Combination microwave oven pedestal and support cooking sheets for microwavable dough products

A combination for cooking food products at a public facility, comprising:

• a multiple-use substantially rigid pedestal, said pedestal having a generally planar portion with a perimeter, an inwardly facing face and an outwardly facing face, said pedestal being sized and shaped to be closely accommodated by a floor area of a microwave oven;
• a susceptor sheet having an upper face and a lower face, said upper face of the susceptor sheet having a susceptor surface thereon for enhancing microwave cooking of food product in contact with same, said susceptor sheet being planar, inexpensive and disposable;
• a dough-containing food product having a perimeter and being adapted to rest upon said susceptor surface during a cooking mode which includes heating of the dough-containing food product by a microwave oven, said lower face of the susceptor sheet being adapted to rest on said outwardly facing face of the pedestal;
• an extending portion of said pedestal which projects generally away from said inwardly facing face thereof and in a direction generally opposite to the direction of the susceptor surface;
• said extending portion and said inwardly facing face of the pedestal generally define a pedestal volume;
• holes through said susceptor surface of the susceptor sheet, said holes being according to a predetermined enhancement pattern for achieving desired microwave cooking;
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• apertures through said generally planar portion of the pedestal, a majority of said holes of the susceptor surface enhancement pattern being in gas passing alignment with at least some of said apertures of the pedestal, said apertures comprising at least about 15 percent of the generally planar portion thereof.

A combination for cooking food products within a microwave oven, comprising:

• a multiple-use and durable pedestal, said pedestal having a generally planar portion with a perimeter, an inwardly facing face and an outwardly facing face, said pedestal being sized and shaped to be closely accommodated by a floor and wall of a microwave oven;
• a susceptor sheet having an upper face and a lower face, said upper face of the susceptor sheet having a susceptor surface thereon for enhancing microwave cooking of food product in contact with same, said susceptor sheet being inexpensive and disposable or recyclable;
• a dough-containing food product having a perimeter and being adapted to rest upon said susceptor surface during a cooking mode which includes heating of the dough-containing food product by a microwave oven, said lower face of the susceptor sheet being adapted to rest on said outwardly facing face of the pedestal;
• an extending portion of said pedestal which projects generally away from said inwardly facing face thereof and in a direction generally opposite to the direction of the susceptor surface;
• said extending portion and said inwardly facing face of the pedestal generally define a pedestal volume;
• holes through said susceptor surface of the susceptor sheet, said holes being according to a predetermined enhancement pattern for achieving desired microwave cooking;
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• apertures through said generally planar portion of the pedestal, a majority of said holes of the susceptor surface enhancement pattern being in gas passing alignment with at least some of said apertures of the pedestal.