roller 46 is placed downstream of hopper 18 to engage the food product with a slight pressure to press the breading material into firm engagement with the food product such that a high quality bread crumb coating is provided as the food product continues to move through enclosure 12 any excess bread crumbs or breading material will be allowed or caused to fall and collect in a lower region of the frame enclosure 12 specifically an aperture may be provided along the upper belt run 14a at 48 downstream of the tamping roller 46 and a belt vibrator element 50 may be positioned underneath the upper belt run 14a to be rotatable on a shaft extending across frame 12 the vibrator element 50 is provided with cam surfaces or spaced knobs 51 thereon which are disposed about its periphery such that the vibrator element when rotated will provide a slight physical vibration to the conveyer belt 14 to shake excess bread crumb material therefrom thus any excess bread crumb material which is carried by upper belt run 14a will be made to fall into the bottom of enclosure frame 12 and onto the lower belt run 14b therein with the breaded.