Abstract: The invention relates to a meat tendering device comprising a frame supporting a movable blade holder assembly facing a grid constituted by grid elements between which blades mounted on said blade holder assembly are adapted to pass. The blade holder assembly is adapted to be displaced toward a base which is adapted to receive the meat to be treated and located below said grid. The blade holder assembly comprises a blade holder block including a blade holder, a framework adapted to receive and maintain firmly in place a plurality of removable cutting blades, and a plate which is located above the blade holder block and which is provided with sliding guides which cooperate with rails integral with the framework.

Abstract: This invention concerns a tenderizer to tenderize butcher's meat before consumption, comprising a base, the underside of which comes into contact with the meat, and contains parallel slots, the tenderizer having tenderizing blades which are partly embedded in a block of plastic fitting into and adapted to be removed from, a blade-holder, the block using positioning lugs interlocking with matching cavities in a recess.