Butchering – Tenderizers
Patent
1996-04-24
1999-05-04
Little, Willis
Butchering
Tenderizers
452 58, A22C 900, A22B 306
Patent
active
058998020
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for automatically electrically stimulating poultry carcasses in poultry processing plants in order to tenderize the poultry meat are disclosed. Carcasses suspended by shackles from a moving processing line are transported between two preferably curved electrical conductive bars, which are positioned to apply the electrical stimulation across the breast of the suspended carcass. The carcasses may otherwise be dragged through a charged saline or water solution, or across a charged metal mesh or grill. The carcasses are subjected to electrical stimulation for by the application of an intermediate level voltage for the period of stimulation.
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