Peeling Apparatus with Rotating Brush and Related Methods

A food product peeling apparatus comprising:

• a handle having a substantially hollow interior portion;
• an electric motor positioned within the hollow interior portion;
• a battery positioned within the hollow interior portion and electrically connected to the electric motor;
• an activation switch electrically connected to at least one of the electric motor and the battery, wherein activation of the activation switch rotates the electric motor;
• an elongate peeling blade connected to a first end of the handle;
• an elongate rotatable brush positioned substantially parallel to the elongate peeling blade, wherein the rotatable brush is rotatable about an elongated central axis, and wherein the elongated central axis is substantially parallel to a length of the peeling blade.

A method of peeling a food product, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a peeling apparatus having a handle, a peeling blade attached to a first end of the handle, wherein the peeling blade has a slot therein, and a rotatable brush positioned proximate to the first end of the handle, wherein the rotatable brush is rotatable about an elongated central axis, and wherein the elongated central axis is substantially parallel to the peeling blade;
• sliding the peeling blade along a surface of a food product, whereby a food product peeling moves through the slot within the peeling blade;
• and
• contacting the food product peeling with the rotatable brush, thereby moving the food product peeling out of the slot.