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US 5,770,840 AGranted
Microwave cooking container for food items
AssigneeConAgra Frozen Foods, Inc.
InventorMatthew W. Lorence
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Abstract
A container for cooking and browning pot pies and similar food items in a microwave oven is disclosed. The container has a susceptor layer positioned between the top panel and the pot pie. A pan for containing a food item and having a susceptor lining for further cooking and browning the food item is located below the susceptor layer. The arrangement of susceptor layer in connection with the pan provide for the desired degree of cooking and browning the food item without the need to remove the food item from the transporting container.
Claims14
A container for cooking and browning a pot pie in a microwave oven, comprising:
- a container having a top panel, a bottom panel and a supporting structure for maintaining said top panel in an elevated position relative to said bottom panel;
- a pot pie for cooking and browning having an upper dough layer;
- a pan containing the pot pie, the pan positioned in the container between the top and bottom panel and having a susceptor lining for converting microwave energy to thermal energy for cooking and browning the pot pie;
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- a susceptor layer positioned in contact with the upper dough layer of the pot pie, such that the susceptor layer is located between the top panel of the container and the upper-dough layer of the pot pie, wherein said container does not have any microwave reflective device therein, and whereby the container provides for the selective cooking and browning of the pot pie when cooked in the container.
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