Abstract: This cake decorator has an axial cylinder and a powered piston controlled by twisting an axial rotary actuator switch in one direction or another.

Abstract: A baster, comprising a cylinder; a unit for sucking a substance into the cylinder and then expelling it from the cylinder into an object to be cooked; a removable injecting element connectable with the cylinder and having a front part insertable into an object; so that when said injecting element is attached to the cylinder the injecting element can be inserted into an object and the substance can be injected into an interior of the object through the injecting element, and when the injecting element is removed from the cylinder the substance can be expelled directly from the cylinder and placed on an exterior of the object.

Abstract: A pickling machine includes a carrier, a plurality of needles mounted to the carrier, a valve for controlling the supply of brine to the needles, and a pressure cylinder associated with each of the needles for buffering them. The valve includes, for each pair of needle and pressure cylinder, a separate valve for individually closing off the pressure cylinder.

Abstract: The present invention provides a needle for injecting substances into food products, and a method of making such needles, such devices comprising a generally tubular body having a pointed end and a second end, an axial duct in the tubular body, openings located on the tubular body near the first and second ends, and an insert located in the axial duct between the second end of the tubular body and the opening located near the second end of the tubular body, whereby material is prevented from being deposited in the axial duct between the second end of the tubular body and the opening located near the second end of the tubular body.

Abstract: Needle register for pickling machines, including one or more needles (12) that are fed with brine from a pressurized chamber (18), and valves (22) that are assigned to the individual needles for controlling the flow of brine, in which each needle (12) is connected to the pressurized chamber (18) via a piece of flexible tubing (24), and in that the valves (22) are formed by squeezing-off mechanisms (30, 34) for the pieces of flexible tubing (24).

Abstract: Needle register for pickling machines, [comprising] including one or more needles (12) that are fed with brine from a pressurized chamber (18), and valves (22) that are assigned to the individual needles for controlling the flow of brine, [characterized in that] in which each needle (12) is connected to the pressurized chamber (18) via a piece of flexible tubing (24), and in that the valves (22) are formed by squeezing-off mechanisms (30, 34) for the pieces of flexible tubing (24).

Abstract: An egg cleaning kit is provided for removing contents of a raw egg from the interior of a shell so that the shell's exterior surface may be decorated. The kit includes a hole-former for producing an opening through the shell, and an injector including a nozzle that is insertable through the opening. The injector operates to introduce air into the interior at a pressure greater than ambient pressure whereby the interior becomes pressurized thereby to eject the contents of the raw egg from the shell. The egg cleaning kit may also include either a surface decoration material adapted to be applied to the exterior surface of the shell during the decorative process, a holder for engaging the shell after removal of the contents and for supporting the shell during the decorative process, or a container which includes a lid for allowing submersion of the shell in the decorative fluid. A method of treating a raw egg for decorative purposes is also provided.

Abstract: In the housing is a motor and gear train driven by the motor, the train adapted to selectively engage a gear rack secured to the compression element to drive it down to squeeze the collapsible frosting container. When the train has moved into engagement, it closes a switch activating the motor.

Abstract: An inline macerating method and apparatus for treating pieces of meat with a liquid wherein the pieces of meat are first injected with the liquid and then drawn by suction through a duct in which the piece of meat is incised by cutting edges extending into the path of the pieces of meat as they traverse the duct. The pieces of meat then pass into a paddle massager or tumbler in which the liquid is massaged into the tissue.

Abstract: A marinade applicator having a substantially cylindrical container for various liquid seasonings or marinades. The container has a cylindrical top opening for accommodating a screw-on-top having a plurality of needles or prongs attached thereto. The prongs have hollow cavities or channels for delivering marinade to a meat product. A plurality of conically-shaped tips are centrally attached to the prongs by a recessed planar base which forms a cavity within the cone. At least one concave hole is defined just above the point of attachment to the planar base and within the walls of the cavity to provide marinade to a meat product without clogging. The plurality of conically-shaped tips produce concave impression within a meat product for retaining a marinade of choice.

Abstract: A fluoride enriched sugarless gum system comprises a plurality of sugarless chewing gum sticks each containing a gum base of between about 10% and 80% by weight, each gum stick also including a softening agent, a sweetening agent and a bulking agent, each gum stick including fluoride material applied thereto.

