Method for preparing a ground meat product and kit therefor

A method for preparing a ground meat food product, comprising:

• grinding an uncooked meat product to produce an uncooked ground meat product;
• combining a source of predetermined food ingredients with the uncooked ground meat product to form a prepared, uncooked ground meat product which is seasoned and/or cured;
• providing a food product forming container which has a bottom surface, and a circumscribing peripheral side wall which has a top edge, and wherein the food product forming container defines an internal cavity;
• covering the food product forming container with a metal cooking foil, and pressing the metal cooking foil into the internal cavity of the food product forming container so as to conformably cover the internal cavity of the food product forming container;
• depositing a given amount of the prepared, uncooked, ground meat product into the internal cavity, and on top of the metal cooking foil, so as to completely fill the internal cavity of the food product forming container;
• covering the food product forming container, and the prepared, uncooked ground meat product deposited in the internal cavity thereof with a food grade paper having a release coated surface;
• engaging the top edge of the food product forming container with a rolling pin, and rolling the rolling pin along the top edge so as to forcibly engage the food grade paper and the prepared uncooked ground meat product underneath the food grade paper so as to form a resulting, prepared, uncooked ground meat layer which is densely compacted and which further has a predetermined height dimension which is not greater than a height dimension of the peripheral sidewall of the food product forming container;
• removing the food grade paper from the food product forming container;
• scraping the excess uncooked ground meat from the top edge of the food product forming container and from the metal cooking foil for reuse;
• lifting the metal cooking foil bearing the prepared, uncooked ground meat layer having a predetermined height dimension from the internal cavity, and placing the metal cooking foil bearing the prepared, uncooked meat layer in a cooking appliance;
• first, heating the metal cooking foil bearing the prepared, uncooked ground meat product with the cooking appliance at a first predetermined temperature and time to form a resulting partially cooked ground meat product;
• removing the metal cooking foil bearing the partially cooked, ground meat product from the cooking appliance;
• removing the metal cooking foil from the partially cooked ground meat product;
• second, heating the partially cooked ground meat product at a second predetermined temperature and time;
• removing the partially cooked ground meat product from the cooking appliance;
• slicing the partially cooked ground meat product into predetermined sizes;
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• third, heating the sliced, partially cooked ground meat product at a third predetermined temperature and time to produce a cooked ground meat product.