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  • #16
    I have a chest freezer the same size. It holds about 250lbs of Blue Ridge Beef rolls.

    I also have a 15+ cu ft upright that stores my chicken, turkey, pork and misc meats.
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    • #17
      Originally posted by KatieRae View Post


      Well, after a ridiculous amount of chaos from Best Buy after they tried sending me home with a half-crushed freezer, Apollo finally has his own freezer! Yay! Haha excuse the awkwardly colored floor; these apartments carpets change colors as you walk on them [emoji19]
      He has that "I will guard this freezer with my life" look

      After spending 3 hours cutting up 60lbs of beef heart, 30lbs of turkey necks (just cut them in half, but still a major PITA), and about 30lbs of pork loins, I am really wishing I got a bigger freezer. Not sure where the 30lbs of beef liver and 60lbs of boneless pork butts are going to go Freezer is almost full already. Granted, I could pack it a little better as it was midnight and I just wanted to get everything inside - but nonetheless, not going to fit another 90lbs in there.

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      • #18
        Get a heavy duty cleaver--I'm telling you, they are worth every penny. I got this one: http://www.eliterestaurantequipment....st4obh4fb1bph5

        Cuts up a chicken carcass in like four chops. Goes right through pork neck bones. Seriously.
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        • #19
          Originally posted by mnmouse View Post
          Get a heavy duty cleaver--I'm telling you, they are worth every penny. I got this one: http://www.eliterestaurantequipment....st4obh4fb1bph5

          Cuts up a chicken carcass in like four chops. Goes right through pork neck bones. Seriously.
          I LOVE a good cleaver.

          During turkey chopping season (weeks before Thanksgiving), I chop a LOT of turkeys. Unfortunately, the cleaver never survives the process (cheaper cleaver).

          I will have to give this one a try.
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          • #20
            Originally posted by mnmouse View Post
            Get a heavy duty cleaver--I'm telling you, they are worth every penny. I got this one: http://www.eliterestaurantequipment....st4obh4fb1bph5

            Cuts up a chicken carcass in like four chops. Goes right through pork neck bones. Seriously.
            I'll check that out! My wife was like - you need to do this on a table outside LOL.

            Especially if I can succeed in convincing her to get our second dane - she is on board for getting the Dane - but can't get past the sticker shock on reputable breeders. I may need to get creative - like tell her the puppy costs X dollars - and then make an anonymous "donation" from a bonus check for the balance

            ETA: I was using a cheap cleaver just to slice up the pork loin and semi-frozen beef hearts and it went through all that with ease, but I am sure any sharp knife would. I was to worried about splatter to take a large hack at the turkey necks so I was using poultry shears to cut up to the bone, then doing whatever I could to cut through the vertebrae, lol...turned out pulling and twisting worked - was only cutting them in half. Some were 20ounces a piece, and I want to use them in conjunction with boneless meat and organs, not as a whole meal.
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            • #21
              I have a good assortment of good cleavers (a gift from a friend who used to be a chef), but I prefer my super sharp chef's knife and a pair of garden shears. The shears chomp right through the bone, and there's no splatter. I cut meat inside because of our crop of lizards that chill on the porch, so I need a neat way to chop.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by SuzanneRM82 View Post
                I have a good assortment of good cleavers (a gift from a friend who used to be a chef), but I prefer my super sharp chef's knife and a pair of garden shears. The shears chomp right through the bone, and there's no splatter. I cut meat inside because of our crop of lizards that chill on the porch, so I need a neat way to chop.

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                I second the garden shears. I have a set to get through the bone....minimal effort!!
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                • #23
                  These garden shears go through turkey necks no problem?

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by dn89lx View Post
                    These garden shears go through turkey necks no problem?
                    Yep. And all parts of a chicken/turkey.

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                    • #25
                      Good, large garden shears work well, too. They don't cut meaty meat at all, though, I've discovered. A cleaver lets me slice and chop without switching tools.

                      I have a full back splash where I chop and nothing else on that particular area of counter. A quick spray of bleach and a wipe and no more splatter. I bleach after every meat session anyway. The splatter is a reasonable price (for me) to pay for chopping glee
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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by SuzanneRM82 View Post
                        Yep. And all parts of a chicken/turkey.

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                        Nice...I'll give that a try for sure!

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by mnmouse View Post
                          Good, large garden shears work well, too. They don't cut meaty meat at all, though, I've discovered. A cleaver lets me slice and chop without switching tools.

                          I have a full back splash where I chop and nothing else on that particular area of counter. A quick spray of bleach and a wipe and no more splatter. I bleach after every meat session anyway. The splatter is a reasonable price (for me) to pay for chopping glee
                          I have quite the image in my head...picturing a bunch of various meats lined up, a cleaver getting wielded overhead, maybe with some spin moves as you work down the counter...and a texas chainsaw massacre like scene afterwards

                          Just cutting up the beef hearts provided quite a bloody scene, and that was just slicing lol

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                          • #28
                            Kicks and spins and backflips...

                            Actually, I'm seriously scared of that cleaver. It's big and SHARP and totally capable of removing my fingers. I position the meat, then hold my left hand way up and away from my body (and no where near the cutting board!) and chop with my right.
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                            • #29
                              I'm not gonna lie. I am insanely jealous that you have a good spot for chopping. I have to lay my big cutting board across the kitchen sink. It works, but isn't stable enough for hacking gleefully with a gigantic cleaver lol.

                              ETA: I'm also jealous of anybody who has room for a gigantic freezer. I can't wait until we buy this house and can get the back porch set up for a freezer out there.

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