Patent ID: 8304008
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: A21D

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a filled product comprising the steps of: co-extruding an uncooked bread dough and a filling from an extruder onto a forming surface to preform the extruded bread dough and filling into a flattened-circular shape or flattened-oval shape, wherein the filling is extruded within the bread dough; pinching off the, extruded bread dough and filling into discrete units such that the filling is encased by the bread dough; shaping the discrete units into a flattened shape; proofing and baking the discrete units of formed dough product; and forming grill marks by way of a grill mark forming means comprising at least a first belt means and a second belt means on at least one side of the filled bread dough product in a continuous or substantially continuous process in conjunction with said co-extruding, and forming the dough product.