Adjustable meat tenderizer

A meat tenderizing apparatus comprising, in combination:

• a base having a rectangular configuration with a bottom face and a rectangular side wall coupled to a periphery of the bottom face and extending upwardly therefrom for defining an interior space and an open top, the side wall defined by a pair of elongated side faces and a pair of short end faces, the base including a plurality of cylindrical rollers rotatably coupled freely between the side faces of the side wall such that the same remain in a parallel side-by-side relationship and extend slightly above the open top of the base, each roller being lined with a plurality of tenderizing blades, the base further including a suction cup coupled on each of four bottom corners thereof for securing the base to a horizontal recipient surface and a mounting block integrally coupled to an upper edge of one of the side faces and extending upwardly therefrom, the mounting block having a pair of vertically oriented posts coupled to a top face thereof and extending upwardly therefrom and a threaded bore formed in the top face between the posts;
• an upper roller assembly having a rectangular configuration with a top face and a rectangular side wall coupled to a periphery of the top face and depending therefrom for defining an interior space and an open bottom, the side wall of the upper roller assembly defined by a pair of elongated side faces and a pair of short end faces, the upper roller assembly further including a plurality of cylindrical rollers rotatably coupled freely between the side faces of the side wall of the upper roller assembly such that the same remain in a parallel side-by-side relationship, rotate coincidentally and depend slightly below the open bottom of the upper roller assembly, each roller being lined with a plurality of tenderizing blades;
• said upper roller assembly further including a control unit including a rectangular housing mounted on one of the side faces of the upper roller assembly, the housing having a pair of apertures formed therein for slidably receiving the posts of the base for maintaining the upper roller assembly above the base and a vertical adjustment rod rotatably coupled between a top face and a bottom face of the housing with a lower threaded extent extending through the bottom face for screwably engaging the threaded bore of the base and further allowing the rollers of the upper roller assembly to be selectively raised lowered with respect to those of the base by the rotation of a first dial coupled to the rod and extending upwardly from the top face of the housing, the upper roller assembly further including a second dial in communication with at least one of the rollers of the upper roller assembly for rolling the same, thereby tenderizing a piece of meat situated between the base and the upper roller assembly.