Food bun with formed cavity
OwnerYu Jane Huanginventor
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Abstract
Food products, apparatus, systems and methods in which a pocketed bun is produced by supplying compressed air into a portion of bread dough to produce an air pocket, cooking the portion to produce an at least partially cooked bun, and cutting the bun into at least two pieces, with each piece having a cavity. Air can be delivered directly inside the portion of bread dough through a tube or to an expandable object (e.g., a balloon). Preferably, the portion of bread dough is placed into an expandable mold controlled by at least an arm operated by a processor. Batches of pocketed buns can be produced by utilizing a device having multiple molds inside a chamber, and multiple stacked chambers or a shelf with multiple floors.
Claims16
A method for producing a pocketed bun, comprising:
- supplying air into a portion of bread dough through a tube to produce an air pocket;
- cooking the portion to produce an at least partially cooked bun;
- and
- cutting the bun into at least a first piece having a first cavity and a second piece having a second cavity, wherein each of the first and second cavities are at least partially formed from the air pocket.
A method of producing a pocketed bun, comprising:
- placing a balloon inside a portion of bread dough;
- inflating the balloon;
- cooking the portion of bread dough to produce an at least partially bun;
- deflating the balloon and removing the balloon from the bun;
- and
- cutting the bun into at least a first piece having a first cavity, and a second piece having a second cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.