Apparatus for producing ready-to-eat breakaway meat portions
AssigneeThe Hillshire Brands Company
InventorsKent BEARSON, Kasia ORBIK, Forrest Tyler TATE
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Abstract
An apparatus may include a grinder for grinding raw whole muscle meat into a ground meat material and a heater for heating the ground meat material to cook the ground meat material into a cooked ground meat material suitable for consumption. The apparatus may also include a freezer for freezing the cooked ground meat material and a mixer for mixing the frozen and cooked ground meat material with an additive comprising a starch to produce a meat mixture. The apparatus may further include a press for pressing the meat mixture into a formed shape and a slicer for slicing the formed shape into meat portions of a predetermined size.
Claims10
An apparatus for producing meat portions from whole muscle meat, the apparatus comprising:
- a grinder operable to grind whole muscle meat into a ground meat material;
- a heater operable to cook the ground meat material into a cooked ground meat material suitable for consumption;
- a freezer operable to freeze the cooked ground meat material;
- a mixer operable to mix the frozen and cooked ground meat material with an additive comprising a starch to produce a meat mixture;
- a press operable to press the meat mixture into a formed shape;
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- a slicer operable to slice the formed shape into meat portions of a predetermined size.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.