Abstract: A food extruder wherein an extruder plate has perforations between its inside and outside surfaces and is sandwiched between a food chamber and a fluid housing is disclosed. Food enters the chamber and is passed through the perforations in the extruder plate. A rotary knife within the fluid housing cuts the food into portions of preselected size immediately upon their extrusion. A second rotary knife contained within the food housing clears any food blockage occurring in the vicinity of the interior surface of the extruder plate. Fluid is directed through the fluid housing past the exterior surface of the extruder plate for the purpose conveying food portions thus formed to the next stage in processing in a manner which prevents food portions from adhering either to one another or to elements of the food portion maker.