Abstract: In one embodiment of a container protector the container protector comprises two opposing side skirts, two opposing end skirts, and a interior lip connected to both side skirts and end skirts. The container protector may also include one or more handle extension to facilitate use with a container having one or more handles. The container protector is designed to sealing fit around the top periphery of a container with the interior lip extending upward to prevent material within the container from flowing outward therefrom during transitions. Such transitions may be caused by heating, transportation, or other disturbances. The precise dimensions of the container protector will vary from one embodiment to the next, and the container protector may take any shape depending on the container for which it is designed.

Abstract: A charbroiler having both heated grids and at least one radiant heater and a method of charbroiling a food product are disclosed. Each heat source of the charbroiler can be an independently regulated heat source. The independently regulated heat sources can be adjusted to each contribute to the overall cooking of a food product in a cooking cycle. Each of the independently regulated heat sources can be many types of heat sources capable of being regulated either manually or automatically by a cooking control system.

Abstract: In one embodiment of a container protector the container protector comprises two opposing side skirts, two opposing end skirts, and a interior lip connected to both side skirts and end skirts. The container protector may also include one or more handle extension to facilitate use with a container having one or more handles. The container protector is designed to sealing fit around the top periphery of a container with the interior lip extending upward to prevent material within the container from flowing outward therefrom during transitions. Such transitions may be caused by heating, transportation, or other disturbances. The precise dimensions of the container protector will vary from one embodiment to the next, and the container protector may take any shape depending on the container for which it is designed.

Abstract: A method of producing an edible food product includes the step of forming a vessel core with a first material having a first level of susceptibility to heating by induction. The method also includes the step of casting an apron of a second material with a second level of susceptibility to heating by induction lower than said first level around at least a first portion the vessel core in an in situ casting process to form a clad cooking vessel having a cooking surface. An uncooked food product is then disposed on the cooking surface of the clad cooking vessel and heated to produce the edible food product by subjecting the vessel core to a magnetic field.

Abstract: There is described a method for stabilizing a post-trimming resistance of a thermally isolated electrical component made from a thermally mutable material, the method comprising: generating at least one heating pulse, the at least one heating pulse having an initial amplitude corresponding to a trimming temperature, a slope corresponding to a given cooling rate and a duration corresponding to a given cooling time; and applying the at least one heating pulse to one of the thermally isolated electrical component and a heating device in heat transfer communication with the thermally isolated electrical component, after a trimming process, in order to cause the electrical component to cool in accordance with the given cooling rate, the given cooling rate being slower than a passive cooling rate determined by the thermal isolation of the electrical component.

Abstract: A divided cake pan and a method enable simultaneous baking, in a single unitary cake pan, of at least two varieties of cake in corresponding complementary cake segments for presenting a single predetermine cake configuration in the at least two varieties. A single batch of cake batter is divided into sub-batches, each having different ingredients, and the sub-batches are baked simultaneously in the unitary cake pan to establish the complementary cake segments with complementary faces. The complementary cake segments are removed from the cake pan, joined at complementary faces, and presented as a single integrated predetermined cake configuration including at least two varieties of cake. A preferred cake configuration is a simulated bundt cake configuration wherein the cake segments have a substantially arcuate configuration for presentation in a completed integrated ring-like configuration.

Abstract: For use with a baking pan of the type formed from a sheet having a plurality of frusto-conical depressions and inter-spaces between the depressions, a hole maker. The hole maker includes a plate having upper and lower surfaces. A plurality of tubes each have an upper end secured to the lower surface of the plate. The tubes each have a lower end positionable in an associated depression. The upper and lower ends of each tube are separated by a tube length. A plurality of similarly configured posts are provided. The posts each have an upper end secured to the lower surface of the plate. The posts each have a lower end positionable on the upper surface of the sheet at an associated inter-spacing.

