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Abstract

The present invention, in one embodiment, is a poultry shield specially configured to fill and seal the chest cavity opening in a poultry bird such as turkey, chicken, goose, duck, etc. For example, once the chest cavity of the bird is filled with stuffing, the poultry shield, which is generally pie-slice-shaped, is inserted into the chest cavity opening such that the front tip of the shield is under the most rearward tip of the bird's chest plate, the rounded back portion of the shield abuts against the most forward portion of the bird's rump structure, and the skin defining the chest cavity opening is tucked around the shield. To maintain the shield in the aforementioned sealing position, the bird's legs are placed over the shield and tucked under a wire clip attached to the shield. The bird's chest cavity is now sufficiently sealed to allow the stuffed bird to be cooked within an oven without overly drying the stuffing within the bird's chest cavity. Thus, because of the poultry shield of the present invention, it is no longer necessary to lace the chest cavity opening closed to seal the chest cavity to prevent overly drying the stuffing within the bird.

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First Claim