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US 4,133,896 AGranted
Food package including condiment container for heating food
AssigneeThe Pillsbury Company
InventorsCharles N. Standing, Lawrence C. Brandberg
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Abstract
A package is provided for heating foods which includes a pair of bread slices such as the halves of a hamburger bun, at least one meat product such as a hamburger patty preferably resting on one of the bread slices and a condiment package containing one or more condiments with a microwave reflective material at least partially enclosing the condiments to reduce the rate at which they absorb heat. These components are enclosed in a sealed plastic bag which is transparent to microwave energy.
Claims8
A food package for storing and heating foods to serving temperature from a frozen or refrigerated state in both microwave and conventional ovens comprising:
- at least one food body comprising bread;
- a condiment container means resting on said food body, said condiment container means being inverted and having a bottom and side wall and a mouth facing downwardly;
- said condiment container means being formed from sheet material;
- a condiment adhered to the bottom wall of said condiment container means in spaced relationship above the food body whereby moisture migration is prevented from the condiment to the said food body when the condiment is thus adhered to the bottom wall of the condiment container means;
- a microwave reflective metallic sheet element enclosing at least a part of the condiment container means opposite the mouth to reduce the rate at which the condiment absorbs heat and said condiment being heat releasable from the condiment container means during heating in the oven and being free to fall to the mouth of the condiment container means onto the food body comprising bread where microwave energy can be absorbed at a faster rate whereby the exposure of the condiment to microwave energy is initially limited thereby preventing overheating of the condiment during the initial heating of the bread and a microwave transparent container enclosing said food body and said condiment container means.
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A food package and condiment container for storing and heating foods to serving temperature from a frozen or refrigerated state in both microwave and conventional ovens comprising:
- a pair of bread slices in side-by-side relationship lying in the same plane, a non-farinaceous food product resting on at least one of the bread slices, the food product comprising a member selected from the group consisting of a piece of meat or meat spread, a condiment container resting upon either one of the bread slices or the food product, the condiment container being inverted, being transparent to microwave energy and having a bottom wall, a side wall, an open mouth, said open mouth facing downwardly and a microwave reflective metallic sheet element enclosing at least a part of the condiment container opposite the mouth to reduce the rate at which the condiment absorbs heat, and a condiment frozen to the inner surface of the part of the condiment container adjacent the metallic sheet, said condiment being capable of being released during heating in the oven and being free to fall to the mouth of the condiment container where microwave energy can then be absorbed at a faster rate whereby the exposure of the condiment to microwave energy is limited thereby preventing overheating of the condiment during the heating of the food product and the bread slices and a microwave transparent, flexible bag enclosing the bread slices, the food product and the condiment container.
A food package and condiment container for storing and heating foods to serving temperature from a frozen or refrigerated state in both microwave and conventional ovens comprising:
- a pair of bread slices, a non-farinaceous food product resting upon at least one of the bread slices, the food product comprising a member selected from the group consisting of a piece of meat or meat spread, a condiment container resting upon either one of the bread slices or the food product, the condiment container being inverted, being transparent to microwave energy and having an open mouth facing downwardly and a microwave reflective metallic sheet element enclosing at least a part of the condiment container opposite the mouth to reduce the rate at which the condiment absorbs heat, and a condiment frozen to the inner surface of the part of the condiment container adjacent the metallic sheet, said condiment being released during heating in the oven and being free to fall to the mouth of the condiment container where microwave energy can then be absorbed at a faster rate whereby the exposure of the condiment to microwave energy is limited thereby preventing overheating of the condiment during the heating of the food product and the bread slices and a microwave transparent, flexible bag enclosing the bread slices, the food product and the condiment container.
A food package for storing and heating foods to serving temperature from a frozen or refrigerated state in a microwave oven comprising:
- at least one farinaceous bready food body within the package, said package including a condiment container means above the farinacous bready food body, said condiment container means being inverted and having bottom and side walls and being formed from sheet material and the bottom wall facing the food body and being spaced thereabove, a condiment adhered to the bottom wall of the condiment container means in spaced relationship above the food body whereby moisture migration is prevented from the condiment to the food body when the condiment is thus adhered to the bottom wall of the condiment container means, microwave reflective means enclosing and shielding at least a portion of the condiment container means to reduce the rate at which the condiment absorbs heat and said condiment being heat releasable from the condiment container means during heating in the oven and being free to fall from said bottom wall and to drop onto the bready farinaceous food body where microwave energy can be absorbed at a faster rate whereby the exposure of the condiment to microwave energy is initially limited, thereby preventing overheating of the condiment during initial heating of the farinaceous bready food body and said package comprising a microwave transparent container means enclosing the food body and said condiment container means being within the package above the food body.
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