HOME-STYLE MEAT PRODUCT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME

• Main Authors: KUSMIDER, EDWARD A, CABRALES, LYNDA, HURM, MATTHEW A, TILAHUN, MULUKEN, NEHLS, AMY LYNN, GIANNETTINO, CARRIE K, GLYNN, RANDY, MALENKE, MARK E, HUMKE, SARAH C
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 10.12.2011
• Subjects: BUTCHERING; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MEAT TREATMENT; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH; SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY ASINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for producing irregular pieces of meat from meat products. Further, a method of mass-producing a home-style meat product with an irregular appearance includes combining whole muscle meat with a mixture having a low-phosphate solution and/or a low-salt solution and cooking the combination to produce whole muscle meat logs. Once the whole muscle meat has been cooked, the meat may be pulled, shredded, or sliced on a variety of pulling, shredding, and slicing equipment to create a home-style meat product with an irregular appearance.