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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
May. 04, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brent J Afman, Munster, IN (US);
Assignee:
OSI Industries, Inc., Aurora, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426264 ; 426281 ; 426412 ;
Abstract
Methods of curing and processing pork bellies into fully cooked bacon have been developed that eliminates the need for smokehouse treatment with a dramatic reduction in processing time and cost. The methods of the present invention employ a single cooking step that both fully cooks a pickle solution infused pork belly and achieves the necessary weight reduction to meet the regulatory product definition for fully cooked bacon. The methods of the present invention may be employed for either strip form or circular form bacon.