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US 2017/0245534 A1Published application
Method and system for processing ready-to-eat bacon with pan fried bacon characteristics
AssigneeSmithfield Foods, Inc.
InventorsMichael FRITZ, Anthony WHITE, Jeffrey PHILLIPS, James CATTIN, Robert BLONG, Bruce A. JOHNSON
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Abstract
Methods and systems for processing ready-to-eat bacon with pan-fried bacon characteristics comprising a combination of cooking in a microwave oven and finishing in a searing unit.
Claims30
A method for preparing bacon comprising
- (a) cooking bacon slices in a microwave oven;
- and
- (b) finishing said bacon slices in an infrared searing unit.
A method for preparing bacon comprising
- (a) providing a bacon slab;
- (b) slicing said bacon slab into bacon slices;
- (c) cooking said bacon slices in a microwave oven;
- and
- (d) finishing said bacon slices in a gas searing unit.
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A system for making pre-cooked bacon comprising
- (a) a slicer for slicing bacon slabs;
- (b) a microwave oven for cooking bacon slices;
- (c) a searing unit for searing bacon slices;
- (d) an interleaver for interleaving and stacking the bacon slices;
- and
- (e) a packaging machine for packaging the bacon slices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.