Apparatuses and methods for cutting, spreading, and/or dispensing food product

An apparatus comprising:

• a housing having a first end and a second end and a central longitudinal axis, an inner surface of the housing defining a channel that is configured to slidably receive therein a food product;
• a food product motivating mechanism configured to engage a food product, the food product motivating mechanism being slidably receivable in the first end of the housing, the food product motivating mechanism and the housing being configured to cooperatively slidably urge a food product from the first end of the housing toward the second end of the housing;
• a rotating cutting mechanism removably and rotatably attachable to a radially outward-facing channel formed in an outer surface of the housing at the second end of the housing, the rotating cutting mechanism being configured to rotate within the radially outward-facing facing channel to enable the rotating cutting mechanism to rotate around the central longitudinal axis, the rotating cutting mechanism being further configured to cuttingly engage a food product, the rotating cutting mechanism including at least one transverse wire;
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• the food product motivating mechanism and the rotating cutting mechanism being configured to intermittently advance the food product, and cut the food product into two or more planar-sided food products while the food product is not advancing.