US Patent Issued to Smoaked on Nov. 3 for "Smoking fruit" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,150, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Smoaked LLC (Knoxville, Tenn.).

"Smoking fruit" was invented by Samuel Yoakum (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fruit and warm water are added to a vessel in a smoker, together with brown sugar and/or white sugar. The mixture of fruit, water, and sugar is smoked in the smoker until the fruit softens to the touch; the smoking step generally is performed such that the water is maintained at a temperature from 50deg C. to 80deg C. (approx. 122deg F. to 176deg F.) and generally lasts about two hours. The fruit is then simmered in a syrup formed from the water and sugar, with the syrup ...