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US 8,574,650 B2Granted
Apparatus, systems and methods for preparing food in packages having integral compartments
AssigneeThe Turover Straws Group, Inc.
InventorsAlan S. Turover, Antim G. Straus
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Abstract
Food packaging of the present invention is particularly adapted for microwave, conventional oven, stove top and boiler cooking techniques and includes an integral pocket or trap compartment for receiving fluids created by the cooking process, such as grease. Embodiments include a compartment for cooking food products therein with the addition of water or other fluids, wherein the water or other fluids are drained from the food products and removed from the food packaging after cooking the food products.
Claims13
A method of cooking a food product comprising the steps of:
- providing 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 products and fluids therein without degrading the bag, the bag having at least four side edges and a front and a back forming an interior compartment, three of the four side edges sealed without interruption, 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 and a second chamber, the second chamber adjacent the fourth side edge, wherein the fourth side edge comprises an openable seal;
- filling the first compartment with a food product and a fluid;
- cooking the food product within the fluid in the first compartment;
- draining the fluid from the first compartment to the second compartment;
- opening the openable seal at the fourth side edge;
- draining the fluid from the bag;
- and
- removing the cooked food product from the first compartment.
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