I bought 1 of these last night. I've never tried 1 before. Now I need to get a deer
I was looking into the meat tenderizers that you shake the spice on your meat but noticed they're too high in sodium for me it seems

That'll work fine for all meats. Just takes a few minutes. Also, for smashing garlic, nuts, whole peppercorns, etc. :-)

my son wanted to make some sort of flat steak thing it was cheap beef smashed thing , breaded and fried it was good , we had no such tool

I washed up a fairly new 2# dead blow hammer put parchment paper over the meat and hammered it down it worked well

I look at those meat tenderizers from time to time , but I mostly grind the tough stuff.

Wicked looking tool

I have a Cuber attachment for my grinder that works REAL well.

I use a 48 blade tenderizer which works great. $ 10 at Walmart

Yes it is

Yep, the chemical tenderizers are full of sodium. Cubed steak is your answer, or you can cook a roast to death in the oven with potatoes, onions, carrots, and mushroom soup.

I flatten chicken breast between plastic wrap with a mallet tenderizer all the time it works great. I also do it with venison cuts till it's real thin, then I put cheese, parsley and jalapenos on it, then roll it up and cook on the grill. Take off when cheese is melted and cut into rounds.

We cut the majority of our venison up into a Skoal can sized little steaks. Pound those out and chicken fry is delicious. Another is same treatment but instead of frying just lightly oil cast iron skillet and sear them for about 1 minute on each side. Makes great lil tender steaks your family will love

Yep, same here

The hammer style tenderizers don't actually tenderize, they just flatten

The blade style tenderizers will flatten by breaking the connective tissues that cause toughness in the meat

Buy a pork loin. Cut off slices. Pound em out with that meat hammer for tenderloin sandwiches. Need someplace other then your counter top for the pounding.

I bought mine for venison & I've been told by several that the gritty end of the tenderizer indeed tenderizes instead of just flattening it. I haven't tried it yet though.

Every household round here has those from yesteryear! Must work!

They do seem like a staple in many traditional homes. Good point.