Re: Good meat processing kits ?
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A good steel, fine groove or smooth. A good semi flex boning knife, I prefer 6" curved. A small 12" or 14" I think bone saw. Three things, problem solved.
Sausage after the grinder, electric or hand depends on what you want.
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Re: Good meat processing kits ?
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Re: Good meat processing kits ?
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I wish I had a cooler big enough to hang a dressed steer carcass in. I think one would really be nice in south Mississippi . Pretty pricey. Would have to butcher a lot of meat to make it pay. I like a full sized bone saw. Nice to be able to split a back bone. Old timers used a big cleaver or axe. never tried that. i have a feeling there is a real learning curve. I tried a sawzall. Cant say I recommend that. may have been the blade i used though
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Re: Good meat processing kits ?
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Buy just what you need
Big cutting board 8 inch boning knife 10 inch breaking knife
Hand meat bone saw
Grinder
40 lbs hogs do well whole on a pit just saying This right here
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Re: Good meat processing kits ?
[Re: nvwrangler]
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Buy just what you need
Big cutting board 8 inch boning knife 10 inch breaking knife
Hand meat bone saw
Grinder
40 lbs hogs do well whole on a pit just saying yup , only thing I add to that list is a Diamond steel , but if you have another fast easy way to touch up your edge you are good I like the Dexter 12 inch https://www.amazon.com/Dexter-Russell-DDS-12PCP-Diamond-Sharpener-SILVER/dp/B081SSFYQPI like a 5 or 6 inch boning knife myself and an old hickory 7-7 butcher knife and a cutting board you could break those hogs down just fine add a gambrel and you can do the big ones fine also if you have a clean hack saw frame and blade they actually work quite well or buy a meat saw , meat saw are easier to get clean. you also don't need a grinder it is a time saver , but you could cube the meat also it comes down to most people make way to much of the tools a well prepared kitchen really only needs 3 knives , an 8 inch chefs knife , a parring knife and a serrated bread knife. to butcher a skinning knife , a boning knife and a butcher/ breaking knife and you are good to get meat on the table I use the cheap plastic ikea cutting boards I have had big boards and found them a pain to clean the 14 x18 boards fit in my dishwasher a cutting board only has 2 duties , protect the knife/counter and come clean easily. you could make a wood one if you can wash it clean. I like meat lugs because they have lids and I can stack them in my fridge but I worked with big bowls for a bunch of years I have the 3/4 hp LEM big bite grinder it makes short work out of 50-60 pounds of ground the amount of meat you get off a little 40 pound hog you be lucky to get 15 pounds of meat , you might as well make them 1/4s and put them all in a nesco roaster and make BBQ out of the whole pig you only need a knife or two for that
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Re: Good meat processing kits ?
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a tool I did without for a bunch of years , real hand saver , meat hook if you have the 10-15 dollars to spend well worth it , probably not much need on little pigs but deer and larger big hand saver. I like books , I looked through a bunch of butchering books and settled on this one , it has nice pictures and I could follow it decent
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Re: Good meat processing kits ?
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Go old school. Buy yourself a set of Old Hickory knives. Mix and match to get the ones you want, buy a couple at a time to keep them affordable. You can have a very nice nostalgic set to pass down to your kids and grandkids. Not like them plastic handled things. https://ontarioknife.com/collections/old-hickory%C2%AE-1 - you can get them cheaper on Amazon but this will let you know some of whats available. They will last many lifetimes if you take care of them. Here are some of mine. They still get used but not as often as dad and grandpa used them in the early 1900's.
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Re: Good meat processing kits ?
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Anyone got a reccomedation for a decent meat processing kits ? Want something that could help me turn a lil 40lbs hog into chops and sausage. Or would I come out better buying the stuff item by item ? We use to butcher every fall, 5-7 hogs at a time and I bought a bandsaw/grinder combo from Northern for around 200 at the time, and still use it 20 some years later. Its no high speed machine, ya have to be careful and not jam things trhu, but other than a couple new blades its worked flawlessly. Next would be a good stuffer.
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Re: Good meat processing kits ?
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Yard sales around here you see knives all the time = cheap and good ones in the mix if you look.......jk
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