Apparatus, systems and methods for preparing food in packages having integral compartments

An apparatus for preparing cooked food products, the apparatus comprising:

• a bag formed from at least one sheet of heat resilient plastic film compatible with heating the bag in a cooking process to cook a food product to produce a cooked food product and fluids therein without degrading the bag having at least four side edges and a front and a back forming an interior compartment, the four side edges sealed without interruption to prevent passage of the fluids contained therein produced during the cooking process, the bag further having an imaginary center line between a first side edge and a second side edge, each point on the center line coequal between the first side edge and the second side edge, the bag further comprising a seal sealing the front and the back together along a line and dividing the interior compartment into a first chamber for holding a food product, a second chamber for trapping fluids from the food product upon cooking the same and at least one channel, unobstructed prior to the heating of the bag in the cooking process, to allow the free flow of fluids between the first chamber and the second chamber, the seal extending from and angularly disposed relative to the first side edge and extending uninterrupted to a termination point, the channel bounded on one side by the termination point of the seal, the channel disposed closer to the second side edge than the center line, the first chamber having a tapered shape due to the angularly disposed seal and tapering to the channel between the first chamber and the second chamber, the second chamber allowing passage of cooked fluids at the channel, the second chamber sealed to an outside of the bag to prevent passage of the fluids out of the bag.