The invention relates to a device (1) for shaping a string-shaped foodstuff (2), in particular a piece of meat (3), with a) a pressing chamber (18) which is delimited by walls (20) and of which at least one is by means of a pressing device (21 , 22, 23, 24) is movable and designed as a press ram (28, 29, 30, 31), whereby the press chamber (18) can be transferred from an initial state with a first enclosed volume to an end state with a second enclosed volume, b) a feed device (15) for feeding the food (2) into the pressing chamber (18), c) a discharge device (16) for discharging the food (2) from the pressing chamber (18), in order to provide a device that extends through a particularly compact design, it is provided that a press ram (28) of a first press device (21) that comes into contact with the food (2) located in the press chamber (18) is moved in such a way with at least one other Ri Attention movable second press device (22) and / or a wall (20) of the press chamber (18) is coupled that the second press device (22) as a whole and / or the aforementioned wall (20) together with the press ram (28) of the first press device (21) is movable relative to the food (2). In addition, the invention relates to a method for shaping a strand-like food (2), in particular a piece of meat (3).
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