Patent ID: 6997699

Claim:
In a pancake production system including a die plate having at least one vertically open die cavity of selected geometric shape formed therein, said die plate being movable between a first position at a filling station for receiving a quantity of pancake batter within each open die cavity to produce a formed pancake, and a second position at a discharge station for discharging the formed pancake from each said die cavity, the improvement comprising: said at least one open die cavity being defined by a peripheral wall having an undercut wall construction, said peripheral wall being characterized by an upper zone of said selected geometric shape, a lower zone having generally the same geometric shape as said upper zone but with a comparatively larger undercut size, and a generally radially outwardly extending step separating said upper and lower zones, whereby the formed pancake within each die cavity has a peripheral edge margin that is larger at the bottom in comparison with the top thereof.