Abstract: Hard cooked eggs are fed through a hopper to a conveyor section which has an oscillating and vibratory feed at a frequency and energy level which progressively fractures and shatters the shell of the eggs passing therethrough. The eggs are passed through a resilient orifice which flagellates the eggs successively and frictionally dislodges the shell and the eggs are subjected to a stream of fluid such as water intersecting their path of travel differentially lubricating and assisting in the stripping of the shells from the eggs without damage to the hard cooked flesh of the eggs. The eggs are washed clean and the shell debris is collected and the shelled eggs are emitted in a separate flow path. Process fluid is treated as desired and recycled.The apparatus comprises a collector hopper oriented above a conveyor run onto which eggs are delivered in a consecutive sequence path. The conveyor is agitated and vibrated imparting continuous shock loading to the eggs passing through the conveyor.