Patent ID: 8247750

Claim:
An apparatus for preparing a food item in a microwave oven, the apparatus comprising: microwave energy interactive material joined to a support layer, the microwave energy interactive material being arranged on the support layer to define a plurality of heating regions, wherein the plurality of heating regions include an inner heating region and an outer heating region, wherein the inner heating region comprises a substantially annular microwave energy transparent area within the microwave energy interactive material of the inner heating region, the substantially annular microwave energy transparent area being defined by an inner boundary and an outer boundary, wherein the inner boundary and the outer boundary each have a substantially circular shape, and wherein the inner boundary of the substantially annular microwave energy transparent area circumscribes a portion of the microwave energy interactive material of the inner heating region, and the outer heating region comprises a plurality of elongate microwave energy interactive material projections extending outwardly from the microwave energy interactive material of the inner heating region, wherein the support layer extends between and underlies the microwave energy interactive material projections.