#$%^&*AU2019222969A120190926.pdf#####Abstract A method of cooking a packaged food product (200) comprising an outer packaging and a food product disposed within the outer packaging, the outer packaging comprising opposing sides, the method comprising: - disposing the packaged food product between a first heatable plate (40) and a second heatable plate (50), with the first heatable plate and the second heatable plate being disposed at a first relative distance from each other to respectively contact the opposing sides； - allowing gases to be produced by the food product within the package during the cooking process which expands the package and moves the first and second plates to a larger second relative distance therebetween； and - allowing release of the gases from the package and allowing the first and second plates to move back towards each other up to a minimum third relative distance therebetween being between the first relative distance and the second relative distance.12/24 216 218 210 200 FIGURE 16 216 220 216 216 212 210 220 4218 FIGURE 17 230 216 216 214 212 218 FIGURE 18 232 214 220 212 200 FIGURE 19 234 R 214 210b 200b FIGURE 25 215M 215 214 210c FIGURE 26 215 215
