Meat hammer ?

[Cycledude]

Anyone here ever use one ?
A 93 years old friend was talking about his mother using one many years ago to make steaks much more tender, I had never even heard of a meat hammer before.

 

[grsthegreat]

Seen them used before on real tough cuts of meat. Me, if its that tough, i aint eating it.

 

[5030]

Wife has one in the drawer. never gets used. If it's tough, soak in incider...lol

 

[FullMetalBucket]

We have a meat hammer and tenderizer. Each have their uses. Good for chicken as well, not just beef. Some times it’s just to make a cut flat and more even if you’re making something stuffed.

 

[MossRoad]

Anyone here ever use one ?
A 93 years old friend was talking about his mother using one many years ago to make steaks much more tender, I had never even heard of a meat hammer before.

I use one pretty often to make chicken Kiev and chicken cordon bleu. Never used it on steaks.

 

[alexpops]

Grew up with one, and still use one occasionally. Beef, pork, veal and chicken cutlets all benefit if making schnitzels or scallopini. Mine has a toothed "tenderizer" face and a flat "thinning" side.

 

[oldnslo]

I made one in high school shop class many, many years ago. It does help tenderize but my wife uses it more often for breaking up ice chunks.

 

[34Willys]

Ha! I also made one in high school. Gave us experience on metal casting, lathe, and mill working.
Used mine on Abalone.
Patrick

 

[scootr]

If the price of beef goes any higher I'll be looking for one

 

[2515R Dude]

I use it very often, it is not only to tenderize, many recipes call for using it as it was mentioned above.

 

[etpm]

Yeah, I have one and use it from time to time. The toothed side is great for tenderizing a chunk of beef for chicken fried steak, or anything else that uses cubed steak, which is very hard to find in stores these days. The flat side is great for flattening chicken breasts prior to making anything that requires the meat to be wrapped around something. It also works well on flattening pork.
Eric

 

[grsthegreat]

If my wife had one….she’d probably use it on me.

 

[2515R Dude]

If my wife had one….she’d probably use it on me.

No, if she wanted, she would use a frying pan or rolling pin

 

[Cycledude]

Local Walmart carries one made of aluminum for less than $10 but the reviews ain’t good, seems like most folks recommend buying one made of stainless steel

 

[Molalla1]

If the price of beef goes any higher I'll be looking for one

Do it scootr! We do it every year . . . with so many kids, grandkids, and one great grandchild and who knows what else is coming ?. (actually, my son does most of the work now ).

 

[KennyG]

Back in the day of grass fed beef, everyone had one. Years ago, when we had a grocery store, we had a machine that we would feed pieces of thin beef through and then sell them as "tenderized steak".

 

[otlski]

We have several types and use one all the time. Chicken or veal parmigiana are fork-cuttable tender. Other lightly breaded chicken fillets with a salad as summer meal. Pound out a whole pork tenderloin into a thin sheet to stuff and roll up with spinach, onions, and mushrooms. Also, helps meats marinate faster and more thoroughly.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Local Walmart carries one made of aluminum for less than $10 but the reviews ain’t good, seems like most folks recommend buying one made of stainless steel

IMHO, the hammer doesn't have anything on the ones that have about a dozen spikes that you press into the meat, I use one on all the deer ham fry meat that I cut up every year , it makes a huge difference in the tenderness of the fry meat, they sell them on Amazon starting at about $10.00.

 

[Cycledude]

IMHO, the hammer doesn't have anything on the ones that have about a dozen spikes that you press into the meat, I use one on all the deer ham fry meat that I cut up every year , it makes a huge difference in the tenderness of the fry meat, they sell them on Amazon starting at about $10.00.

Looks like Amazon sells the same two sided aluminum hammer as Walmart for about the same price $9
The stainless steel two sided hammer on Amazon costs three times as much $29
If I do buy one it will probably be the $9 one from my local Walmart

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Looks like Amazon sells the same two sided aluminum hammer as Walmart for about the same price $9
The stainless steel two sided hammer on Amazon costs three times as much $29
If I do buy one it will probably be the $9 one from my local Walmart

The one I am talking about is not a hammer, look up meat tenderizing tool on Amazon , I bought the one that has a rounded handle for $8.99, but any of that style will work wonders.