Review of Microplane Meat Tenderizer

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I saw this product in a review in either popular mechanics or popular science magazine. I have purchased numerous products based on both magazine reviews and have never been disappointed. I tried it out first on a one inch thick round steak running the microplane in a rolling motion veretically, horizontally and at an angle on both sides. Grilled the steak to medium rare. I could not believe how tender the steak turned out. As for cleaning simple, use dish detergen and a soft bristle tooth brush. Thanks amazon. A great product at a great price.

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While I did not have a genuine Jaccard multi-bladed meat tenderizer, I did have a high quality version from the local wholesale market. It basically beat itself into a not very workable fashion in a time frame I thought not acceptable. When mentioned my problem to a friend, he showed me his similar model that the top section had been epoxied together, his second rendition.

When I saw the Microplane model I first thought, "No moving parts, especially parts that work in significant tension." I have a Microplane grater that I use for grating nutmeg and similar uses, and this wheelie thing sort of looked really cool. After using it on a tough beef steak, pork steak, chicken thighs, I must say I'm impressed. The reality is this is just a mini-handheld version of the way meat is cubed in your market. There is somewhat of a learning curve on rocking the device over the meat, rather than just pounding it into pieces and the blades are maybe 3/8 inches tall, so the blades really don't go all the way through the meat, but because it does cut the connecting tissue so well, it really does make the meat very tender and enlarges the result so a "chicken fired steak" tends to stay spread out, rather than shrink to the original shape, which seemed to be the case with the Jaccard type machines.

The only complaint that I can see is some people make have, is a concern with cleanliness. I do not believe that knives should go through a dishwasher, and this tenderizer is a series of very sharp knives. It does clean easily with a stiff brush under hot tap water, which I would believe is the preferred method of obtaining and maintaining sanitary usage. Furthermore it is way easier to clean than the Jaccard type tenderizers.

I plan to buy another one for my cabin in the woods. For hunters and those who are into grass fed beef and similar food sources, I highly recommend you give this a try, and forget the Jaccard devices, or as a replacement, when those self destruct.

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My wife says she loves it but you have to be very very careful because the little blades are really sharp and it is easy to stick yourself. But WOW, does it do a great job.

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Excellent product. The tenderizer performs as advertised. It is easy to use and works well with all types of meat except chicken.

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It was a great gift for a man who likes to cook all different types of meat dishes. He thought it was cleverly designed for uniformly tenderizing meats.