An apple peeler and corer is configured with a main body having a platform which is raised above a lower foundation for the main body. A crank handle drives a threaded rod toward a blade assembly for slicing an apple. A rocker arm carries a peeler blade and may be resiliently biased toward the blade assembly or locked in a position pivoted away from the blade assembly.

A device and method for proportioning slices of fruit by slicing a piece of fruit into a number of slices using a endoskeletal slicing and coring device with twin-opposed coaxial upper and lower guide pins to positioning and holding the fruit, a coring tube for separating the fruit from the core, and a cassette for slicing the fruit and a proportioning device for separating the slices into a number of groups.

A carving tool has a hollow tube having a first end and a second end and a surface, a conical tip on the second end, a handle connected to the first end, and a plurality of carving elements in the surface between the first end and the second end. In some embodiments, the carving elements are cutouts through the surface of the hollow tube, with sharpened edges on the perimeter of the cutouts. In other embodiments, the carving elements are grating or filling elements in the surface of the hollow tube.

A carving tool has a hollow tube having a first end and a second end and a surface, a conical tip on the second end, a handle connected to the first end, and a plurality of carving elements in the surface between the first end and the second end. In some embodiments, the carving elements are cutouts through the surface of the hollow tube, with sharpened edges on the perimeter of the cutouts. In other embodiments, the carving elements are grating or filling elements in the surface of the hollow tube.

A food coring device includes a first blade and a second blade and a first stop member and a second stop member. The first blade is attached to a first stop member and the second blade is attached to a second stop member with the first blade opposing the second blade and the first stop member including a first stop surface and the second stop member including a second stop surface. A spring member urges the first and second stop members towards a first position where the first and second stop surfaces are disengaged. During use, the first and second stop members may be placed in a second position by moving the first and second stop members together against the urging of the spring member such that the first stop surface is engaged by the second stop surface.

A food coring device includes a first blade and a second blade and a first stop member and a second stop member. The first blade is attached to a first stop member and the second blade is attached to a second stop member with the first blade opposing the second blade and the first stop member including a first stop surface and the second stop member including a second stop surface. A spring member urges the first and second stop members towards a first position where the first and second stop surfaces are disengaged. During use, the first and second stop members may be placed in a second position by moving the first and second stop members together against the urging of the spring member such that the first stop surface is engaged by the second stop surface.

A hand tool for cutting and coring an avocado, and a method of using same. The hand tool comprises a pair of hand tool elements pivotally joined at one distal end thereof. Each hand tool element has an elongated configuration including a handle portion, a tool portion extending distally away from the handle portion, and a concave blade extending sidewardly and oppositally inwardly relative to one another along each tool portion. Furthermore, each hand tool element includes a cutting edge along at least one portion of each concave blade, and at least one avocado seed engaging portion located along, and protruding substantialy radially distally away from, each concave blade.

A hand tool for cutting and coring an avocado, and a method of using same. The hand tool comprises a pair of hand tool elements pivotally joined at one distal end thereof. Each hand tool element has an elongated configuration including a handle portion, a tool portion extending distally away from the handle portion, and a concave blade extending sidewardly and oppositally inwardly relative to one another along each tool portion. Furthermore, each hand tool element includes a cutting edge along at least one portion of each concave blade, and at least one avocado seed engaging portion located along, and protruding substantialy radially distally away from, each concave blade.

A coring knife apparatus for easily coring fruits and vegetables includes a handle having a butt end, a front end, a top side, a bottom side, a left side, and a right side. The front end has a blade cavity extending towards the butt end. A shank is coupled to the handle within the blade cavity. A blade is coupled to the shank and comprises a main portion and a bent portion. The main portion is coupled to the shank and extends from adjacent the front end of the handle. The bent portion lies in a plane perpendicular to a plane of the main portion. The blade has a right edge and a left edge tapering along the main portion and the bent portion to a meet at a tip.

A coring knife apparatus for easily coring fruits and vegetables includes a handle having a butt end, a front end, a top side, a bottom side, a left side, and a right side. The front end has a blade cavity extending towards the butt end. A shank is coupled to the handle within the blade cavity. A blade is coupled to the shank and comprises a main portion and a bent portion. The main portion is coupled to the shank and extends from adjacent the front end of the handle. The bent portion lies in a plane perpendicular to a plane of the main portion. The blade has a right edge and a left edge tapering along the main portion and the bent portion to a meet at a tip.