Hobart 403 Tenderizer

The Hobart 403 Tenderizer is a powerful and efficient meat-processing solution designed to deliver consistently tenderized cuts for commercial kitchens, butcher shops, and supermarkets. Equipped with a ½ HP motor and stainless steel knit knife blades, this tenderizer ensures high-quality meat preparation while maintaining efficiency and safety.
 
Its durable, burnished aluminum housing provides long-lasting performance, while the interlock system and plastic guide inside the guard enhance safety during operation. The lift-out frame allows for quick and easy cleaning, ensuring hygiene compliance in professional food preparation settings.
 
Key Features:
Superior Performance:
Lower profile with cut-outs allows meat to be inserted closer to the blades for faster, easier operation.
Knit-Knife stainless steel blades tenderize and knit meat for a seamless, solid steak texture after cooking.
Optional 3/8" Strip Cutter Knives and Star Knives provide added versatility for delicate cuts, fajitas, salads, and garnishes.
Ease of Use:
Maximum meat thickness: 3/4".
Translucent guard for clear visibility of product processing.
Lift-out unit frame simplifies cleaning and maintenance.
Enhanced Safety:
Interlock system with remote magnetic sensing switches prevents operation if the guard or motor housing is not securely in place.
Integral chute keeps hands safely distanced from tenderizing blades during operation.
Durable & Hygienic Design:
Burnished aluminum housing is both easy to clean and designed to hold a pan for prepped products.
Plastic guides inside the guard prevent meat from folding unintentionally for precise processing.
 
The Hobart 403 Tenderizer is your all-in-one solution for professional-grade meat preparation. From tenderizing to cutting and beyond, this versatile machine ensures consistent, high-quality results every time. Perfect for chefs, butchers, and foodservice professionals seeking efficiency and precision.
 
Accessories (Available at extra cost)
3 ⁄8" Strip Cutter Knives: Cut flank steak, sirloin, chicken breast or pork for stir fry for fajitas; strip cut cooked ham, turkey, or cheese for chef salads or garnishes; comes with a storage holder
Star Knives: Rollers use an 11-tooth pointed star blade to produce a lighter, less dense tenderizing cut for more delicate meats
 
Technical Specifications:
Electrical: 115/60/1. Also available in 220/60/1 and 220-240/50/1(not submitted for UL listing).
 
Motor: 1 ⁄2 HP., totally-enclosed, fan-cooled, single-phase, capacitor-start, induction-run type
 
Switches: Manual 2 pole type. Cord and Plug: 6-foot, 3-wire cord and plug for grounding. Plug not furnished on export models.
 
Interlock System: Interlocked on translucent guard and motor housing. Remote electro-magnetic sensing switches detect if guard or motor housing are not in place and prevent feed. Switches cannot be mechanically blocked. Integral chute in translucent guard keeps hands at safe distance from tenderizing knives. Pilot light warns when machine switch is ON even though machine is inoperable because translucent guard or motor housing is not in place.
 
Transmission: Hardened steel worm drives forged bronze worm gear in fluid grease bath. Counter-rotation of tenderizing knives obtained through spur gears mounted on hardened and ground alloy steel stub shafts. Gears sealed in cast transmission case. Motor, worm and gear case are an integral unit for precision mount-in and easy cleaning. Bath lubricated needle and ball anti-friction bearings in transmission case. Grease packed ball bearings in motor.
 
Blades & Shaft: Blades and shaft are made of heavy-duty stainless steel.
 
Cleaning Combs: Satin finish stainless steel, easily removable. Combs guide meat between rollers, automatically prevents any accumulation of meat between knives.
 
Lift Out Unit Frame: Cast aluminum with special bearings. Contains set of stainless steel shafts and cleaning combs hinged to swing free from blades for unit cleaning – combs can be removed easily. Automatic unit lock holds assembly in place.
 
Housing: Housing consists of cast aluminum gear case and motor housing and high impact plastic translucent guard. Lift out unit nested by cast aluminum support on stainless steel tie bars and shield. Unit designed to be quickly and easily cleaned.
 
Weight: Shipping – 66 lb.; Net - 56 lb.