Abstract: An apparatus for preparing tostones, referred to herein as a tostonera, has a base member with an upper surface including a plurality of concave recesses therein and a relatively planar bottom surface. A first press member is connected to the base member along a first periphery, and has a plurality of punches equal in number and co-located with the plurality of concave recesses. The first press member hingedly connected to the base member is capable of engaging the base member when pressure is applied to the first press member. A second press member hingedly connected to the base member along a second periphery, has at least one depression therein. The depression within the second press member may be configured to permit either a series of tostones or an entire half banana to be pressed at a single time.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a baking pan for baking brownies or other foods in which substantially each side of the baked good has a crisp edge, the pan comprising a bottom surface, a plurality of sidewalls comprising a plurality of sidewall segments, a plurality of towers joined to said bottom surface and rising therefrom and not touching any of the sidewalls, and a single baking cavity formed by the bottom surface, the plurality of sidewalls and the plurality of towers, wherein said towers and sidewalls define a plurality of baking compartments and a plurality of passages connecting said baking compartments. The present invention further relates to a method of baking brownies comprising providing the pan of the present invention, depositing a batter or food product into said baking cavity, baking the batter or food product, and forming a food item with crisp edges.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to baking apparatuses that are adapted for use in baking cakes, custards and other dishes that involve the use of a water bath. In a disclosed embodiment of the invention a baking apparatus is disclosed that includes an inner and outer pan, which may be formed as an integral unit. The outer pan is preferably adapted to receive and hold water and the inner pan is adapted to receive a springform containing a cheesecake batter or other mixture. The side or sides of the inner pan are preferably watertight and prevent leakage of water into the inner pan. The present invention offers the advantage of water bath baking without the problem of water from the bath leaking into the springform that contains the cake batter.

Abstract: A container (10) for holding a bundt cake (12), which avoids an unsightly accumulation of sugar frosting around the central hole in the cake, and which provides strength for stacking containers with cakes therein on top of one another. The container includes a base (14) with a cake-supporting surface (30) and a central upward projection (32) for insertion into the central cake hole, and a cover (16) with a cover top (20) and with side walls (22) that have bottoms (24) that latch to the base. The central upward projection has a plurality of largely vertically extending grooves (40) that allow hot frosting to flow down to a recess (44) lying below the cake-supporting surface. The middle of the cover forms a downwardly-extending post (62) that engages the top of the center projection on the base, to support the cover, especially when containers holding cakes are stacked.

Abstract: An assembly for forming multiple individual compound desserts in a predetermined dome shape including a base tray having a plurality of recessed cavities to form a base for said compound dessert. A rack and a plurality of dome shaped bowl assemblies secured in a fixed position to said rack. Each bowl assembly is formed with a closed semi-spherical end and an open end forming a cavity, and a cover member which is mounted over said open end, the cover member having an inner bowl extending therefrom which extends into the cavity.

Abstract: A mold having an upper end and a downwardly extending wall terminating in a lower end, and a continuous notch spanning across the wall extending upwardly from the lower end, with both an outside surface of the wall and an inside surface being of a coating which is non-stick to dough wrapped around the outside surface of the mold and to dough which is pushed downwardly through the notch from the upper end of the mold towards its lower end.

Abstract: An apparatus assembly for forming a compound dessert in a predetermined compound ring shape including a first outer ring shaped pan defining a cavity, the cavity having a dome shaped cross section with a closed circular end, an open end and a centrally positioned funnel shaped support having an upper solid planar surface. A cover including a second dome ring shaped pan of a smaller width and depth and a surrounding circular skirt is mounted to the outer ring shaped pan with the second inner ring shaped pan extending into a cavity of the first outer ring shaped pan.

Abstract: An apparatus assembly for forming a layered dessert in a predetermined layered dome forming a hemispheric shape including a first mold having a dome shaped bowl with a closed semi-spherical end and an open end, and a ring shaped planar support base secured to said closed end of bowl body. A second mold comprises a circular pan with a flat bottom surface and a curved outer side extending upward from the bottom surface with the area formed by a plane across the top of the curved outer side, the inner surface curved side and the bottom surface forming a section of a sphere. A lip is formed on both molds extending outward from the open end.

Abstract: A kind of membrane valve controller of a dust-collecting device, mainly comprises a count conduction control template and a extending template so as to provide a applied structure which can realize modular extending unlimitedly, and accurate count control of the conduction time and the interval jump time of various sets of switches, and an enhancive differentia pressure and subsection design, which can alter the conduction time of control switch connected behind based on the measured value to, and continuing to execute repeating several spouting cleaning, which can facilitate the effect of cleanout.

Abstract: An assembly for forming multiple individual compound desserts in a predetermined dome shape including a first base sheet having a plurality of dome shaped bowls extending therefrom, each dome shaped bowl being formed with a closed semi-spherical end and an open end. A second top sheet is seated on the first base sheet and is provided with a plurality of dome shaped bowls of a smaller diameter than the bowls of the first base sheet, the bowls of the second sheet being mounted in the first base sheet bowls. Fasteners hold both sheets together to prevent separation caused by the expansion of the baking batter of the dessert.

