Patent ID: 9737085
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A23L,B65D,H05B

Claim:
1. A method for microwave heating a first and second food product, the method comprising: providing a multi-component package having a first food product sealed in a lower container by a lid material and a second food product sealed in an upper container, the upper and lower containers being releasably coupled to each other, shielding the second food product to reduce the amount of microwave radiation heating the second food product to less than the amount of microwave radiation heating the first food product during heating of the first and second food products together in a microwave oven, venting the lower container through at least one opening in the lid material so that water vapor produced during the heating of the first food product in the lower container will be released through the at least one opening and into a space under the upper container to heat the second food product in the upper container, and directing the water vapor produced by the first food product through a channel to heat the first food product before venting the water vapor into the space under the upper container, wherein at least a portion of the channel is disposed underneath the first food product.