Methods and apparatus for imparting the appearance and taste of having been cooked on an open grill to ungrilled meat and the meat prepared by such process
OwnerLewis M. Popplewell, Kurt J. Aebiinventors
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Abstract
Creating a depression in at least one surface of uncooked meat and dispensing a colorant and/or flavorant into said depression affords uncooked meat which will have the look and/or taste of grilled meat even after being cooked by some other method. Such a method may be carried out by an apparatus which comprises: (1) means for forming a depression in uncooked meat; and (2) means for dispensing a colorant and/or flavorant into said depression.
Claims20
A method for treating meat or meat-like product, comprising:
- (A) creating a depression in at least one surface of uncooked meat or meat-like product;
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- (B) dispensing an ingredient selected from the group consisting of colorants and flavorants into said depression.
A treated meat or meat-like product prepared by a process comprising:
- (A) creating a depression in at least one surface of uncooked meat or meat-like product;
- and
- (B) dispensing a colorant and/or flavorant into said depression.
A treated portion of meat or meat-like product, comprising:
- (1) at least one depression on at least one surface of said meat or meat-like product;
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- (2) an ingredient selected from the group consisting of flavorants and colorants within said depression.
An apparatus for treating meat or meat-like product, comprising:
- (1) means for forming a depression in uncooked meat or meat-like product;
- and
- (2) means for dispensing a colorant and/or flavorant into said depression.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.