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    Meat band saw

    Did anyone ever posted about band meat saws?What is the difference between a saw from home depot and a saw made for meat only?Is it possible to use a band saw from home depot just with a different band?Is it worth the money or just debone everything?Thanks.

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    Re: Meat band saw

    Quote Originally Posted by Apolonius View Post
    Did anyone ever posted about band meat saws?What is the difference between a saw from home depot and a saw made for meat only?Is it possible to use a band saw from home depot just with a different band?Is it worth the money or just debone everything?Thanks.
    I'm curious about this too; slowly, slowly I want to add this to the personal butchering tooling I have at home. So far I just used a hand saw on big bones or straight out axe.
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    Re: Meat band saw

    Just bought a Waring band saw a few weeks ago. Need to move into the new house before I can use it.
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    Re: Meat band saw

    A regular band saw is not designed for easy cleaning of the gunk that will be everywhere.
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    Re: Meat band saw

    Quote Originally Posted by Xenomorph View Post
    I'm curious about this too; slowly, slowly I want to add this to the personal butchering tooling I have at home. So far I just used a hand saw on big bones or straight out axe.
    I use a sawzall on big bones.

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    Re: Meat band saw

    I was thinking about T-bone steaks and ribs.I just find the taste that the bone gives appealing.Also hear some guys cut the meat frozen,faster and not much mess.Just kind of started thinking about it and want to see what the members have to say.

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    Re: Meat band saw

    If you are going to buy a band saw for meat consider the real McCoy. Years ago I bought what I thought was a suitable saw and was disappointed. You need one with a fairly broad blade and a decent sized motor. Someone who posted about the cleaning aspect was right on the money. Those $ 300 saws from Home Depot et al are not intended for meat and quite simply do not do a good job. Nasty to clean. Problems keeping the narrow blade tracking correctly and junky little guides. Fine for building bird houses etc. but that's all.


    I have a combination saw/grinder on loan right now from a friend and look fwd to using it in the next few days. It is old, but built to last and designed specifically for meat.

    Meat is best cut just shy of frozen and keep a plastic spatula on hand for a quick scrape to remove any bone grindings. This will improve appearance and flavour. I agree with you. Some cuts are nice with a bone included. Butterfly chops are great.
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    Re: Meat band saw

    I also find deboning everything a little labour intensive and tiresome. Nice to take whole bone-in rump roast or back rack and just lop it into steaks and chops. These present so well when cooking for company.
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    Re: Meat band saw

    We freeze the rear quarters and the spine section . We take all meat from neck front quarters and other little extras and make burger . After the quarters and spine section are frozen we buzz the spine in half and cut the chops . Then we take the rears and cut steaks 1/2 " to 1" in thickness and vacuum seal it all . Works great and its fast . Band saw is a must have .

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    Re: Meat band saw

    We bought a meat band saw a few years ago, and I was having a bitch of a time trying to push the pork chop sections of meat directly onto the blade, seemed when I used the guides, the chunk of meat would push the blade to one side or the other, so bad a few times it cut into the top part? So, I said to heck with using the guides and simply held the chunk of meat and ran it through the blade, works great now! And, you have to read the instructions on how to clean the band saw when your done, Properly! It takes me about 20 minutes to strip it down, clean it and put it back together again when were done cutting, which isn't too bad. And yes, it's nice on some animals to have a T-bone steak look just like a T-bone steak, Bone In!


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