Patent ID: 6866189

Claim:
A container for holding and cooking food products comprising: a bottom panel; a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall extending upwardly from said bottom panel; a lid extending across said front wall, said back wall, said first side wall, and said second side wall, and above said bottom panel, said lid having overlapping portions which extend downwardly to said front wall, said back wall, said first side wall, and said second side wall, and lid being removably attached to said front wall and said first and second side walls, respectively, along a front tear-away strip and first and second side tear-away strips and to said back wall along a rear reverse cut; a first front reverse cut that extends from an edge of said first side tear-away skin across a portion of said first side wall, said lid, and said front wall to an edge of said tear-away strip; and a second front reverse cut that extends from an edge of said second side tear-away strip across a portion of said second side wall, said lid, and said front wall to another edge of said front tear-away strip; wherein said first front reverse cut defines a removable bridge between said front tear-away strip and said first side tear-away strip; and wherein said second front reverse cut defines a removable bridge between said front tear-away strip and said second side tear-away strip; and wherein said rear reverse cut extends from another edge of said first side tear-away strip across portions of said first side wall, said lid, said back wall, and said second side wall to another edge of said second side tear-away strip such that said rear reverse cut defines a removable bridge that extends along said back wall between said first and second side tear-away strips.