Patent ID: 7008313

Claim:
A method of cutting the thigh of a bird to form a boneless thigh meat product, the thigh having a bone, first and second lateral sides, top and bottom surfaces, a thin muscle proximate the first lateral side and a thick muscle proximate the second lateral side, the method comprising the steps of: removing the bone and any other inedible components from the thigh to provide a boneless thigh; cutting the boneless thigh from the top surface to the bottom surface along a first cut line to remove the thin muscle; cutting the thick muscle along a second cut line extending generally parallel to the top surface to remove a small top (red) muscle; cutting the thick muscle along a third cut line extending generally parallel to the top and bottom surfaces and generally half way between the top and bottom surfaces to create two generally equal sized thigh meat pieces; and cutting the generally equally sized thigh meat pieces along a plurality of generally parallel, generally equally spaced, generally longitudinally extending fourth cut lines to create a plurality of elongated boneless thigh meat strips.