Method of Cooking Frozen Meat
AssigneeJennie-O Turkey Store, LLC
InventorsSteven D. Leitch, Becky S. Brown
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Abstract
A preferred embodiment method of cooking a frozen bird includes cooking the frozen bird in a bag, which creates a steam environment to evenly and thoroughly cook the bird in a reasonable amount of time.
Claims22
A method of cooking frozen meat comprising:
- placing meat in a bag, the meat having a top and sides, the meat being a size and being selected from the group consisting of a frozen whole turkey, a frozen split bird, a frozen breast, a frozen breast roast, a frozen pork roast, and a frozen beef roast, the meat being at least 3.48 pounds, the bag being over-sized relative to the meat and allowing space to be created between the bag and the top and the sides of the meat;
- sealing the bag;
- freezing the meat;
- taking the meat out of a freezer;
- piercing the bag;
- pulling the bag away from the meat to release a vacuum inside the bag;
- and
- cooking the frozen meat being the size within the bag, the over-sized bag being configured and arranged to create a sufficient steam environment within the bag proximate the top and the sides of the frozen meat to thaw the meat and cook the meat evenly, wherein juices cook-out of the meat during cooking and collect at a bottom of the bag to assist in thawing and cooking the meat evenly.
A method of cooking a frozen whole bird, the whole bird having a top and sides, the whole bird being placed in an over-sized bag relative to the whole bird, the over-sized bag allowing space to be created between the over-sized bag and the top and the sides of the whole bird, the whole bird being frozen within the over-sized bag, comprising:
- taking the frozen whole bird out of a freezer;
- piercing the bag;
- pulling the bag away from the frozen whole bird to release a vacuum inside the bag;
- and
- cooking the frozen whole bird in the over-sized bag, the over-sized bag being configured and arranged to create a sufficient steam environment within the bag proximate the top and the sides of the frozen whole bird to cook the whole bird evenly.
A method of cooking a frozen whole turkey, the whole turkey having a top and sides, comprising:
- placing the whole turkey in a bag, the bag being over-sized relative to the whole turkey and allowing space to be created between the bag and the top and the sides of the whole turkey;
- freezing the whole turkey;
- taking the frozen whole turkey out of a freezer;
- piercing the bag;
- pulling the bag away from the frozen whole turkey to release a vacuum inside the bag;
- and
- cooking the frozen whole turkey, the over-sized bag being configured and arranged to create a sufficient steam environment within the bag proximate the top and the sides of the whole turkey to cook the whole turkey evenly.
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