Systems and methods for preparing pork rinds
AssigneeVeritas Food Company LLC
InventorsLuis Alberto Sandor, Victor Manuel Ayala, Martin Raul Sandor
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Abstract
A method of preparing a plurality of substantially flat pork rinds may include lacing a raw cut of pork skin onto a conveyer belt, cutting the raw cut of pork skin into a plurality of flat-shaped pork skin pieces, dehydrating the plurality of flat-shaped pork skin pieces, holding the plurality of flat-shaped pork skin pieces within a spacing having a fixed width, and heating the plurality of flat-shaped pork skin pieces in a cooking medium to prepare a plurality of flat-shaped pork rinds.
Claims20
A method of preparing a plurality of substantially flat pork rinds, the method comprising:
- placing a raw cut of pork skin onto a conveyer belt;
- cutting, on the conveyer belt, the raw cut of pork skin into a plurality of flat-shaped pork skin pieces;
- dehydrating the plurality of flat-shaped pork skin pieces;
- holding the plurality of flat-shaped pork skin pieces within a spacing having a fixed width;
- and
- heating, via a cooking medium, the plurality of flat-shaped pork skin pieces to prepare a plurality of flat-shaped pork rinds.
An apparatus for preparing a plurality of substantially flat pork rinds, the apparatus comprising:
- a heating unit comprising a cooking medium;
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- a carrier configured to be moved through the cooking medium and to hold a plurality of pork skins as the plurality of pork skins are moved through the cooking medium, the carrier comprising:
- a first surface configured to contact a first main surface of each pork skin of the plurality of pork skins as the plurality of pork skins are moved through the cooking medium;
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- a second surface opposite the first surface configured to contact a second main surface of each pork skin of the plurality of pork skins as the plurality of pork skins are moved through the cooking medium, wherein:
- the second main surface of each pork skin is opposite the first main surface of each pork skin;
- the first and second main surfaces are the largest surfaces of each pork skin;
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- the first and second surfaces of the carrier are configured to contact the first and second main surfaces of the plurality of pork skins to hold the plurality of pork skins in a substantially flat configuration as the plurality of pork skins are cooked in the cooking medium to produce the plurality of substantially flat pork rinds.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.