Fecha de publicación: 21/12/2022 Fuente: WIPO Meat The invention relates to a device (1) for shaping a strand-type food (2), in particular a piece of meat (3), comprising a pressing chamber (18), which is delimited by walls (20), wherein at least one of which can be moved by means of a pressing device (21, 22, 23, 24) and is designed as a pressing plunger (28, 29, 30, 31), whereby the pressing chamber (18) can be transferred from a starting state with a first enclosed volume into an end state with a second enclosed volume, b) a feed device (15) for feeding the foodstuff (2) into the pressing chamber (18) and c) a discharge device (16) for discharging the foodstuff (2) from the pressing chamber (18). In order to provide a device that can be easily integrated into conveyor system, the feeding device (15) and/or the discharge device (16) is a conveyor belt (17) which at least partially covers one of the walls (20) in an inner space (39) of the pressing chamber (18). The invention also relates to a method for shaping a strand-type food (2), in particular a piece of meat (3).