David Munson
TVWBB Super Fan
We butchered Saturday three beef with a small group of friends. None of these beef are mine; my family is helping so we get help for our beef. These beef were larger than normal and had better marbling in part because the cows were three years old. The farmer (& family) is part of the group. It took a bit over 8 hours and cleanup mostly done by 4 p.m.
While this is not what I think of as charcuterie, I feel it does pertain to the art. Images have been down-sized to about 75k ea.
Overview of operation: The stainless table is used for packaging the beef and the cut table is made of polyethylene (3/4" cutting board material). Most of the equipment came from a butcher shop that went out of business. We do raise the tables up a bit higher to make it easier to work.
Walk in cooler, beef hung for two weeks.
Cut Table (5 images)
cut table
trimming the hind quarter
bone in strip steaks. Every one chooses exactly how they want their beef done. This family wanted filets trimmed and bone in ny strip steaks.
front quarter
first cut front quarter
Packing Table
hamburger is processed in about 25 lb lots
everyone chooses how much fat to add and where the fat is from
Grinder, Tenderizer
lots of help
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grinding burger
tenderizer
Big and Beautiful
dino ribs (that guy in the center is 6'-4" & 300+ - the ribs make him look small)
The steaks were beautiful. You can't get fresher than this.
Each half beef (these cows were larger than normal) provided 5-6 25 lb buckets of hamburger and a couple coolers of steaks and roasts. Lunch (hamburgers) was delicious.
While this is not what I think of as charcuterie, I feel it does pertain to the art. Images have been down-sized to about 75k ea.
Overview of operation: The stainless table is used for packaging the beef and the cut table is made of polyethylene (3/4" cutting board material). Most of the equipment came from a butcher shop that went out of business. We do raise the tables up a bit higher to make it easier to work.
Walk in cooler, beef hung for two weeks.
Cut Table (5 images)
cut table
trimming the hind quarter
bone in strip steaks. Every one chooses exactly how they want their beef done. This family wanted filets trimmed and bone in ny strip steaks.
front quarter
first cut front quarter
Packing Table
hamburger is processed in about 25 lb lots
everyone chooses how much fat to add and where the fat is from
Grinder, Tenderizer
lots of help
grinding burger
tenderizer
Big and Beautiful
dino ribs (that guy in the center is 6'-4" & 300+ - the ribs make him look small)
The steaks were beautiful. You can't get fresher than this.
Each half beef (these cows were larger than normal) provided 5-6 25 lb buckets of hamburger and a couple coolers of steaks and roasts. Lunch (hamburgers) was delicious.
