Poultry wings are suspended by their tip segments and oriented so that
their outside surfaces face one side of the processing path, with right
wings oriented with their elbows leading, and left wings oriented with
their elbows trailing. The lower, primary segments are bent at the elbow
joints by a bending guide, laterally and upwardly about an elbow guide,
opening the elbow joints. The open joints are cut so as to release the
primary segments. The mid-wing segments are compressed and the bone ends
are moved laterally from the wing tip segments, causing the bone ends of
the mid-wing segments to pop out of the tip segments. In both instances,
the bones of the segments are exposed in the final products, so when the
products are cooked, the exposed bone ends are free of grease, etc. and
are suitable for grasping by the fingers of the hand for eating as finger
food.