Patent ID: 7851730

Claim:
A cooking apparatus for use in microwave cooking of food, the cooking apparatus comprising: a tray having a bottom wall and a side wall; a food platform disposed in the tray, the food platform being spaced from the bottom wall and positioned below a top edge of the side wall; a susceptor disposed on the food platform for conducting heat to the food thereon during microwave cooking; a lower wall of the side wall that is upstanding from the bottom wall; an upper wall of the side wall disposed above the lower wall and extending toward the top edge of the side wall; an inner peripheral ledge of the side wall that connects the lower wall to the upper wall, the inner peripheral ledge extending substantially parallel to the bottom wall of the tray and supporting the food platform above the bottom wall of the tray; and a corner slit positioned adjacent the intersection of the upper wall and the inner peripheral ledge, the corner slit extending through the side wall and being sized to receive a corner of the food platform, the corner of the food platform being secured between the upper wall and the ledge with the corner of the food platform located within the corner slit.