Abstract: An apparatus assembly for forming a compound dessert in a predetermined compound ring shape including a first outer ring shaped pan defining a cavity, the cavity having a dome shaped cross section with a closed circular end and an open end. A cover including a second dome ring shaped pan of a smaller width and depth and a surrounding circular skirt is mounted to the outer ring shaped pan with the second inner ring shaped pan extending into a cavity of the first outer ring shaped pan.

Abstract: Food Injection Device has an injection tube member and integral handle, and a piston holding stand. The tube member is rigid and has a thin wall structure capable of piercing and penetrating a variety of food items and retaining the food items for future deposit into a second food item. The piston is positioned within the piston holding stand in such a way that the injection tube can fit over the piston and be retained by the piston holding stand so that when the tube handle is pushed down, the tube moves down the stationary piston and the food item within the tube is prevented from moving by the piston and is therefore left within the second food item. A preferred embodiment includes a variety of shaped injection tubes such as heart shaped, star shaped, and circular shaped.

Abstract: An apparatus assembly for forming a compound dessert in a predetermined dome shape including a first outer mold having a dome shaped bowl with a closed semi-spherical end and an open end, and a ring shaped support base secured to said closed end of bowl body. A cover including a second dome shaped bowl of a smaller diameter is mounted in the chamber formed in the first mold bowl and the cover is mounted to an extended portion of the outer mold.

Abstract: An apparatus assembly for forming a compound dessert in a predetermined dome shape including a first outer mold having a dome shaped bowl with a closed semi-spherical end and an open end, and a ring shaped planar support base secured to said closed end of bowl body. A second dome shaped bowl of a smaller diameter is mounted in the chamber formed in the first mold bowl. A lip is formed on the open end of both bowls extending outward from the open end of each bowl which holds a retainer strap assembly holding the second inner mold bowl in place within the first outer mold bowl.

Abstract: A baked goods baking kit for making cupcakes, in particular, having hollowed centers which can filled with filling of some sort. The baked goods baking kit includes a baking member having a main wall and also having a plurality of ornamental-shaped cup portions spacedly disposed in the main wall and being adapted to hold baking batter therein; and also includes a baking mold tool being detachably attached to the baking member for forming selected shapes in the baked goods being baked in the ornamental-shaped cup portions of the baking member.

Abstract: A compartmented cooking device for simultaneously cooking a plurality of articles on a flat heated surface has an outer wall around the perimeter of an area and at least one internal wall within the area for defining a plurality of compartments for receiving a material to be cooked and for maintaining the material separately on the heated surface. The compartments can be all of substantially equal area and shape, such as square, rectangular, triangular, rhomboid, trapezoid, circular, oval or any other shape, and are all open from both an upward direction and a downward direction. The walls of each compartment should have at least one marking thereon for delineating a desired level for insertion of material to be cooked. The device also has a handle for allowing it to be lifted off the griddle without a user having to touch the walls of the device.

Abstract: An apparatus assembly for forming a compound dessert in a predetermined dome shape including a first outer mold having a dome shaped bowl with a closed semi-spherical end and an open end, and a ring shaped support base secured to the closed end of bowl body. A cover including a second dome shaped bowl of a smaller diameter and a surrounding circular skirt is mounted to an extended portion of the outer mold with the second bowl extending to a chamber of the first outer mold.

Abstract: A structurally reinforced, durable baking tray for use in high-volume industrial baking applications. The baking tray of the present invention includes a baking surface, the perimeter of which is encircled by a band of material that is partially rolled down and away from the baking surface to define the outer edge of the tray. At least one lengthwise support rib is formed in the baking surface and connects with the band of material at both ends of the baking tray. At least one widthwise support rib is also formed in the baking surface. This widthwise rib intersects the lengthwise support rib and connects with the band of material on both sides of said baking tray. The intersecting support ribs pass completely through the length and width of the baking tray and join with the band of material encircling the baking surface, thereby conferring structural stability, rigidity, and durability to the tray.

