Patent ID: 6921326
Filing Date: 2005-07-26
Classification: A22C,B26D,B26F

Abstract:
1. The method for apportioning poultry breast having a weight greater than about 16 ounces, said breast having two laterally oppositely disposed side portions each with a shoulder forward portion of first general thickness and having a rearward portion with a peripherally tapering tail region of second general thickness less than said first general thickness and generally extending a length, D, from the outer periphery of said rearward tail region to the outer periphery of said shoulder forward portion and exhibiting a maximum widthwise dimension, C, extending to an outwardly disposed side periphery inwardly of which is a region having rib meat, comprising the steps of: (a) locating a said breast upon a support surface; (b) establishing the location of the peripheral boundary including the oppositely disposed peripheral side boundaries of said breast; (c) providing by cutting, a primary, teardrop emulating shaped meat product from the region of each side portion extending a primary length from said rearward tail region toward said shoulder forward portion, said primary length generally representing about one-half said length, D, and defining a primary teardrop tapered component and said primary meat product having a primary product forward edge generally continuously curving effective to define the forward component of said primary teardrop emulation; and (d) providing by cutting, a secondary, teardrop emulating shaped preparative meat product from the region of each side portion extending from adjacency with said primary meat product forward edge generally to said shoulder forward portion, and said secondary preparative meat product having a forward edge generally continuously curving effective to define the forward component of said secondary teardrop emulation.