Method for preparing a jerky food product
AssigneeWind River Jerky Corporation
InventorAntone Pivik
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for preparing a jerky food product. The method comprises: (a) preparing a raw meat to obtain a moldable meat dough; (b) contacting at least a portion of the meat dough with a jerky mold apparatus having a pre-determined geometric configuration, wherein a plurality of sectors are spatially separated and defined by supported partitions arranged in a pre-determined pattern; (c) causing at least one of the partitions of the jerky mold to impale the meat dough to dispose portions of the meat dough into at least one of the sectors, thus separating the meat dough into a plurality of meat segments having a size and shape corresponding to that of the sectors; (d) removing the meat segments from the jerky mold; and (e) treating the meat segments to produce a plurality of jerky pieces.
Claims21
A method for preparing a jerky food product, said method comprising:
- preparing a raw meat to obtain a moldable meat dough;
- contacting at least a portion of said meat dough with a jerky mold having a pre-determined geometric configuration, wherein a plurality of sectors are spatially separated and defined by ported partitions arranged in a pre-determined pattern;
- causing at least one of said partitions of said jerky mold to impale said meat dough to dispose portions of said meat dough into at least one of said sectors, thus separating said meat dough into a plurality of meat segments;
- causing said meat dough to contact a backing that provides a temporary stop to said meat dough to prevent said meat dough from passing through said sectors as said meat dough is impaled and disposed into said sectors and that is separable from said partitions to provide an exposed surface to release said meat dough;
- removing said meat segments from said sectors of said jerky mold;
- and
- treating said meat segments to produce a plurality of jerky pieces.
A method for facilitating the preparation of a jerky food product, said method comprising:
- arranging a plurality of partitions in a pre-determined pattern to form a plurality of spatially separated sectors, said partitions being configured to impale a moldable meat dough;
- supporting said partitions to form a jerky mold;
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- configuring said jerky mold to receive said meat dough and to facilitate packing of said meat dough into said sectors against a backing that provides a temporary stop to said meat dough to prevent said meat dough from passing through said sectors as said meat dough is impaled and disposed into said sectors and that is separable from said partitions to provide an exposed surface to release said meat dough;
- said jerky mold to be used to form a plurality of meat segments to be treated to produce a plurality of jerky pieces.
A method for preparing a jerky food product, said method comprising:
- preparing a raw meat to obtain a moldable meat dough;
- contacting at least a portion of said meat dough with a jerky mold, said jerky mold having an impaler with a plurality of interconnected, supported partitions having an upper surface and opposing edges, the partitions being adapted to impale said moldable meat dough, a plurality of sectors spatially separated from one another and having a pre-determined configuration and defined by said partitions being arranged in a pre-determined pattern that separates said meat dough into a plurality of meat segments having a size and shape corresponding to that of said sectors, and a backing removably attar attached to said impaler and supporting said impaler, wherein said backing provides a temporary stop to said meat dough to prevent said meat dough from passing through said sectors as said meat dough is impaled and received into said sectors, and that subsequently releases from said impaler to provide an exposed surface to release said meat dough from said impaler;
- causing said impaler of said jerky mold to impale said meat dough to dispose portions of said meat dough into at least one of said sectors, thus separating said meat dough into a plurality of meat segments;
- removing said meat segments from said sectors of said jerky mold;
- and
- treating said meat segments to produce a plurality of jerky pieces.
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