Abstract: A device for and method of injecting a bale of ruminant material with a fluid is taught. The device includes a plurality of injection spikes for insertion into the bale. The spikes are attached to a support for supporting the spikes while they are inserted into the bale. The spikes are attached to the support by a resilient member. The device prevents the deformation of the spikes and thereby increases the useable life of the device over devices in which the spikes are rigidly mounted on a driving structure. The device further has injection drive which allows precise control over the amount of fluid being injected into the bale.

Abstract: A baster or like device includes a liquid tube and a squeezable, resilient suction bulb. The suction bulb includes a series of radially spaced scallops or indentations about its outer surface, which provide ergonomic advantages in gripping the suction bulb. Further, the spacing between the indentations defines a series of lands, which function to bias the suction bulb to its undeformed condition. The suction bulb is removably mounted to the liquid tube, and a pair of sealing rings are located toward the rearward end of the liquid tube. The suction bulb includes internal grooves which receive and mate with the sealing rings. The forward end of the suction bulb engages a shoulder defined by a stop ring formed on the liquid tube. This structure provides a fluid-tight seal between the liquid tube and the suction bulb, to prevent leakage of air or other fluid during use.

Abstract: A method of injecting fluid into meat entails weighing the meat product, injecting it with fluid, weighing the injected meat product, determining the ratio between these weights, comparing that ratio with a target ratio, and adjusting the time that the needles penetrate the meat product so that the next meat product will have its weight ratio adjusted towards the target ratio if a variance with target ratio exists with respect to the first injected meat product.

Abstract: A double walled drum of concentric cylinders having end seals and insulation between the cylinders. The drum is open at both ends and rotates on its center longitudinal axis which is pitched from the horizontal with the entrance on the high side. Diameter restrictions at the entrance and discharge ends of the drum increase product residence time. Lifters at the entrance end discharge end push flexible strandular food subject to microbial spoilage such as strands of cooked pasta away from the entrance and out the discharge. Pins are mounted perpendicular to the inner cylinder wall and point to the central axis of the drum. Liquids such as acid and oil are sprayed onto the food in the drum from a spray bar or spray manifold. The pins continuously lift and separate the strands of food while it moves through the drum, and mix the liquid and product, resulting in a uniform coating. This process and apparatus produce a uniformly coated flexible strandular food such as spaghetti with minimal temperature loss.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a pickle solution feeding system for feeding a pickle solution into injection needle means in a pickle solution injecting apparatus. The injection needle means is adapted to be thrust into raw meat for injecting the pickle solution thereinto. The pickle solution feeding system comprises a pickle solution making apparatus for making the pickle solution, and storage tank means for storing the pickle solution therein. First flow path means connects the pickle solution making apparatus to the storage tank means to direct the pickle solution into the storage tank means from the pickle solution making apparatus. The storage tank means includes chilling means for chilling the pickle solution therein. Vacuum means is connected to the storage tank means for making the storage tank means vacuous to remove bubbles from the pickle solution in the storage tank means.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided an injection needle for injecting a processing solution such as a pickle solution into a food material in an apparatus for making a processed food. The injection needle comprises an elongated hollow pie including an opening end, the processing solution being fed into the hollow pipe. A tip is welded or press fitted into the opening end of the hollow pipe to thereby close the opening end. The tip includes a tapered outer surface extending from the opening end of the hollow pipe to the point of the tip to thrust the tip and the hollow pipe into the food material. The injection needle further comprises hole means formed in the tip, the hole means being communicated with the interior of the hollow pipe and opened to the tapered outer surface. Accordingly, the processing solution can be injected into the food material through the hole means in the tip.

Abstract: A corn skewer comprises a grip, a blocking ring disposed at the proximal end of the grip, and a hollow insert extending forward from the blocking ring. The hollow insert has a tapered end. A plurality of positioning ribs abut the hollow insert to reinforce the hollow insert. The corn skewers is made in one piece by injection molding. Two corn skewers can position a corncob via two ends of the corncob. The hollow insert is inserted in the corncob until the end of the corncob is blocked by the blocking ring.

