Shoutout to the guy at the Iowa State Fair who showed me how to break down a whole hog in 20 minutes

I watched him slide through the shoulder seam like butter and now I can't go back to my old hack-and-saw method, anyone else pick up a crazy fast trick from watching a pro at a competition?

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jessica_hall497d ago

oh man that shoulder seam thing is a game changer right? i saw a guy at a local competition break down a brisket in like ten minutes and my mind was blown, still can't do it that fast but it made me rethink everything

josephbutler7d ago

Oh dude, I feel you so hard on this, lol. Watching someone break down meat that clean makes you feel like you have two left thumbs.

blakem377d ago

@jessica_hall49 nailed it with the brisket thing, I tried that shoulder seam trick on a pork butt at home and ended up with something that looked more like a crime scene than a butcher job.