Patent ID: 7879380
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: A21B

Abstract:
1. A method of cooking comprising: providing a shell including a first plate having a groove therein and at least one edge and a second plate having a groove therein and at least one edge, said first plate and said second plate being hingeably connected along an edge thereof, the shell forming at least one first configuration wherein food to be cooked may be placed therein and forming a second configuration wherein said first plate and said second plate are brought together to enclose said food to be cooked; configuring the shell in a first configuration; placing food to be cooked within the shell; placing said shell in a second configuration by bringing together said first plate and said second plate to form an enclosure comprising a first environment which is a food containing environment, the first environment which is a food containing environment being formed in part by the groove of said first plate and in part by the groove of said second plate, the step of placing said shell in a second configuration including bringing together said first plate and said second plate so that the first plate groove and the second plate groove define a space within which the food placed in said shell may be cooked; placing said shell containing the food desired to be cooked in a frying apparatus, said frying apparatus comprising a second environment, said second environment containing liquid cooking media, wherein placing said shell in said frying apparatus comprises placing said shell on a transport rack and transporting said shell through said liquid cooking media; maintaining said shell in said frying apparatus for a sufficient period of time to cook said food and maintaining the food to be cooked in said first environment and maintaining said cooking media in said second environment thereby preventing direct contact between said food and said cooking media; removing the cooked food from the shell, wherein the cooked food resembles the shape of the shell in which it was placed relative to the second configuration of the shell, wherein removing said cooked food from said shell includes lifting one of said first shell plate and said second shell plate relative to the other.