Derek Joseph Romeo - Grayslake IL, US Paul Andrew Cogley - Chicago IL, US Amy Lynn Matusheski - Gurnee IL, US Keith Eric Petrofsky - Round Lake IL, US Peter Privert - Naperville IL, US Uraiwan Tangprasertchai - Iverness IL, US Steven Paul Greiner - Mundelein IL, US Neil Edward Darin - Grayslake IL, US Joseph R. Brooks - Chicago IL, US
Assignee:
Nestec S.A. - Vevey
International Classification:
H05B 6/80
US Classification:
219730, 219729, 426114
Abstract:
Multi-purpose food preparation kits for foods which include dough, at least a portion of which is exposed for cooking, browning, and crisping, and optionally rising. The kits include a support base of susceptor material elevated above a support surface by an elevator member either incorporated with a base or separate therefrom. Kits further include a ring component of susceptor material which surrounds the food product, and which is dimensioned larger than the initial dimensions of the food product, so as to be spaced therefrom, at least initially, prior to cooking. The space inside the ring component allows the dough to rise during cooking without obstruction by the susceptor ring and without imparting thermal energy from the susceptor ring to the dough surface. In one embodiment the susceptor base is provided in the form of a shipping carton.