Microwave susceptive reheating support with perforations enabling change of size and/or shape of the substrate

A support for use in heating a food product using microwave energy, said support comprising:

• a substrate including a base layer and a microwave susceptor layer that increases in temperature when exposed to microwave energy;
• said substrate including:
• a first perforation line pattern including at least two straight perforation lines that intersect each other at an intersection point and that extend from an outer edge of said substrate to at least said intersection point, and
• a second perforation line pattern including a perforation line spaced inwardly from an outer circumference of said substrate so that an outer peripheral portion of said substrate can be removed by tearing said second perforation line pattern, said second perforation line pattern intersecting the at least two straight perforation lines of said first perforation line pattern at locations other than said intersection point of said at least two straight lines.

A support that can be configured into a variety of different shapes and sizes for heating a variety of different food products using microwave energy, said support comprising:

• a substrate including a base layer and a microwave susceptor layer that increases in temperature when exposed to microwave energy;
• said substrate including:
• a first perforation line pattern of tear perforations, said first perforation line pattern including at least two straight lines of perforations that extend entirely across and through a center of said substrate, thereby crossing each other at said center of said substrate, and
• a second perforation line pattern including a perforation line spaced inwardly from an outer circumference of said substrate so that an outer peripheral portion of said substrate can be removed by tearing said second perforation line pattern, said second perforation line pattern intersecting the at least two straight lines of perforations at locations other than said center of said substrate, so that said substrate can be configured to adjust the size and shape of the substrate to correspond to the size and shape of the food product that is being heated.

A microwave reheating support that is configurable to food products having a variety of different shapes and sizes for heating the food products, said support comprising:

• a substrate including a base layer of paperboard stock material and a microwave susceptor layer that increases in temperature when exposed to microwave energy;
• said substrate including:
• a first perforation line pattern including a plurality of tear perforation lines formed by perforations that extend entirely through said substrate, at least some of said tear perforation lines crossing each other at an intersection point, and
• a second perforation line pattern including a tear perforation line spaced inwardly from an outer circumference of said substrate so that an outer peripheral portion of said substrate can be removed by tearing said second perforation line pattern, said second perforation line pattern intersecting at least two of the plurality of tear perforation lines in said first perforation line pattern, at least some of said tear perforation lines in said first and second perforation line patterns enabling said substrate to be seperated into portions so that said substrate can be adjusted in size and shape to correspond to the size and shape of the food products being heated.