Patent ID: 7806754

Claim:
An apparatus for flattening one or more cuts of poultry to prepare at least one of the cuts to be cooked, the apparatus comprising: at least one roller turner; two or more roller mounts; a roller mounted on at least one of the roller mounts and adapted to be turned by the roller turner; and a press mounted on at least one of the roller mounts so that the press does not rotate and is disposed substantially parallel to the roller such that the distance between the roller and the press is less than the size of an unflattened cut of poultry, and wherein the press further comprises a tapered shape to substantially conform to the tapered shape of a typical poultry breast; and a selectively removable sleeve rotatably disposed around the press, such that the sleeve turns around the press as the poultry breast is fed between the roller and the press with the roller whereby the poultry breast is at least partially flattened.