Abstract: A needle for the spray injection of brine into meat pieces. It comprises a tubular body (1) provided with an axial duct (2) with radial holes (3) being distributed along the tubular body of the needle and piercing its wall right through, having a diameter which is apt to assure the spraying of the brine under pressure. A holding end portion (4) is connected to an end of the body (1) and provided with a fastening zone (5), and a pointed tip (6) is connected to the other end of said body (1). An upper wall of the tip (6) connected to the lower end of the axial duct (2), comprises a plane (7) in the shape of an inclined trough or bowl whose profile shows a width which decreases from top to bottom, in such a way that its lower profile or bottom ends in a flushing connection with the lower part of the inner wall of the radial hole (3) which is closest to the needle pointed tip (6).

Abstract: An apparatus for producing an edible sandwich having a cavity with uniform thickness of bread surrounding the cavity. Edible filler material is injected into the cavity that has a self-sealing entrance. The apparatus forms the sandwich by first making a keyhole shape slit in the bread casing. Then an expandable mandrel is inserted into the slit and expanded by filling it with air. As the mandrel expands, it compresses the bread in the casing to form a cavity having walls of substantially uniform thickness throughout. An edible filling is then inserted into this cavity via the slit previously formed.

Abstract: A meat processing machine comprises: a movable stand movable on a base stand with a block of meat set on it; a supporting stand provided above the base stand in such a manner as to be vertically movable; needle connecting members coupled to the supporting stand, the needle connecting members being arranged in a direction perpendicular to a direction of movement of the movable stand; a number of needles extended downwardly from each of the needle connecting members; lift drive means provided between the supporting stand and the needle connecting members, for lifting the needle connecting members to predetermined positions separately so that the needles of a selected one or ones of the needle connecting members are inserted into the block of meat; and a reciprocation drive means for moving the supporting stand vertically, for the purpose of cutting the sinews in the block of meat suitably which are not always uniformly distributed in it.

Abstract: The apparatus includes a tube for inserting into an egg having one hole in the shell. The tube extends into the shell through the egg yoke and egg white until one end contacts the inside surface of the shell opposite the hole. The tube is connected to a squeeze bulb air supply. A chute is positioned below the hole around the tube. When the squeeze bulb is squeezed air is supplied to exit the one end inside the shell. The air causes the content of the egg yoke and egg white to flow out the hole around the tube into the chute. In the alternative embodiment the end of the tube is formed with an air relief to facilitate air flow into the shell when the end of the tube is in contact with the inside surface of the shell. The empty egg shell is then used for "Egg Art".

Abstract: The apparatus provides for evacuation of the egg yoke and egg white from an egg through one hole in the egg shell. An egg with one hole in the egg shell is positioned on the apparatus. The one hole in the egg shell is positioned over a hollow tube which extends into the egg. The hollow tube aligns an egg collection opening in an egg seal with the egg collection passageway and supplies air at atmospheric pressure into the egg. When the interior of a bottle has a pressure below atmospheric pressure from a vacuum cleaner the egg yoke and egg white flow into the bottle. In a second embodiment, the apparatus provides for both evacuation and flushing of an egg.

Abstract: An apparatus peels fruit, in particular citrus fruit, by washing and sterilizing the fruit in a sterilizing bath. The washed and sterilized fruit is delivered to a perforator which makes a plurality of perforations through the outer surface of the peel of the fruit over its entire surface. The perforated fruit is then delivered to a conveyor which loads and orients the fruit so that it is spinning on the stem axis with the equator of the spinning fruit exposed to a plurality of slitting knives. The knives slit an equatorial cut through the outer surface of the peel. The slit and perforated fruit is then delivered to a carousel of canisters. Each canister is filled with fruit and an aqueous solution of a commerical pectinase. The solution is vacuum infused into the fruit so that the albedo attaching the peel to the fruit substantially disintegrates over a predetermined time period.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for distributing skewers, especially wooden skewers intended for making brochettes, among respective bores of a reception apparatus, such as a loading apparatus of a skewering machine.Cradles (193), each of which is capable of receiving a skewer (2), travel past a skewer take-up location (134) and then a location (113) for transferring the skewers (2) towards the reception apparatus (1). To ensure that skewers (2) having natural bending are taken up, each cradle takes up each skewer (2) only over a dimension (2L.sub.8) substantially smaller than the length (L) of the latter.

Abstract: A bread cooling machine comprising at least one carousel mounted for rotation about a central axis and having a number of stations about the periphery of the carousel. The stations are each arranged to support one or more loaves and cooling operations are carried out on the loaves during rotation of the carousel. The means for carrying out these cooling operations comprises hollow needles arranged to penetrate the interior of the loaves and to supply air under pressure thereto to cause a flow of cooling air from the interior of the loaves to the ambient atmospheric pressure exterior. There are conveyor means for delivering loaves to be cooled from an oven for example to the carousel stations and for receiving loaves after the cooling operations from the carousel for further processing stages such as slicing and wrapping of the loaves.

