Abstract: A multi-function meat tenderizing mallet includes a head including a faceplate having a face surface elastically supported by at least one spring, movably mounted on at least one bolt; a shaft attached to the head; and a top plate positioned opposite the faceplate and attached to the shaft via mounting bolts. The faceplate is movably mounted in relation to a set of chopping blades attached to one another by means of at least one mounting bolt. In a rest position the edges of said chopping blades are retracted in the slots of the faceplate.

Abstract: A double function, hand operated meat tenderizer includes a handle with a blade segment clamped inside said handle; a generally flat plate attached to said handle by at least one slidably moving cylinder attached to a compressed spring, comprising at least one seat including a releasably attached spigot of the cylinder, wherein an end face of said plate is provided with a plurality of projections and flow-through slots aligned in evenly spaced relation, parallel to the spring axis, and wherein in a position of rest, ends of said blades are retracted in said flow-through slots.