Pasta, pastry, cookie, and hors d'oeuvre maker

A kitchen device for mixing and extruding food products such as pasta, cookies or hors d′oeuvres, said device comprising:

• a mixing bin for receiving food products, the mixing bin including a feed blade and a mixing blade disposed therein for mixing and directing food products within the bin, the bin further comprising a plurality of protrusions disposed along a lower region of a bin wall surface;
• an extruder chamber connected to the mixing bin and including a food inlet opening disposed through a top facing cylindrical wall surface of the chamber, and a flood clearance outlet disposed through a bottom facing cylindrical wall surface of the chamber;
• an extruder screw rotatably disposed within the extruder chamber;
• wherein the extruder chamber comprises an extrusion die attached to an output end of the extruder chamber, said extrusion die being operative to extrude food products conveyed by said extruder screw, wherein the feed blade extends axially a distance within the mixing bin and over a portion of the extruder chamber;
• a reversing electric motor;
• mechanical transmission means;
• said extruder screw coupled to said reversing motor through said mechanical transmission means;
• an electric switch having a lever movable to at least three positions;
• said electric switch energizing said reversing electric motor, a first position of said lever's at least three positions being operative to energize said reversing electric motor in a predetermined direction;
• a second position of said lever's at least three positions being operative to energize said reversing electric motor in a direction opposite said predetermined direction;
• a third position of said lever's at least three positions being operative to cause said reversing electric motor to cease rotation;
• said third position being intermediate of said first and said second positions such that said lever must pass through said third position in order to move from said first position to said second position;
• finger activated stop means operative for stopping said lever at said third position when said lever is moved from said first position toward said second position before said lever enters said second position until said stop means is activated by finger pressure thus allowing movement of said lever from said third position to said second position.

A device for mixing and extruding a food product comprising:

• a mixing bin for receiving and mixing a food product, the mixing bin including a mixing element disposed therein that comprises a feed blade, the mixing bin further comprising a clearing projection that extends axially therein, wherein the clearing projection is positioned radially inwardly of the feed blade, and wherein when rotated the feed blade passes radially along the clearing projection;
• an extruder chamber connected with the mixing bin and including an extruder screw rotatably disposed therein, the extruder chamber extending horizontally a distance within the mixing bin and comprising a cylindrical perimeter wall having a feed opening disposed though a top portion of the cylindrical perimeter wall for facilitating the passage of food products from the mixing bin therein, wherein the feed blade extends axially a distance within the mixing bin and over a portion of the extruder chamber;
• an extrusion die connected with an axial end of the extruder chamber to extrude food products conveyed by the extruder screw;
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• a motor operatively coupled with the mixing element and extruder screw for rotating the same when activated by a user.