Container for preparation of chicken wings
AssigneeR.J. Product Solutions, Inc.
InventorsJames J. Griffin, Robert W. Coffey JR.
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Abstract
Color-coded bowls for use in applying a sauce to chicken wings or to another food product have reservoir feet that contain the sauce and permit excess sauce to drain from the wings. A matching cover or lid has top structure that mates with the reservoir feet to permit a number of these bowls and lids to be stacked. The bowls and lids may have flat annular horizontal flanges. The reservoir feet may be concentric annular channel members.
Claims10
A food preparation vessel for preparation of a coated food product in which a sauce or similar liquid edible coating is applied onto a finger-held food product just before the product is served to a customer, comprising a concave bowl member having a curved side wall, a bottom, and an upper rim, said bottom having a plurality of grooves therein of a sufficient size to contain a quantity of said liquid edible coating and said grooves having a width dimension that is sufficiently narrow to prevent said food product from falling into the grooves;
- and a lid having a domed central portion and a rim disposed at a periphery of said domed central portion and adapted to mate against the rim of the bowl member.
A method of preparing fried chicken wings for consumption by a customer, comprising the steps of preparing and frying the wings in a fry cooker;
- removing the wings from the cooker;
- coating the fried wings in sauce;
- and serving the coated wings to the customer;
- wherein said step of coating includes placing the wings in a vessel that comprises a concave bowl member having a curved side wall, a bottom, and an upper rim, said bottom having a plurality of grooves therein of a sufficient size to contain a quantity of said sauce and said grooves having a width dimension that is sufficiently narrow to prevent said food product from falling into the grooves;
- placing on said bowl member a lid that has a domed central portion and a rim disposed at a periphery of said domed central portion and adapted to mate against the rim of the bowl member;
- shaking the bowl with the lid thereon to coat said fried wings in said sauce;
- removing said lid;
- and removing the coated wings from said bowl member so they may be served to the customer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.