Patent ID: 9346604
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: A23L,A23P,A23V,B65B,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A method for preparing a custom flavored snack food, the method comprising the steps of: providing a kit for preparing the custom flavored snack food, including a quantity of a snack food that is pre-cooked with oil, the snack food having an oil content following the pre-cooking with the oil, at least one package of at least one seasoning powder, a coating container for manually coating the snack food with the at least one seasoning powder, and a heating container configured to hold the snack food, the at least one package of seasoning powder, and the coating container, the heating container also configured to receive the snack food coated with the at least one seasoning powder for heating the snack food coated with the at least one seasoning powder to a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time to form the custom flavored snack food, wherein the heating container includes a main body with a front, a rear, a pair of opposing sides each connecting the front and the rear, a bottom connecting the front, the rear and the opposing sides, a handle defined by a hole in a tent at a top of the main body and configured for carrying the kit, and a removable panel that provides access to a heating cavity of the heating container for receiving the snack food when coated with the seasoning powder, the removable panel disposed across a major portion of a length of one of the front and the rear of the main body and partly on the opposing sides of the main body, and a partition wall coupled to one of the rear and the front and selectively disposed between the tent and the heating cavity to seal the heating cavity from the tent, wherein the removable panel extends to approximately one half a height of each of the sides, and the heating cavity is defined by the front, the rear, the bottom, the opposing sides, and the partition wall of the main body, the heating cavity exposed at one of the front and the rear of the main body upon removal of the removable panel; placing the snack food in one of the heating container and the coating container with the at least one seasoning powder; coating the snack food with the at least one seasoning powder by shaking the one of the heating container and the coating container with the snack food and the at least one seasoning powder; and heating the snack food coated with the at least one seasoning powder in the heating container to the predetermined temperature for the predetermined time to form the custom flavored snack food, wherein the oil content of the snack food is sufficient for the oil to rise to the surface of the snack food and intermingle with the at least one seasoning powder during the heating of the snack food coated with the at least one seasoning powder, and to at least partially absorb the at least one seasoning powder back into the snack food during the cooling of the snack food coated with the at least one seasoning powder, to thereby cause the snack food to take on the flavor of the at least one seasoning powder.