Abstract: Apparatus for controlled injection of treatment solution into slaughtered animals.

Abstract: A liquid basting injector for poultry or the like has a liquid container in which an inflatable bladder is positioned for cyclic inflation and deflation to effect pumping of liquid from the container through an outlet control air is provided through a shuttle valve from a line and a liquid control valve to injector needle. Control signal line connected to a delay means which vents the control line periodically to shift the liquid control valve to a closed position and to also shift an air control valve connected to the inflatable bladder to permit the bladder to be cyclically inflated and deflated to effect a pumping operation from the container. During deflation the container is refilled with fluid which during a cleaning mode of operation will be cleaning fluid but will be basting fluid during a basting mode of operation.

Abstract: A pneumatic basting fluid injection apparatus including a fluid piston and cylinder assembly having a fluid inlet connected to a basting fluid source, and a fluid outlet connected to an injection apparatus, a pneumatic piston and cylinder assembly operatively connected to the fluid piston and cylinder for drawing fluid into and discharging fluid from the fluid piston and cylinder assembly, a four-way valve connected to control the operation of the pneumatic piston and cylinder assembly, a manual control valve connected to move the four-way valve to a first position to raise the pneumatic piston and cylinder assembly to fill the fluid piston and cylinder assembly and a pressure sensing valve responsive to a drop in pressure in the pneumatic piston and cylinder assembly, and being connected to move the said four-way valve back to the original position to reverse the motion of the pneumatic piston and cylinder assembly and thereby discharge fluid from the fluid piston and cylinder assembly to the injection assem

Abstract: Fumigation apparatus for placing solid fumigant in grain in ship holds, using a gas-permeable sleeve that is telescoped within an elongated tubular probe to be driven into the grain by a probe manipulator mechanism. The mechanism has three sets of drive rollers in a housing that is clamped around the lower end portion of the probe at the surface of the grain, the mechanism being releasably secured to a foldable base platform and driven by a power operator including a reversible electric motor and a reduction gear box. The sleeve is fabric, having a funnel-shaped open upper end and a closed lower end above a flap or tail for hanging out of the probe during installation. A flexible line is secured to the probe for repeated use in pulling sleeves into the probe for rapid placement of the sleeves after introduction of fumigant.

Abstract: A flowable filling is placed in a piece of bread to make a sandwich by first blocking the front end of a tube extending along a longitudinal axis and having a rear end axially behind the front tube end and then filling the tube behind the blocked front end with a mass of the filling. Subsequently a piston is provided to close the rear end of the tube behind the mass and the filled tube is poked into the piece of bread. The filled tube is then withdrawn from the piece of bread while holding the piston nondisplaceable and unblocking the front end of the tube so that the filling is left in the bread. The tube is of a diameter smaller than that of the piece of bread and is normally at least as long as the piece of bread. The front end is normally pointed so it can be poked into the bread to form its own hole.

Abstract: A meat tenderizing needle is sharpened to provide first and second side faces which converge and meet at its distal end to form a pair of sharp tangs which are separated by a notch. The first and second side faces having first and second root edges extending along the perimeter of the passage formed in the distal end of the needle. The first root edge is sharp and forms a cutting edge toward which sinew in the meat which is being penetrated by the needles will be guided by the notch to be cut by the cutting edge rather than merely deflected out of the path of the needle.

Abstract: An apparatus for placement of selected quantities of gas-producing solid fumigant at selected locations within the depth of a bulk-stored commodity within a storage compartment, such as grain loaded into the hold of a ship. The invention comprises a fabric sleeve projecting downwardly into the grain with a closed lower end at a selected depth, and an open filler pipe received into the sleeve through which a selected quantity of fumigant is poured. The filler pipe is withdrawn to leave the fumigant at a selected depth within the sleeve, whereupon the grain comprises against and closes upper unfilled sleeve portions thereby isolating the fumigant at a selected depth within the grain where it produces penetrating toxic gases to extreminate pests. In one form, the sleeve and filler pipe are inserted as an assembly to a relatively shallow depth within the grain subsequent to loading of the hold.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for rapidly changing the internal temperature of meat by the use of gas. More specifically, discrete areas of the meat are subjected to gas, such as air, under pressure and at a temperature higher than the desired temperature for the meat, if it is to be heated, or at a lower temperature than the desired temperature for the meat, if it is to be cooled.This invention relates to a method and apparatus for changing the internal temperature of meat by the use of gas under pressure.

