Combined food cutting and rounding machine and method of cutting and rounding food

A method of cutting and rounding food with a combined food cutting and rounding machine including:

• a supply opening through which edible material passes, wherein the supply opening is an extrusion die and the extrusion die is polygonal such that edible material exiting the extrusion die is polygonal;
• a stator located adjacent the supply opening, the stator including a stator forming channel;
• and
• a rotor configured to rotate relative to the stator, the rotor including a plurality of rotor forming channels and a plurality of blades, at least one blade of the plurality of blades being located adjacent to each of the plurality of rotor forming channels;
• wherein:
• the stator forming channel and each of the plurality of rotor forming channels are arcuate in length,
• the stator forming channel defines at least a portion of a stator circle,
• the plurality of rotor forming channels defines at least a portion of but less than all of a rotor circle,
• the stator and rotor circles are concentric, and
• the stator circle has a greater diameter than the rotor circle;
• the method comprising:
• causing edible material to pass through the supply opening;
• rotating the rotor relative to the stator;
• cutting the edible material with one of the plurality of blades to create a piece of edible material;
• and
• forming the piece of edible material into a ball by simultaneously contacting the piece with the stator forming channel and one of the plurality of rotor forming channels such that the piece is rolled along the stator forming channel.