A meat grinder, having a housing, a conveying device, and at least one cutting-unit part. A meat grinder according to the invention comprises a housing, at least one conveying device for conveying material to be ground from an inlet opening to an outlet opening, and at least one cutting-unit part arranged in the housing. At least one transponder is arranged in or on the at least one cutting-unit part and at least one communication device for communicating with the transponder is arranged in or on the housing in such a way that data exchange between the communication device and the transponder is enabled.

A mounting ring installation system including a torque multiplier introduced to a grinder head to aid in the installation and removal of the mounting ring which holds the grinding plate system securely into the grinder head. The torque multiplying device can have multiple sources of input power including human power or a mechanical source and can be installed on a variety of grinder types and sizes.

A grinder for grinding or processing food is presented. The grinder has a top for inputting food into the grinder. The grinder has an inner cavity for receiving the inputted food. The inner cavity has a first clip and a second clip for coupling to a hole plate. The hole plate is for grinding or processing the inputted food. The hole plate has a first end, a second end, a first cap, a second cap, a first connecting peg and a second connecting peg. The first cap is coupled to the first end and the first cap is coupled to the first connecting peg. The first connecting peg is removably coupled to the first clip. The second cap is coupled to the second end and the second cap is coupled to the second connecting peg. The second connecting peg is removably coupled to the second clip. The grinder has a motor that is communicatively coupled to a power source. The motor rotating the hole plate to grind or process the food. The grinder may also have one or more lamps to light the work area, further the lamps are preferably LED lamps.

A machine for grinding food includes an outlet of a discharge duct for ground food closed by a perforated plate, which is part of a kit of interchangeable plates which has at least a first type with a first type of perforation and a second type with a second type of perforation. The machine further includes an axial coupling and an annular cap. The axial coupling is defined by at least two parts, a first part arranged on the outlet of the discharge duct and a second part arranged on an interchangeable element that is part of a safety kit having at least two mutually different interchangeable elements. The first interchangeable element is compatible both with plates of the first type and plates of the second type as well as an integrated protection body; the second interchangeable element is compatible exclusively with the plates of the second type.

A viscous food product dispensing system having a transport section for receiving a particulate food product from a bin, an auger for processing and conveying the received particulate food product from the transport section into an outlet adapter via one or more flutes, a milling device housed in the outlet adapter, and a discharge nozzle in the outlet adapter that pinches off the viscous food product created by the milling device. The auger has a unique design that allows it to engage and break whole nuts.

A separation assembly for a food product separating machine configured to separate meat product from bone product includes a separation chamber defined by a circumferential side wall, a longitudinal axis, and a radius. The separation chamber includes a plurality of apertures disposed in the circumferential side wall and at least one V-shaped groove disposed along an inner surface of the circumferential side wall. The V-shaped groove is defined by a vertex and an angle bisector of the vertex and is formed in an inner surface of the chamber.

An apparatus for cooling a food processing grinder head with an integrated heatsink is captively retained between two halves of a cooling pack. The heatsink and cooling pack have a circumference that matches the circumference of the grinder head thereby attaching to and in direct thermal communication with the grinder head.

A mounting ring installation system including a torque multiplier introduced to a grinder head to aid in the installation and removal of the mounting ring which holds the grinding plate system securely into the grinder head. The torque multiplying device can have multiple sources of input power including human power or a mechanical source and can be installed on a variety of grinder types and sizes.

A separation assembly for a food product separating machine configured to separate meat product from bone product includes a separation chamber defined by a circumferential side wall, a longitudinal axis, and a radius. The separation chamber includes a plurality of apertures disposed in the circumferential side wall and at least one V-shaped groove disposed along an inner surface of the circumferential side wall. The V-shaped groove is defined by a vertex and an angle bisector of the vertex and is formed in an inner surface of the chamber such that the angle bisector is tilted relative to the radius of the chamber.

A freezer includes a grinder to obtain a ground meat; a mixer to add fat to the ground meat; a payload bay to receive the ground meat; a plurality of evaporators coupled to the payload bay with a multiplicity of coolant tubes in each evaporator, wherein each tube enters and then exits the payload bay, further comprising one or more cryogenic valves coupled to the coolant tubes; a pump to force coolant flowing through the evaporators; and a processor with code for: chopping the ground meat and during chopping, adding salt and ice to the ground meat being chopped and adding liquid nitrogen to maintain the temperature of the meat being chopped below 5 C. to obtain a chopped meat product; adding fat to the chopped meat product and then chopping the fat and adding liquid nitrogen to maintain the temperature of the chopped meat product and fat being chopped between 1 C. and 10 C. to obtain a chopped meat and fat product, wherein the ground meat, added fat, ice and salt are present in amounts so that the chopped meat and fat product has a fat content of from 1% to 20% by weight based upon the weight of the chopped meat and fat product.