A method of operating a device for preparing a formed food product includes receiving at a controller an input indicating one or more parameters of the formed food product, molding a portion of a food composition into a shape corresponding to the desired form in response to receiving the input, and separating the molded food composition from a non-molded portion of the food composition in response to receiving the input to create the formed food product having a desired thickness.

Provided herein is device and kit for molding a foodstuff, for example, a ground meat or a bread dough, to make a kabob. Generally, the separate component parts of the device are a container, a mold and a press which are removably engageable one with the other. Particularly, the container is fluidly connected to the mold via a bayonet connector. The press is configured to slide within the connector and to provide a support base for the connector and mold when assembled. The press has a removable cap and also is a storage container for the skewers used to make the kabobs. The kit for molding the foodstuff contains the device and skewers stored within the press.

A device for producing meat products includes an assembly formed from a plurality of walls maintainable in a fixed relationship to one another during a joining operation, surfaces of the plurality of walls defining work surfaces disposed to surround raw pieces of meat placed therein to be joined. A drive mechanism is configured to drive the assembly, which can form a cooking container such as a cooking box, along a first axis in a reciprocating movement of at least 10 mm along the first axis at frequency of at least 1 Hz and to drive the assembly along a second axis in a reciprocating movement of at least 10 mm along the second axis at frequency of at least 1 Hz, wherein the first axis and the second axis are angled with respect to each other, and the drive mechanism drives the assembly at different frequencies along the first and second axes.

In a method of pressing and processing meat products, in particular frozen and/or partly frozen meat products, preferably fresh meat products and/or bacon, the products are inserted into a pressing chamber of a pressing device and are pressed in the pressing chamber by at least one displaceable contact element, with the contact element being moved by means of a servomotor.

An apparatus for forming patties from a food product includes a base comprising a cylindrical sidewall defining chamber configured to receive the food product. A paddle includes a paddle blade configured to be installed onto the base to form a bottom wall of the chamber, the paddle further comprising a handle positioned outside the base that can be grasped to remove the paddle from the base. A cover is pivotally attached to the base and can be maneuvered from an open condition providing access to the chamber to a closed condition closing the chamber. The cover when in the closed condition is configured to compress the food product in the chamber and cause the food product to conform to the shape of the chamber to form a patty. The paddle is configured to remove the patty formed in the chamber.

An apparatus and method for creating a venturi effect in a food product molding machine. The venturi effect accelerates food product in order to cause the product to be stretched aligning the fibers of the product.

A food processing apparatus for processing food products includes a press, a control unit and an first analyzing device. The press presses the food products with specific pressing parameters. The control unit is connected to an output side of the press and sets the pressing parameters. The first analyzing device scans the food products before pressing and generates corresponding first analysis parameters of the food products which reflect product properties of the examined food product. The control unit is connected on an input side of the first analyzing device and records the first analysis parameters and sets the pressing parameters as a function of the first analysis parameters.

A molding and cooking apparatus for pieces of stuffed product such as cooked hams, which includes one or more molding cavities long enough so that more than one piece of stuffed product can be introduced in the same molding cavity, inserting separators which help to shape the ends of the pieces of vacuum stuffed product, both ends of the cavities are open and are sealed during product cooking, which permits a quick discharge of the already cooked and cooled pieces when the cavities bottoms are unsealed, and permits the product to fall because of gravity onto a collecting tray, likewise a procedure is revealed on the efficient use of this apparatus herein disclosed.

An apparatus and method for creating a venturi effect in a food product molding machine. The venturi effect accelerates food product in order to cause the product to be stretched aligning the fibers of the product.

The invention relates to a device and a method that can be carried out using said device, for producing meat products using pieces of raw meat that are joined together and subsequently cooked and/or that absorb a liquid composition. The device has working surfaces that encompass an inner volume, at least one of said working surfaces having a drive for back-and-forth motion and for pressing the at least one working surface against pieces of raw meat situated in the inner volume that is encompassed by the working surfaces.