Abstract: A baking dish includes a generally shallow platter made of ceramic material suitable to withstand a baking environment and having a baking surface defining a supporting plane on which a baked product can be made. A substantially upright continuous wall in the form of a ring generally conforming to the shape of the baking surface is provided that has a height dimension when supported on the baking surfaces relative to the supporting plane to define a generally cylindrical space for receiving and containing a food product to be baked. The platter and ring have substantially conforming peripheries. A laterally extending bead or a protuberance extends about the periphery of the platter and a deformable engaging member in the form a peripheral lip is provided about the periphery of the ring for removably attaching the ring to the platter about the periphery and for providing a generally sealed connection at the mating surfaces of the platter and wall of the ring.

Abstract: An improved baking pan kit which includes a baking pan for brownies having twenty square cups disposed in a matrix of five rows and four columns, and a cookie pan having preferably twelve circular cup configurations. Each of the pans in the kit is configured to have a predetermined heat depth and a convective heat transfer separation distance between respective cups to effect uniform heating of the respective cups containing a cookie and/or a brownie mixture for producing a specific product consistency or outcome. A multilevel storage compartment is used to house a plurality of pans for transport and deployment at various sites for use.

Abstract: A pan for baking a batter or dough to provide a baked good, such as muffins or cupcakes. The pan includes a raised perimeter wall that acts as a shield or baffle to provide consistent air flow over the batter or dough during baking. The resulting baked goods have improved baked properties. A preferred muffin pan is disclosed.

Abstract: The poultry shaping mandrel (25) is utilized to retain the shape of previously eviscerated oven-ready whole bird carcasses (10) after the carcasses have been prepared and before they are packaged and shipped. When the bird is frozen, the mandrels retain the shape of the bird so that the bird and its mandrel can be mounted on a skewer (52) or a smaller hand held skewer can be thrust through the mandrel and through the bird without hazard of deteriorating the bird.

Abstract: A baking pan for baking wedding cakes has the overall form of a cupcake pan, except that each baking unit has multiple tiers. In one embodiment, the baking pan has six baking units, each of which has three cylindrical tiers with steadily decreasing diameters to define the shape of a three-tier wedding cake. Thus, multi-tier wedding cakes are baked in one piece.

Abstract: The invention concerns a bakery pan including a base plate (17) provided with a plurality of slots associated with a plurality of peripheral walls (1-9) defining cells each closed by a base and open along a through aperture (10) corresponding to one slot. In each cell, an intermediate mobile wall (12) moves along the cell median axis (I-I), and is integral with an adjusting rod (13) sliding in a guiding passage. A removable support plate (19) is associated with the base plate (17) from which it is spaced by an interchangeable spacer (20). A closure plate can cover the base plate (17) for closing the through apertures (10). This bakery pan structure greatly facilitates garnishing, and makes it possible to mould a food product such as pastry to give it a shape defined by the cells.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for baking letters of the alphabet and/or numerals. The apparatus includes a cake pan blank foldable into a cake pan, a grid insert template and one or more space-occupying insert blanks foldable into space-occupying inserts. The grid template insert contains removable grid-defined sections which sections are selectively removable so as to leave openings in the grid template insert. The space-occupying inserts are interfitted with the openings and the grid template insert and space-occupying inserts are then placed into the cake pan so that the volume of the cake pan not occupied by the space-occupying inserts takes the shape of a letter or numeral for receiving batter.

Abstract: An indirect heat barbecue oven and smoker which utilizes an elongate chamber for receiving combustibles so that smoke may be produced therein and wherein there is provided a rotating wheel with support arms, wherein each pair of support arms support an open mesh tray upon which foods or the like may be positioned and wherein the bottom of the oven forms a slanted floor of the oven and acts to receive and direct grease and fluids so that the same may be drained to the outside of the oven without contamination of the burners.

Abstract: A mold frame of a boiled rice-shaping apparatus is installed to a chamber-forming member, and vinegared rice is charged in a chamber which is formed by a bottom section, end surface sections, and side surface sections. The mold frame is removed, and a handle is grasped so that a first rotatable plate is rotated in a direction of the arrow A, and a second rotatable plate is rotated in a direction of the arrow B. Thus, the vinegared rice is pressed and compressed in a widthwise direction. Further, a lid member is displaced in a direction to make approach to the bottom section. Thus, the vinegared rice is pressed and compressed in a vertical direction to be shaped to have a predetermined shape.

