Patent ID: 7195793
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: A21B,A21C,A21D,A23G,A23P

Abstract:
1. An automated process to form a food product comprising the following steps: a) forming a cooking matrix that includes a plurality of cooking openings to receive a first food product, a plurality of first heating elements that are inserted into said first food product, and a plurality of second heating elements that are applied to a surface of said first food product; b) injecting said first food product into each of said plurality of cooking openings of said cooking matrix; c) inserting said first heating element into said first food product within each of said cooking openings of said cooking matrix; d) applying said second heating element to a top surface of said first food product within each of said cooking openings of said cooking matrix; e) applying heat to a circumference and to bottom surfaces of said cooking openings of said cooking matrix, and applying heat to a circumference and to bottom surfaces of said first heating elements, and applying heat to bottom surfaces of said second heating elements, f) removing said first heating element from each of said cooking openings containing said first food product, then removing said second heating element, so that said first food product forms a plurality of cooked shells; g) injecting a second food product into an opening of selected ones of said shells so as to form an end product, second food product being pre-cooked or being edible without cooking; and h) packaging said end product into desired packaging.