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Is a meat tenderizer patented?

Short answer: specific designs of a meat tenderizer have been patented many times, but "a meat tenderizer" as a general idea is not what is protected. What matters is the exact combination of features in your version.

What our index shows
  • 39 US and WO patent publications since 2000 have a title matching “meat tenderiz” or a close variant (our index of 9.7 million patent families; one publication per family).
  • Among the 39 best keyword matches we examined, 9 were published in 2020 or later, and the earliest was published in 2000.
  • Most frequent assignees in those matches: FU LIJUN (2), GOROWSKI WIKTOR E (2), DOYLE WILLIAM (1), DENI LEONARD (1).
  • Most common patent classes (CPC subclasses): A22C (32), A23L (7), A23B (6), B65D (2).

Counts come from keyword matching on titles and abstracts, so they are indicative, not a legal count. Some matches are different products that share a word.

14 real patent publications related to a meat tenderizer

  1. Meat Tenderizer with Adjustable Spacing US-2025064069-A1 2025 · SHAO YONGAN
    The utility model discloses a meat tenderizer with adjustable spacing, which relates to the field of meat processing technology. The meat tenderizer with adjustable spacing comprises a fixing frame, an installation chamber, a driv…
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  2. Enclosed and collapsible meat tenderizer US-12317902-B2 2025 · MIRDA KEVIN ANTHONY
    A lidded collapsible tub receives meat, and includes a hole in the lid through which a hand-driven tenderizer may repeatedly strike the meat during manual operation, using a piston-like action while the chef holds a rod. Because t…
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  3. Detachable and easily cleanable meat tenderizer US-11344034-B1 2022 · FU LIJUN
    The invention discloses a detachable and easily cleanable meat tenderizer, which includes a housing, a blade holder, a blade and a baffle plate. The blade is mounted in the blade holder. The housing is internally provided with a c…
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  4. Spice injection-type meat tenderizer US-2022338490-A1 2022 · Shao Liangdong
    The present disclosure provides a spice injection-type meat tenderizer including a spice storage chamber, a tenderizer injection assembly, a sleeve assembly, and a piston assembly. The tenderizer injection assembly comprises a con…
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  5. Meat tenderizer US-9351497-B1 2016 · PARKMAN PHILLIP L
    A meat tenderizer having a handle; a plurality of spaced apart curved blades; a plurality of cross bars; a right side plate; and a left side plate, the convex edges of the curved blades not being sharpened, the blades attached at …
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  6. Combination handheld meat tenderizer and marinade injector US-8888570-B2 2014 · DOYLE WILLIAM
    An improved meat tenderizing appliance for domestic use in which both mechanical and chemical tenderizing processes are implemented in an easily cleaned, handheld unit operated by the mechanical movement of the device. A small pum…
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  7. Double function, hand operated meat tenderizer with quick release clip US-8911285-B1 2014 · GOROWSKI WIKTOR E
    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 s…
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  8. Meat tenderizer US-2011207389-A1 2011 · DENI LEONARD
    A hand operated meat tenderizer comprising a generally semicircular housing having an elliptical horizontal cross-section opening with an axle mounted across the opening. A rotary blade assembly comprising at least one blade segme…
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  9. Meat tenderizer with disposable face plates US-7862408-B1 2011 · WEINSTEIN CORI
    A meat tenderizer with disposable face plates requires that a fresh face plate be chosen for each use to prevent cross contamination from one use of the tenderizer to the next. The table or tables of the tenderizer head are flat a…
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  10. Hand-operable meat tenderizer and marinator US-2010105307-A1 2010 · ZIMMERMAN ISRAEL HARRY
    A hand-operable meat preparation device includes a handle, a meat tenderizer controllable through the handle to tenderize a cut of meat while introducing vibrational or other work forces therein, and a marinator controllable throu…
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  11. Rolling meat tenderizer US-2009176446-A1 2009 · BRUBAKER JOHN
    A machine for tenderizing meat. Said machine includes a textured roller and a smooth plate between which untenderized meat is fed for tenderizing. Pressure is applied to the untenderized meat as it passes between the roller and pl…
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  12. Double function-hand operated meat tenderizer US-7182685-B2 2007 · GOROWSKI VICTOR
    Disclosed is a double function-hand operated meat tenderizer according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a handle being formed of two components, a blade assembly being detachably mounted between the tw…
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  13. Rotating head meat tenderizer US-7011575-B2 2006 · CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORP
    A system for tenderizing meat that minimizes the probability of cross-contamination between successive pieces of meat product is disclosed. The apparatus includes at least one tenderizing head, a tenderizing station for supporting…
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  14. Meat tenderizer with force limiting apparatus and orthogonal blade set US-6533653-B1 2003
    A mechanical meat tenderizer having the features of a force-limiting apparatus and an orthogonal blade set. The tenderizer comprises a set of orthogonal knife cutting blades and a reciprocable head for releasably holding individua…
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What this means for your idea

Because patents cover specific combinations of features, the useful question is not “has a meat tenderizer been patented?” but “has my combination of features been described before?” Kitchen gadgets are a crowded, mature field; novelty usually sits in one specific mechanism, the material, or how two familiar functions are combined.

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First-look landscape. Not exhaustive. Not legal advice. This page lists keyword-matched publications from a limited database; it does not say whether any product is or isn't covered by a patent, whether a patent is still in force, or whether your idea is patentable. Consult a registered patent attorney or agent.