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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brent J Afman, Atlantic, IA (US);
Craig L Stevenson, Bellevue, NE (US);
Assignee:
OSI Industries, Inc., Aurora, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426243 ; 4267264 ; 4267281 ; 4267296 ; 4267641 ; 4267645 ;
Abstract
Method of curing and processing pork bellies into fully cooked bacon have been developed that eliminates both injection of liquid pickle solution or other liquid marinating processes and the need for smokehouse treatment. The method of the present invention employs a single heating step that both fully cooks a dry cure seasoning coated pork belly and achieves the necessary weight reduction to meet the regulatory product definition for fully cooked bacon.