An apparatus for the application of a flavoring material on a plurality of individual food portions, comprising: a rotatable drum having: an inlet at an upstream end ; an outlet at a downstream end that is opposite to the upstream end; an interior wall defining an interior of the drum intermediate the inlet and the outlet ; a frustoconical portion of the interior of the drum including a larger diameter portion that is proximal to the inlet and a smaller diameter portion that is proximal to the outlet ; a radially outward drop-off intermediate the larger diameter portion of the frustoconical portion of the interior of the drum and the inlet ; a plurality of angularly-spaced and axially-extending flights on the interior wall and within the frustoconical portion of the interior to agitate and disturb food portions received into the frustoconical portion of the drum ; a drum support coupled to support the rotatable drum in one of a horizontal position, wherein the frustoconical interior portion is rotatable about a horizontal axis therethrough, and a downwardly canted position, wherein the axis of rotation of the frustoconical interior portion is downwardly canted to dispose the inlet at an elevated position relative to the outlet ; a motor operatively coupled intermediate the drum support and the drum to rotate the rotatable drum about the axis of the frustoconical interior portion ; and a flavoring dispenser supported within the interior of the drum to dispense a flavoring material generally downwardly and onto food portions deposited through the inlet and within the interior of the drum . a rotatable drum having: an inlet at an upstream end ; an outlet at a downstream end that is opposite to the upstream end; an interior wall defining an interior of the drum intermediate the inlet and the outlet ; a frustoconical portion of the interior of the drum including a larger diameter portion that is proximal to the inlet and a smaller diameter portion that is proximal to the outlet ; a radially outward drop-off intermediate the larger diameter portion of the frustoconical portion of the interior of the drum and the inlet ; a plurality of angularly-spaced and axially-extending flights on the interior wall and within the frustoconical portion of the interior to agitate and disturb food portions received into the frustoconical portion of the drum ; an inlet at an upstream end ; an outlet at a downstream end that is opposite to the upstream end; an interior wall defining an interior of the drum intermediate the inlet and the outlet ; a frustoconical portion of the interior of the drum including a larger diameter portion that is proximal to the inlet and a smaller diameter portion that is proximal to the outlet ; a radially outward drop-off intermediate the larger diameter portion of the frustoconical portion of the interior of the drum and the inlet ; a plurality of angularly-spaced and axially-extending flights on the interior wall and within the frustoconical portion of the interior to agitate and disturb food portions received into the frustoconical portion of the drum ; a drum support coupled to support the rotatable drum in one of a horizontal position, wherein the frustoconical interior portion is rotatable about a horizontal axis therethrough, and a downwardly canted position, wherein the axis of rotation of the frustoconical interior portion is downwardly canted to dispose the inlet at an elevated position relative to the outlet ; a motor operatively coupled intermediate the drum support and the drum to rotate the rotatable drum about the axis of the frustoconical interior portion ; and a flavoring dispenser supported within the interior of the drum to dispense a flavoring material generally downwardly and onto food portions deposited through the inlet and within the interior of the drum . <EOS>