Patent ID: 8146469
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: A21B,A21C,A47J,B26B,B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for cutting food into predetermined portions comprising the steps of: providing a pan for receiving ingredients and for separating a resulting food into predetermined portions during a cutting operation, the pan having a bottom with at least one sidewall extending outwardly therefrom and continuously along an entire periphery of the bottom, the bottom and the at least one sidewall defining an interior surface of the pan, and a portion indicating indicia formed on at least one of the at least one sidewall and the upper rim of the pan to assist in guiding a cutting member to form the predetermined portions, each indicium having a cooperating indicium on an opposing side of the pan, wherein the at least one sidewall surrounds the bottom to form an enclosed container with only an open top; providing the cutting member having a cutting edge and a pair of lateral edges that together conform in shape to the interior surface of the pan, the cutting member configured to be inserted into the enclosed container through the open top, the cutting edge configured to abut the bottom and the lateral edges configured to abut the at least one sidewall when aligned with the cooperating indicia during the cutting operation; aligning the lateral edges of the cutting member with selected indicia on the pan; and forcing the cutting edge downwardly through the food while maintaining the lateral edges of the cutting member in alignment with the selected indicia of the container to substantially cut through the food to form the predetermined portions.