Patent ID: 8759730

Claim:
A carton having multiple susceptors comprising: a blank comprising a bottom panel, a top panel, a back panel, side panels, and an inner front panel; multiple susceptors; each of the bottom panel and the top panel having one of said multiple susceptors; and the multiple susceptor of top panel providing greater coverage of the top panel than the multiple susceptor of bottom panel, whereby the top panel can provide more radiant heating of a food product and less exposure to microwaves than the bottom panel, wherein the carton having multiple susceptors is configured to provide at least two different heating configurations and at least two different heating methods, wherein when the carton is in a first configuration the top panel is in a closed position in relation to the bottom panel such that a food product is arranged between spaced apart susceptors of the top and bottom panels and when the carton is in a second configuration, the top panel is removed and inverted and is operable to support a food product such that a food product is arranged above adjacent susceptors of the top and bottom panels, wherein the carton includes a non-contact space between a food product and the top panel, back panel, side panels, and inner front panel of the carton and the non-contact space ranges in height from about 0.125 inch to about 0.75 inch when the carton is in the first configuration, wherein, in said first configuration, certain of said multiple susceptors are spaced from a food product by the non-contact space and are arranged to provide sufficient coverage so to provide heating of a food product disposed in the carton mainly by radiant heat, and wherein, in said second configuration, a back-to-back arrangement of the top and bottom panels is structured and arranged so that the susceptor of the bottom panel reduces heat loss from the susceptor of the top panel away from the food product and subjects a bottom of the food product to a heating temperature sufficient for crisping.