Microwavable packages and food products

A raw meat package configured to permit the raw meat to be cooked in a microwave, the package comprising:

• a multilayer microwavable support having a top support surface and a lower support surface, the top support surface and lower support surface connected by side support walls, the multilayer microwavable support having an absorbent pad supported by the lower support surface and between the top and lower support surfaces, the top support surface, the lower support surface, and the side support walls being a paperboard material;
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• the top support surface having a susceptor layer disposed thereon, the susceptor layer including a microwave energy interactive material and a plurality of discrete openings disposed in the susceptor layer and the top support surface;
• the top support surface having a flat transport configuration where a first portion and a second portion of the susceptor layer and the top support surface at a center of the microwaveable support are substantially planar;
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• the top support surface reconfigurable to an angled cooking configuration by shifting the top support surface relative to the lower support surface such that the top support surface and lower support surface are at least spaced apart from one another at the side support walls and the first portion and the second portion of the susceptor layer and the top support surface extend at an oblique angle relative to one another to form an angled, upwardly facing cooking surface to support a food product during cooking and to direct grease toward the plurality of discrete openings during microwave cooking, the top support surface at the center of the microwaveable support resting on the absorbent pad supported by the lower support surface with the plurality of discrete openings extending through the top support surface such that the absorbent pad draws moisture and grease from the top support surface to the absorbent pad supported by the lower support surface beneath the top support surface through the plurality of discrete openings;
• the absorbent pad disposed on the lower support surface, the absorbent pad having a flexible paper-based material suitable for absorbing moisture and grease that drains through the openings in the susceptor layer to the absorbent pad on the lower support surface.

A microwavable packaged food product comprising an outer package and a quantity of raw bacon contained therein, the packaged food product being configured to facilitate heating of the food product in a microwave oven, wherein:

• the bacon comprises at least about 7.5% to about 18.5% protein;
• the package further comprises a multilayer microwavable support having at least three layers including:
• a susceptor layer including a microwave energy interactive material and a plurality of discrete openings disposed therein, the discrete openings being disposed at a center of the microwavable support;
• an absorbent pad layer having a flexible paper-based material suitable for absorbing moisture and grease;
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• a paperboard base layer having an upper support, a lower support, and side support walls connecting the upper support to the lower support, the susceptor layer disposed on the upper support and the absorbent pad layer disposed on the lower support, the absorbent pad layer being between the upper support and the lower support;
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• wherein the microwaveable support is reconfigurable from a first transport configuration to a second cooking configuration by shifting the upper support relative to the lower support,
• wherein in the first transport configuration a first portion and a second portion of the susceptor layer and the upper support at the center of the microwaveable support are substantially planar,
• wherein in the second cooking configuration the upper support and lower support are at least spaced from one another at the side support walls and the first portion and the second portion of the susceptor layer and the upper support at the center of the microwavable support extend at an oblique angle relative to one another to form an angled, upwardly facing support surface to support the bacon and that directs grease toward the discrete openings during microwave cooking of the bacon, the upper support at the center of the microwaveable support resting on the absorbent pad layer of the lower support with the discrete openings extending through the upper support such that the absorbent pad layer draws moisture and grease from the upper support to the absorbent pad layer disposed on the lower support through the discrete openings,
• wherein an amount of grease generated during microwave cooking of the bacon that is not absorbed by the support is less than about 10%.