Abstract: An apparatus may include a grinder for grinding raw whole muscle meat into a ground meat material and a heater for heating the ground meat material to cook the ground meat material into a cooked ground meat material suitable for consumption. The apparatus may also include a freezer for freezing the cooked ground meat material and a mixer for mixing the frozen and cooked ground meat material with an additive comprising a starch to produce a meat mixture. The apparatus may further include a press for pressing the meat mixture into a formed shape and a slicer for slicing the formed shape into meat portions of a predetermined size.

Abstract: A method may include grinding raw whole muscle meat into a ground meat material and heating the ground meat material to cook the ground meat material into a cooked ground meat material suitable for consumption. The method may also include freezing the cooked ground meat material and mixing the frozen and cooked ground meat material with an additive comprising a starch to produce a meat mixture. The method may further include pressing the meat mixture into a formed shape and slicing the formed shape into meat portions of a predetermined size.

Abstract: A method may include grinding raw whole muscle meat into a ground meat material and heating the ground meat material to cook the ground meat material into a cooked ground meat material suitable for consumption. The method may also include freezing the cooked ground meat material and mixing the frozen and cooked ground meat material with an additive comprising a starch to produce a meat mixture. The method may further include pressing the meat mixture into a formed shape and slicing the formed shape into meat portions of a predetermined size.