Meat Shredder

A meat shredder comprising:

• (a) a frame having a right stand and a left stand attached together and spaced apart by a plurality of crossbars to form a hopper space between the right stand and the left stand;
• (b) a hopper suspended within the hopper space and having a front wall, a back wall, a right side wall, a left side wall, a top opening, and a bottom opening defining a shredding region, the shredding region having a depth that is the distance between the front wall and back wall;
• (c) an upper rotor assembly mounted to rotate horizontally within the shredding region between the right side wall and the left side wall, the upper rotor assembly including an upper arbor with an upper rotor assembly axis and a plurality of upper fingers extending radially from the upper arbor and arranged in a plurality of paraxial upper rows spaced around the upper arbor;
• (d) a lower rotor assembly mounted to rotate horizontally within the shredding region between the right side wall and the left side wall, the lower rotor assembly including a lower arbor with a lower rotor assembly axis and a plurality of lower fingers extending radially from the lower arbor and arranged in a plurality of paraxial lower rows spaced around the lower arbor, the lower rotor assembly vertically aligned with and spaced from the upper rotor assembly;
• (e) an upper back row of pegs extending horizontally from the back wall into the shredding region and vertically spaced below the upper rotor assembly axis by at least 0.25 inch, the pegs being space apart such that the fingers of the upper rotor assembly travel between the pegs as the upper rotor assembly rotates;
• (f) a lower front row of pegs extending horizontally from the front wall into the shredding region and vertically spaced below the lower rotor assembly axis by at least 0.25 inch, the pegs being space apart such that the fingers of the lower rotor assembly travel between the pegs as the lower rotor assembly rotates;
• (g) a drive mechanism for rotating the upper rotor assembly and the lower rotor assembly in opposite directions;
• (h) whereby the upper rotor assembly rotates to push product dropped into the top opening against the upper back row of pegs, thereby shredding the product, the product dropping to the lower rotor assembly that pushes the product against the lower front row of pegs to further shred the product, the product dropping out of the bottom opening.