Batter showering apparatus and application method

A method of coating batter onto meat products, comprising the steps of:

• in a first cooking step, frying at least one meat product that has a first batter layer to cook the first batter layer to produce at least one once-fried meat product;
• conveying the at least one once-fried meat product on a conveyor toward a battering machine;
• conveying the at least one once-fried meat product under a batter distribution chamber of the battering machine, wherein the batter distribution chamber comprises a plurality of spaced apertures extending through a bottom distribution chamber surface through which batter is dispensable, and wherein the batter distribution chamber oscillates in a direction that is generally perpendicular to a direction in which the at least one once-fried meat product is being conveyed;
• dispensing batter from the plurality of spaced apertures onto an outer surface of the at least one once-fried meat product to provide a pattern of batter stripes on the outer surface;
• and, thereafter,
• in a second cooking step, frying the batter stripes on the at least one once-fried meat product to produce at least one twice-fried meat product.