Abstract: The invention is an expandable volume food preparation tool for precisely and quickly forming a quantity of dough into a plurality of uniform dough blocks having a predetermined volume and shape. Included therein is a base plate having a base opening disposed therethrough. The base opening is defined by a continuous substantially vertical interior base sidewall arranged to define a predetermined outline shape. A base volume is defined by the void enclosed by the base sidewall. To enable the user to manipulate the base plate, a handle is mounted to the base plate. Additionally, a removable primary extension plate is mounted to the base plate. The primary extension plate includes an extension opening defined by a continuous, substantially vertical, interior extension sidewall arranged to define an outline shape substantially identical to the outline shape of the base opening. An extension volume is defined by the void enclosed by the extension sidewall within the primary extension plate.

Abstract: A baking utensil so shaped as to mold within bread dough baked upon it one or more buns, each with a recess to retain a weiner, bratwurst, frankfurter, processed meat link, hamburger or other cooked meat product.

Abstract: A cake mold includes a base having a number of receptacles disposed thereon, and ring-shaped side parts of different diameters that are adapted for inserting into corresponding receptacles. The side parts are independent of and separate from the base. In one embodiment, the receptacles are in the form of concentric grooves that are arranged in a circular patterns. In another embodiment, the receptacles are in the form of slits that are arranged in concentric circular patterns, and that are staggered with respect to one another. The side parts each include a lower edge that is adapted to be inserted into a corresponding groove or slit. In another embodiment, the side part has a variable diameter side wall with radial ends that are adapted to slidably engage one another to permit making cakes of different diameters.

Abstract: Systems and methods for baking bread bowls are described. A bread bowl baker includes a concavo-convex body including a wide diameter circumference and a narrow diameter circumference; a first end coextensively joined to the wide diameter circumference, the first end i) having an axially outermost extent that defines a first end plane and ii) including a nonplanar cylindrical flange that doubles back from the axially outermost extent to form a raised edge, the raised edge defining a raised edge plane that is noncoplanar with the first end plane; and a second end coextensively joined to the narrow diameter circumference, the second end defining a second end plane. The systems and methods provide advantages in that resulting bread bowls are of uniform shape and are uniformly baked.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an edible container, its production process and its production apparatus, and its object is to easily and reliably form a bottom surface for said edible container that enables it to be set down. This object is achieved by kneading wheat flour, sugar, an oil or fat and other raw materials with water to form a dough, forming this dough into a flat sheet having an arc-shaped side (a) that is formed by opening up a conical shape from which the tip has been cut, and a plurality of parabolic pieces (c) separated on the side opposing arc-shaped side (a), and together with sequentially folding these parabolic pieces from their base ends followed by overlapping and adhesion, both right and left sides (b) of arc-shaped side a are overlapped and adhered to form a cup in the shape of an inverted cone with a bottom.

Abstract: A baking mold (10) for sandwich rolls having an interior sandwich component cavity, includes a retaining member (11) and a form member (12). The retaining member (11) is a generally hollow cylinder having a circumferential side wall (15). The form member (12) includes a cylindrical slug (18), a spacer rail (19) and a support portion (20). The support portion (20) includes a U-shaped handle (30) and a semi-cylindrical support strap (31). The form member (12) is fitted into the retaining member (11) such that the spacer rail (19) engages the interior of the circumferential side wall (15) and the semi-cylindrical support strap (31) engages the exterior of the circumferential side wall (15) so as to positively position the form member (12) in a fixed spatial relationship within the retaining member (11). The retaining member (11) is partially filled with dough which is allowed to rise prior to assembly. Thus, the mold (10) serves to produce a sandwich roll having an enclosed cylindrical sandwich component cavity.

Abstract: An edible, hand held food product that may be used as a container for ice cream and other frozen confections is formed from a shell of baked cookie dough. Unlike traditional wafer ice cream cones, the thickness of the wall of the ice cream cone of the present invention is at least approximately 1/8" thick. The cookie dough that is used to produce the ice cream cone of the present invention is normal cookie batter comprised of a liquid, eggs, shortening, flour, sugar, and dry flavoring ingredients, with a reduced amount of leavening agent (i.e. baking powder, baking soda or cream or tartar). The leavening agent is approximately 10-60% by volume of the amount of leavening agent used in normal cookie dough recipes.

Abstract: A baking tray includes an upper plate spaced from a lower plate, with the upper plate including a plurality of spaced apertures coaxially aligned with cylindrical recesses of the lower plate. A modification of the invention includes insert structure arranged for baking of shells for accommodating baked goods therewithin.

