Meat tenderizing device

Abstract

A meat tenderizing device having a first plate with a surface having a plurality of truncated pyramid projections extending outwardly therefrom, a second plate having a plurality of projections extending outwardly therefrom, a first handle connected to the first plate and extending outwardly therefrom, and a second handle connected to the second plate and extending outwardly therefrom. Each of the truncated pyramid projections has a hole formed in an area opposite to the surface. The projections of the second plate are in a meshing relationship with the plurality of projections of the first plate. The second plate is hingedly connected to the second plate. The first and second handles serve to move the first and second plates between a first meshing position and a second angularly offset position. A ledge extends around a portion of the periphery of the first plate and extends upwardly from the surface of the first plate so as to have a height less than a height of the truncated pyramid projections. The second plate has a second ledge extending around a portion of the periphery of the second plate.

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