Patent ID: 8683915

Claim:
A moulding unit for forming and cooking meat, comprising a recipient-shaped bottom die ( 2 ) having a concavity facing upwards, destined to contain meat, comprising a bottom die ( 2 ) and a cover ( 6 ) aligned with a mouth of the concavity of the bottom die ( 2 ), said cover ( 6 ) is joined to the bottom die ( 2 ) and positioned below the bottom die ( 2 ), such as to be able to close the mouth of the bottom die ( 2 ) of a further moulding unit which is identical to and positioned below the moulding unit, the moulding unit being fit to be individually handled and fit to be stacked in vertical columns and in horizontal rows, wherein the bottom die ( 2 ) comprises constraining elements ( 33 , 34 , 38 , 40 ) configured to cooperate with constraining elements ( 33 , 34 , 38 , 40 ) of an identical moulding unit flanking the moulding unit at a same level thereas, in order to define contact walls or a releasable bilateral constraint in a horizontal direction between the moulding unit and the flanking moulding unit, and wherein the bottom die ( 2 ) comprises a connector ( 5 , 32 ) comprising at least a first hook element ( 5 ) and at least a second hook element ( 32 ), wherein the first hook element ( 5 ) is destined to hook to the second hook element ( 32 ) of an identical moulding unit positioned below another moulding unit, when lower contact surfaces ( 31 ) of the upper moulding unit are resting on upper contact surfaces ( 32 ) of the underlying moulding unit, creating a constraint which prevents the upper moulding unit from separating from the underlying moulding unit in a vertical direction.