Patent ID: 7988541

Claim:
A meat pulling apparatus comprising: a hopper having an upper portion, a lower portion, an underside, and one or more sidewalls; and one or more meat stops substantially mounted with one or more of said sidewalls; and one or more comb strips substantially mounted with said lower portion; and a rotating drum having a plurality of pins or rippers; and said meat stops positioned to provide a first clearance to said drum and pins or rippers while allowing a thorough pulling or shredding of a food product and prohibiting one or more larger strips or portions of said food product from exiting said upper portion of said hopper during a rotation of said rotating drum; and said clearance from said meat stops to said drum and said pins or rippers sized to allow one or more pulled or shredded portions of said food product to enter said lower portion; and said comb strips positioned to substantially separate or clean said pulled or shredded portions of said food product from said drum and said pins or rippers.