DESCRIZIONE
Methods for producing frozen pieces of coated meat, which method includes sequentially:
cutting meat into two or more pieces, each piece of meat having a desired weight, or obtaining two or more pieces of meat having a desired weight;
passing each piece of meat through a coating applicator and contemporaneously coating each piece of meat therein with a substantially dry particulate to produce pieces of coated meat;
collecting each piece of coated meat from the coating applicator using a conveyor system and conveying each piece of coated meat using the conveyor system to a freezer; and
freezing each piece of coated meat in the freezer to produce frozen pieces of coated meat. [Image Omitted]