Abstract: A pulverizer for reducing cremated remains having a horizontally mounted fixed cylindrical drum having a top opening and a plurality of perforations over a lower sector of the drum. A free cylindrical reducing bar is disposed parallel to the axis of the drum over the perforate sector. A reciprocating drive shaft, driven from an electric motor, is mounted concentrically within the drum having a yoke assembly driven therefrom which engages the reducing bar for rolling the bar reciprocally over the perforations. Ashes deposited through the top opening are reduced and thereafter pass through the perforations for collection in a drawer. Clearance is provided between the yoke assembly and the reducing bar to permit the bar to pass over noncrushable matter mixed in with the ashes.