# US 8,784,919 B2 · Method of preparing a tuber > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,784,919 B2 - Document ID: US8784919B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/468,095 - Filed: 2012-05-10 - Published: 2013-05-16 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2011-11-14 - Applicants: Stanley Christensen - Inventors: Stanley Christensen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8784919B2 ## CPC - A23L 19/12: of potatoes - A23L: FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF (preservation thereof A23B) ## Abstract The present invention is a method of preparing a tuber for consumption, with the tuber having added food ingredients in the tuber. The tuber is thoroughly cooked. The tuber is frozen to provide rigidity about the skin of the tuber, while leaving a portion of the flesh unfrozen. A portion of the flesh of the tuber is removed either prior to or after cooking. The desired added food material is inserted through a hole in the skin and into the void where flesh of the tuber was removed. The tuber may then be completely frozen for later preparation and consumption. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of preparing a tuber, comprising the steps of: cooking a tuber, wherein the tuber comprises flesh that is surrounded by skin of the tuber; freezing the tuber for a time and at a temperature to freeze the skin of the tuber while not freezing a portion of the flesh of the tuber; piercing the skin of the tuber while frozen to form a hole in the skin; accessing the portion of the flesh of the tuber though the hole in the skin; removing flesh from the tuber to form a void within the portion of the flesh that is not frozen of the tuber; and inserting food into the void in the interior of the tuber. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A method of preparing a tuber as described in claim 1, further comprising the steps of inserting a rotating device through the hole in the skin of the tuber, and removing the portion of the flesh of the tuber by rotation of a rotating device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A method of preparing a tuber as described in claim 1, further comprising the step of freezing the entire tuber after the food is inserted, and subsequently heating the skin and flesh of the tuber to above room temperature. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A method of preparing a tuber as described in claim 1, wherein the tuber is a potato. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A method of preparing a tuber as described in claim 1, wherein the food is not a food material from a variety of tuber. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A method of preparing a tuber as described in claim 1, wherein the food is in a flowable form, and is inserted into the flesh of the tuber under pressure. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A method of preparing a tuber as described in claim 1, further comprising the step of mixing the food within the interior of the tuber while the skin of the tuber is frozen. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A method of preparing a tuber as described in claim 1, wherein flesh is removed from the tuber to form a void within the interior of the tuber prior to cooking the tuber. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A method of preparing a tuber as described in claim 1, wherein flesh is removed from the tuber after cooking the entire tuber and while the skin is frozen. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A method of preparing a tuber as described in claim 1, wherein the volume of flesh removed to form the void in the interior of the tuber is approximately the same as the volume of food material that is inserted into the void of the tuber. ### Claim 11 A method of preparing a tuber, comprising the steps of: removing flesh from a tuber to form a void in the flesh of the tuber, and subsequently cooking the tuber, wherein the tuber comprises flesh that is surrounded by skin of the tuber; freezing the tuber for a time and at a temperature to freeze the skin of the tuber while not freezing a portion of the flesh of the tuber; inserting food into the void in the flesh of the tuber; and disrupting the portion of the flesh of the tuber and mixing the food with the portion of the flesh of the tuber that is not frozen while the skin of the tuber is frozen. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A method of preparing a tuber as described in claim 11, further comprising the steps of inserting a rotating device into the flesh of tuber while the skin of the tuber is frozen, and wherein disrupting the portion of the flesh of the tuber is accomplished by rotation of the rotating device while the portion of the flesh of the tuber is unfrozen. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) A method of preparing a tuber as described in claim 11, further comprising the steps of inserting a rotating device into the flesh of tuber while the skin of the tuber is frozen, and wherein disrupting the portion of the flesh of the tuber is accomplished by rotation of the rotating device, and wherein the rotating device is contracted during insertion of the rotating device into the flesh of the tuber and the rotating device is expanded for rotation of the rotating device in the flesh of the tuber, and the rotating device disrupts the portion of the flesh of the tuber while the portion of the flesh of the tuber is unfrozen. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) A method of preparing a tuber as described in claim 11, wherein the step of freezing the skin of the tuber is performed by flash freezing. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) A method of preparing a tuber as described in claim 11, further comprising the steps of freezing the tuber and the food after the food is inserted and the food is mixed with the flesh of the tuber, and subsequently heating the skin, the food and the flesh of the tuber to above room temperature. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) A method of preparing a tuber as described in claim 11, wherein the tuber is a potato. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) A method of preparing a tuber as described in claim 1, wherein the food that is inserted in the step of inserting food into the flesh of the tuber is not food from a variety of tuber. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) A method of preparing a tuber as described in claim 11, wherein the food is in a flowable form, and the step of inserting food into the flesh of the tuber is performed with the food under pressure. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) A method of preparing a tuber as described in claim 11, further comprising the steps of inserting a rotating device into the flesh of the tuber while the skin of the tuber is frozen, and wherein the step of disrupting the flesh of the tuber is accomplished by rotation of the rotating device, and wherein the food is mixed with the portion of the flesh of the tuber that is not frozen by rotation of the rotating device in the presence of the food and the portion of the flesh of the tuber that is not frozen while the skin of the tuber is frozen. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) A method of preparing a tuber as described in claim 11, wherein disrupted flesh of the tuber that is disrupted during the step of disrupting the portion of the flesh remains in the tuber and is surrounded by the skin of the tuber when the step of inserting food into the flesh of the tuber is performed. ### Claim 21 (depends on 11) A method of preparing a tuber as described in claim 11, wherein the skin of the tuber is frozen when the step of inserting food into the flesh of the tuber is performed.