Method of producing a seasoned precooked meat product
AssigneeSara Lee Corporation
InventorGordon Lee Smith
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Abstract
A method of producing a seasoned precooked meat product, such as bacon, wherein the meat product is sized or sliced into individual unconnected units and thereafter heated to cook the individual units and thereby generate hot grease. A seasoning from a familiar grouping is then applied to the cooked meat product units so that it commingles with the hot grease and binds to the meat product units to provide an intense unique flavor commensurate with the meat seasoning with little negative visual impact. The flavored meat product units are then packaged, preferably in separated layers, within bags containing inert gases and thereafter rapidly frozen and stored.
Claims18
A method of producing a seasoned pork product comprising the steps of:
- injecting a pork product with flavored brine for curing;
- smoking the injected pork product;
- slicing the pork product into individual and separate units;
- heating the pork product units to cook the pork product units and generate hot grease, moisture or a combination of both on the surface of the pork product units;
- applying a particulate seasoning to the pork product units to commingle the hot cooking grease, moisture, or combination of both with the applied seasoning;
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- packaging the cooked and seasoned pork product units.
A method of producing a seasoned pork product comprising the steps of:
- injecting a pork product with flavored brine for curing;
- smoking the injected pork product;
- slicing the pork product into individual and separate units;
- heating the pork product units to cook the pork product units and generate hot grease, moisture or a combination of both on the surface of the pork product units;
- arranging a predetermined quantity of pork product units on a wax paper blanket;
- applying a particulate seasoning to the pork product units to commingle the hot cooking grease, moisture, or combination of both with the applied seasoning;
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- positioning a pre-determined number of pork product unit blankets in an airless bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.