Abstract: A food steamer includes a housing that contains a steam generating chamber covered by a removable top plate that mounts a plurality of steam injection needles. Steam is conveyed from the chamber upwardly through the needles, exiting through the upper open end of the needles. The needle mounting plate is removably secured to the housing by way of a U-shaped pin which threads through mating projecting portions on opposite sides of the plate and on opposite sides of the chamber. The plate may be removed by pulling outwardly on the U-shaped pin and lifting the plate off of the housing. A removable cover is mountable on the housing over the injection needles. A drawer is slidable into and out of the cover and includes a portion for containing the food item to be warmed. The interior of the drawer communicates with the upper open end of the needles so that the food within the interior of the drawer may be steamed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for introducing and distributing additives into bodies of meat and the like. The apparatus includes a cylindrical member retained in a hollow cylindrical tubular member, the tubular member engaging with an additive reservoir. The cylindrical member performs as a plunger to dispense additives from the reservoir into the hollow cylinder which in turn are projected by the plunger into the meat or the like. The free end of the hollow cylinder is applied or inserted into meat or the like being cooked for consumption. The reservoir also contains a plunger.

Abstract: A liquid basting injector for poultry or the like has a reservoir of liquid basting material connected by a conduit to a hollow cylindrical dispensing chamber in which a dispensing piston and rod are mounted for reciprocation; power cylinder means has a power rod connected to the dispensing piston and rod for reciprocating same to draw a measured amount of basting material into the chamber and then dispense it through an injector needle connected to the chamber by a flexible hose. An adjustable stop is positioned to be engaged by the upper end of the power rod of the power cylinder for limiting the extent of movement of the power cylinder and the dispensing piston to adjust the amount of liquid basting material drawn into the dispensing chamber in accordance with a predetermined value dependent upon the weight of the poultry into which the liquid basting material is to be injected.

Abstract: Means to induce a flow of air from the interior to the exterior of a block of porous material; comprising a chamber adapted to house said block and to be maintained during an operative cycle at an air pressure less than ambient air pressure; means to locate and to grip the block within said chamber; an injector needle assembly including an injector needle adapted to penetrate the said block after it has been located by the said gripping means; and means to move the injector needle into said block to allow air to flow through the said needles into and through the said porous block.

Abstract: "Method of Meat Tenderizing", is a tenderizing process in which a calculated amount of wine, spirit or suitable permeable solution, relative to the size of the dead animal i.e. rabbit, sheep, cattle, swine, deer, moose and the like is injected into the vascular system under pressure from a pump apparatus when the animal is in a post mortem state of primary flacidity and prior to any debleeding or mutilation of parts via a major artery and the intra-vascular pressure is allowed to build until the venous system is distended and at that point a major vein is opened and allowed to drain. The solution is continually pumped through the vascular system until all the blood is flushed from the system. The process is completed once the arterial, capillary and venous systems are flushed and saturated with wine, spirits or suitable permeable solution and the animal is eviscerated and the carcass is allowed to hang at 38.degree. F.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an insertable article for altering the cure rate and chemical composition of an object thus pierced which includes an elongated shaft, preferably formed from heat conductive material, and recesses extending along the length of the shaft provided with areas around the recess for the disposition of chemicals therein. The shaft has a terminus which is pointed for ease in insertion into the object, and the support areas and recesses are so disposed on an outer face of the shaft that the cure rate of the article and its chemical configuration is altered by a gradual leaching outwardly of the chemicals and a cure rate pattern altered by the heat conductive shaft.

Abstract: A pressurized injection steamer for heating food items such as pastries, rolls or the like to render them appetizing both in appearance and taste. The steamer includes a pressurized steam generating chamber below a food supporting surface. The food supporting surface includes a plurality of upstanding, hollow injector needles having one or more steam outlet holes adjacent the upper end upon which the food items to be steam heated are impaled. A generally horizontal, non-heat conducting elongated tube enters the steam chamber through one of the side walls for spraying tap water through side orifices into the steam chamber and the water falls onto a subjacent heated platen for immediate vaporization. An apertured baffle plate above the water inlet tube prevents non-vaporized liquid from entering the open bottoms of the hollow needles. The elongated tube is further insulated to prevent heating of the incoming water through the walls of the steam generating chamber.

