the full case. Case of 48 (4 dz)