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Finally got my beef trimming time down from 45 minutes to 22 per carcass half
I used to really struggle with breaking down a side of beef, took me almost an hour easy. Then about 3 months ago I watched an old timer at a shop in Denver show me how to follow the natural seams better. He said stop fighting the muscle groups and just let the knife do the work. Now I trim a half in 22 minutes flat and I'm not even winded. Has anyone else had a specific trick that cut their time in half like that?
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the_evan26d ago
Got shown the same trick a few years back. Learning to read the seams changed everything for me too. Now I can break down a whole forequarter in under 15 minutes without even hurrying.
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kim_west25d ago
The_ray, you're right that it sounds like crazy talk until you actually see it done. Once you figure out where those natural seams are, the whole thing just sort of falls apart in your hands, almost like a puzzle you've memorized. I remember the first time I tried it after watching someone, my knife was all over the place but eventually something clicked. Now it's muscle memory, you don't even think about where to cut next. Fifteen minutes feels slow when you're in the groove, honestly, but it's plenty fast for the rest of the world.
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