Abstract: An appliance for domestic use in pre-basting, seasoning and tenderizing meat and poultry. The appliance comprises in a single hand held unit, one or more hollow needles through which liquid such as baste or tenderizer is injected into the meat or poultry, a reservoir which accommodates the liquid, and a pump, which pumps the liquid from the reservoir through the injection needles.

Abstract: A plurality of needles is injected into a food product to create a plurality of cavity voids in said product, and a metered quantity of fluid is injected through said needles into said cavity voids while said needles are within said food product, said quantity of fluid being metered to be equal substantially to the volume of said cavity voids.

Abstract: An upwardly open chest has a hinged lid, and oppositely movable roller blinds to close an upper compartment in which food can be cooked, or stored at normal refrigerator temperatures. A steam rod support structure slides parallel the lid's hinge line for selectively cooking food in this compartment, and front doors provide access to a frozen food storage compartment. Conventional steam cooking and refrigeration cycle components circulate cooling or heating fluid to coils or moist steam outlet pipes in certain compartments selectively.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for inserting solid spices and liquid spices into the interior of meat for seasoning prior to cooking. The apparatus are disclosed comprises a reservoir for holding the spices, a tapered meat-piercing rod inserted into the interior of meat by application of pressure from a tube containing a measured amount of spices. After reaching the desired depth, the tapered rod is withdrawn, leaving the spices in the meat, and the tube is recharged with spices for repetition of the injection process. Injecting pressure can be exerted on the tapered rod by a handle acting against spring bias means, or by compression of a trigger and handle apparatus.

Abstract: A meat tenderizer device comprising a body having a tubular portion and an enlarged head. A plunger is mounted for reciprocating movement within the tubular portion and has a seal thereon thereby isolating the volume between the seal and the head. The head has circumferentially spaced axially extending projections with tapered points and passages extending from the projections to the area within said tubular portion between the seal and the head. The passages have one end terminating in spaced relation to the points and the other end extending axially and radially inwardly to the interior of the tubular portion of the body.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for introducing and distributing meat additives into bodies of meat are described. The apparatus includes a cylindrical container having a detachable pointed tip for piercing the body of meat and may also include a plunger to fit inside the container to force the additives to deposit along a uniform path in the meat when the cylindrical container is withdrawn.

Abstract: A basting device for injecting fluid flavoring material under pressure, said device including a hollow elongated member with perforations adjacent one end and with an annular flange adjacent the other end. A tip having a pointed head for penetrating a food article is threadedly attached to the end of the elongated member adjacent the perforations. A bowl is threadedly attached to the flange, said flange forming a cover and including peripheral grooves communicating with the bowl for pressure relief if the device becomes plugged, said elongated member extending through the flange and including perforations for straining the flavoring fluid.

Abstract: A dispensing head having a plurality of prong-like nozzles is useful for impregnating meat with tenderizing and flavoring liquids. It may be fitted onto a pressure dispenser of the conventional type containing a bag to hold the liquid, a gas pressure space thereabout, and a reciprocable dispensing valve. The head so utilized has an inlet leading to a flushable chamber communicating to several prong-liked nozzles which project on parallel axes from a meat pressing surface, preferably having a rim. Pressing this surface so spreads the meat against the sides of the nozzles as to seal them against the escape of liquid dispensed under superatmospheric pressure, thus forcing it to impregnate the meat. The dispensing head is readily flushed; and provisions are made for re-mounting on the valve stem without discharging the contents of the container.

Abstract: A comb-like injection apparatus comprising a hollow manifold and a plurality of hollow tines extending therefrom, is inserted longitudinally of a poultry carcass between the skin and flesh, thereof, and the tines are forced into the flesh. The apparatus comprises a single hollow slender manifold having a plurality of hollow tines connected and extending perpendicular and comb-like to the manifold. The tines are spaced along two-thirds or less of a closed end of the manifold and have closed pointed ends. The hollow tines have orifices and the tines communicate with the hollow interior of the manifold. Thereafter, a liquid additive is forced through the manifold and tines and through orifices therein and ejected into the flesh.