Process for large-scale automated production of frozen packaged thin kebab slices comprises feeding a meat mixture into a meat grinder. The meat mixture is provided to an extruder which presses the meat mixture out through one or more openings. The extruded meat is provided to a flattening system forming thin kebab slices which can be grilled. Excessive fat can be removed from the grilled kebab slices which are then cut into shorter slices and frozen, The frozen kebab slices can be weighed and packaged, The packaged kebab slices pass a metal detector which discards packaged meat with metal objects.