Patent ID: 7070824

Claim:
An apparatus for slicing and seasoning a ham, the apparatus comprising: a mounting portion configured to rotate a ham mounted thereon; a blade movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the blade, in the second position, is configured to engage and slice the ham as the ham is being rotated by the mounting portion, the ham remaining intact during and after the slicing process with two adjacent slices remaining substantially parallel to one another, and wherein the blade is angled and comprises a thickened portion such that the blade causes an opening between adjacent slices of the ham; a reservoir being sized to contain a liquid seasoning; and a nozzle in fluid communication with the reservoir, wherein the nozzle is aligned substantially coplanar with the blade when the blade is in the second position, the nozzle being further configured to direct a stream of liquid seasoning into the opening between adjacent slices of the ham.