Abstract: A baking apparatus for baking cup-shaped comestibles comprising an upper and lower tray is disclosed. Together the trays form a plurality of baking chambers when the two trays are assembled and locked together. The bottom tray is configured with a plurality of cup-shaped bottom molds that are aligned in a rectilinear grid fashion. The top tray is similarly aligned and includes a plurality of concave mold covers that are used to define the hollow center of the comestible cup. Portions of un-baked, leavened food products are placed in the bottom molds and the baking apparatus includes a means for locking the upper and lower trays in place to maintain secure engagement of the trays as the leavened food rises during baking. In the preferred embodiment, the locking means comprises a plurality of raised eyelets on the lower tray, which extend through corresponding openings in the upper tray. Once brought together, the trays are held in place by inserting T-shaped sliding rods through the eyelets.

Abstract: An apparatus wherein a pan member includes a perimeter rim and a matrix of variously configured cookie mold members, with an upper cutting edge mounted on the pan member. The pan includes securement loops mounted on the floor of the pan to permit vertical storage of the pan against a wall and the like, with the various molds in a protected orientation within the perimeter flange when against a vertical wall surface. Modifications of the invention include selectively removable mold members formed with a magnetic base for securement to the pan floor. A further modification of the invention includes an upper mold member mounted with a lower mold member when positioning a dough portion therebetween, wherein the upper mold member is directed in a complementary manner to the lower pan and effects severing of the dough defining a first cookie portion and a second cookie portion formed by interaction of the mold member relative to the pan.

Abstract: A method of making a tortilla cone with a closed apex, and including a kit to help facilitate the operation so that a large number of tortilla cones may be formed and cooked at one time. The kit and method of using it includes a set of cone forming molds each consisting of a pliable metallic conical body having an overlapping convex surface about which a tortilla patty may be positioned and wrapped in cone form so as to close the cone form at its apex. The method of using the kit includes using a first mold as a female receptacle and using a second mold as both a female and male receptacle to wrap a tortilla patty to the mold and secure the same between the two molds. An inventive method of making the taco cone mold includes taking a sheet of thin pliable metallic material, such as aluminum, and cutting out a circular disc from the sheet. The pliable disc is then formed into a cone-shaped cylinder by wrapping the disc around a cone shaped dowel so that a pair of its sides overlap.

Abstract: A method of making a tortilla cone with a closed apex, and including a kit to help facilitate the operation so that a large number of tortilla cones may be formed and cooked at one time. The kit and method of using it includes a set of cone forming molds each consisting of a pliable metallic conical body having an overlapping convex surface about which a tortilla patty having a tear shape may be positioned and wrapped in cone from so as to close the come form at its apex. The method of using the kit includes using a first mold as a female receptacle and using a second mold as both a female and male receptacle to wrap a tortilla patty to the mold and secure the same between the two molds.

Abstract: A food product cooker having a main frame, a cooking oil pan, a plurality of product carriages, and a main drive endless chain for moving the carriages about the main frame to and from the cooking pan. A food product cooker particularly adapted for producing shells for enchiladas from tortillas, with each carriage having a food product holder with a tubular section on which the tortilla is wrapped and a clamp section which holds the wrapped tortilla in place while being moved into, through and out of the cooking oil pan.

Abstract: Apparatus, product and method for making an ovular shaped edible bun. The bun having flat bottom and top with an inner chamber to receive other edible food products.

Abstract: A deep frying basket has a pair of welded wire spring baskets which nest together to define a dish shaped space between them. A pair of more or less spaced parallel wires are welded to each of the wire spring baskets, one pair being welded to the inside bottom of the inner basket and the other pair to the outside bottom of the outer basket. In one embodiment, the two pairs are hinged together on one side of the baskets and formed into handles on the other side of the baskets. At least one pair of the wires is shaped to form a stand which facilitates a loading and unloading of a food product in the defined space.

Abstract: A cake pan with a horizontal bottom and peripheral upstanding side walls temporarily receives one or more cake-shaping modular inserts while a cake is being baked, or otherwise fixed in shape. A matrix, or gridwork, delineated on the bottom of the receptacle is matched to the size and shape of the modular inserts and provides a guide for the proper positioning of the modular inserts in order to form the cake into selected alphanumeric configurations.