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The invention provides a distribution and heating method for foodstuffs and an inexpensive disposable microwave shipping, heating and serving package for food composed of a paperboard carton and a lossy microwave energy absorber which becomes hot when exposed to microwave radiation. The absorber is

The invention provides a distribution and heating method for foodstuffs and an inexpensive disposable microwave shipping, heating and serving package for food composed of a paperboard carton and a lossy microwave energy absorber which becomes hot when exposed to microwave radiation. The absorber is associated in conductive heat transfer relationship with a food product contained in the package and is usually bonded to a structural supporting sheet such as aluminum foil. The package also includes a shield e.g., a metal foil sheet adapted to reduce by a controlled amount the direct transmission of microwave energy into the food product. The shield may have holes of a selected size to provide a predetermined controlled amount of direct microwave energy to the food product or can be a nonperforated sheet or screen. The absorber heats the adjacent surface of the food by conduction to a sufficiently high temperature to provide searing or browning while controlled microwave exposure heats the inside. The thickness of the absorber is substantially in the range wherein absorber thickness and temperature response are positively correlated.

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A food heating package adapted to contain a food product comprising a package body formed from microwave transparent non-lossy dielectric sheet material having a cellulosic or plastic resinous base defining a container body and a lossy microwave absorptive heating body connected to the package and a

A food heating package adapted to contain a food product comprising a package body formed from microwave transparent non-lossy dielectric sheet material having a cellulosic or plastic resinous base defining a container body and a lossy microwave absorptive heating body connected to the package and associated in heat conductive relationship with said food, said heating body being in sheet form and the thickness of said sheet being at least about 0.016 inch thick and being substantially within the range wherein the sheet thickness and the temperature response during microwave heating are positively correlated, said sheet being of the minimum thickness that will reach but not exceed a preselected equilibrium operating temperature, a metal sheet in overlying relation to one side of and adjacent to the heating body, said heating body being characterized by heating when exposed to microwave radiation within a microwave oven to a sufficient temperature to sear, brown or crisp the food and cooling in 30 seconds or less after the oven is turned off to the temperature of the food whereby the package can be used as a dish from which the food can be directly eaten without burning the fingers.