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A container (2) for heating popcorn or other types of particulate food items in a microwave oven formed from a single blank having a bottom panel (4) coated with a microwave interactive material (26) adding heat to particulate food items such as popcorn kernels and configured so that each particulat

A container (2) for heating popcorn or other types of particulate food items in a microwave oven formed from a single blank having a bottom panel (4) coated with a microwave interactive material (26) adding heat to particulate food items such as popcorn kernels and configured so that each particulate food item placed into the container (2) for heating is spaced, on average, no more than the average diameter of one such food item away from the microwave interactive layer. The container is formed for shipping in a triangular wedge shape and for expansion to a trapezoidal box shape for use within a microwave oven for heating of the particulate food items.

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A package for shipping and microwave popping of popcorn, comprising: (a) a predetermined quantity of popcorn kernels which will occupy a predictable volume when popped; (b) a package containing said predetermined quantity of popcorn and, when used for popping corn, having a predetermined internal vo

A package for shipping and microwave popping of popcorn, comprising: (a) a predetermined quantity of popcorn kernels which will occupy a predictable volume when popped; (b) a package containing said predetermined quantity of popcorn and, when used for popping corn, having a predetermined internal volume at least equal to said predictable volume occupied by said popcorn kernels when popped, said package having a wall adapted to rest in a generally flat horizontal configuration upon a horizontal support surface in a microwave oven, said wall having an interior surface that is large enough for said predetermined quantity of unpopped popcorn to be spread thereon in a generally unclumped manner; and (c) a microwave converting means integrally connected with said package for converting microwave energy into heat for transfer in a sufficient amount to the popcorn kernels when unclumped to reduce substantially the number of burned or unpopped kernels that could result if the kernels were popped solely by direct impingement of microwave energy, said microwave converting means including a microwave interactive material whose temperature increases in response to impinging microwaves, said microwave interactive material being connected with said wall and co-extensive with an area of said interior surface which is sufficiently large to permit said predetermined quantity of popcorn to be spread thereon in said unclumped manner.