Retainer for poultry hocks

A retainer for use with a body of eviscerated fowl having first and second legs with respective severed extremities, comprising a unitary substantially planar thin plastic member which mounts about the severed extremities, the thin plastic member having an outer portion defining an elongate opening sized to receive the legs and having a length and a width, the ratio of the length to the width being at least two to one, and a plurality of protuberances integral with the outer portion extending inwardly into the opening for engaging each of the legs so as to hold the legs in a position extending substantially perpendicular to the thin plastic member and parallel to each other when the thin plastic member is mounted about the severed extremities.

A poultry product ready for baking comprising an eviscerated fowl having first and second legs with respective hocks, a unitary substantially planar thin plastic member for mounting about the hocks, the thin plastic member having an outer portion defining an opening of sufficient size to receive the legs, the plurality of protuberances extending inwardly into the opening from the outer portion for engaging the legs so as to hold the legs in close proximity to the fowl when the thin plastic member is mounted about the hocks.