Patent ID: 7998514

Claim:
A kitchen device to mix and extrude food products such as pasta, cookies or hors d′oeuvres, said device comprising: a mixing bin comprising a feed blade rotatably disposed therein for mixing food products placed within the bin, and a cleaning projection extending into the bin an axial distance that overlaps with the feed blade; an extruder chamber connected with the mixing bin and including an outer cylindrical perimeter wall, the outer cylindrical perimeter wall having a feed opening therethrough located along a top portion of the wall for facilitating the passage of food products from the mixing bin therein; an extruder screw disposed within the chamber and having a generally horizontal axis of rotation, wherein the feed blade extends axially a distance within the mixing bin and over a portion of the extruder chamber; an extrusion die connected with an output end of the extruder chamber, said extrusion die being operative to extrude food products conveyed by said extruder screw a reversing electric motor; mechanical transmission means; wherein said extruder screw is coupled to said electric motor through said mechanical transmission means; wherein said extruder chamber further comprises a clearing hole disposed through a bottom portion of the cylindrical perimeter wall below the extruder screw axis of rotation to facilitate egress of food product from said extruder chamber back to the mixing bin.