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Frank · Frank

The shop I am in is full service, ten percent labor $50.000 weekly sales. Easy job

apcowboy · apcowboy

this type of Chuck roast came from companies years ago that after beaking the arm off a chuck would then split the rest long ways so that they could bone and roll the back part of the chuck. When I was with A&P we cut every chuck this way up till around 1970, each chuck was tied with a string every inch, ...

apcowboy · apcowboy

When I start this business this was the way we cut shoulder roast, we left the ribs on. This roast at that time was a good seller, out sold chuck roast and we got 40 to 50 cents a lb more for it. Hardly any woman over 40 back then wanted anything but a bone in shoulder roast for Sunday dinner. Around 66, 68 we st...

apcowboy · apcowboy

NEED Special Seasoning Blends, Custom Ingredients, and Sauces THEN MEET “PITMASTER” PHIL WINGO OF Top Shelf Specialty Foods Wholesale Direct is our Top Shelf Web Store. The Web Store will offer Premier Partner Products at the lowest wholesale prices available. Pre...

irishdude · irishdude

Has anyone any experience of handling rare breeds like the dexter I did find a link a while ago about a rare breed place in texas but they seem to be gone was about 6 mths ago when i saw the texas farm that bred them. anyhow this is them http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_cattle and here is http://www....

apcowboy · apcowboy

Anyone wanting to copy and use this FEEL FREE to do so

Iconoclast · Iconoclast

Hello, all! I'm in need of a larger knife to trim and portion roasts, as well as filleting larger salmon. I love my Mercer boning knife, but it's simply too small for these next-level tasks. My needs are more general culinary (as I'm a cook, not a butcher, by trade), so I don't want a bunch of highly speci...

apcowboy · apcowboy

Local Farms + Local Butchers = Local Meat Success This is the idea that caused Cheryl Ouellette, of Pig Lady’s Summit farm in Wash., to start the Puget Sound Meat Producers Cooperative to run a traveling slaughterhouse. The mobile abattoir consists of a 45-foot-long trailer where livestock a...

apcowboy · apcowboy

MEET New Member GLENN BEARD, Master Butcher OWNER OF Glenn and Dale Beard of Georgia, The husband and wife team operate The Meat Mart butcher shop at Orange Beach, Al. The Beard’s have a meat shop in Georgia is now run by their daughter. The Orange Beach shop opened for business on Memorial weekend a...

apcowboy · apcowboy

How many here has been through a full cut bone in round sale, There were weeks when some markets I've been in would go through 50 to 60 whole rounds on a sale. Each of the whole rumps came off and was tied. They would put Rump roast on sale trying to keep up with all we had off the rounds. You didn't make cube st...

apcowboy · apcowboy

apcowboy · apcowboy

I found this site you sausage makers may want to check on http://www.sausagedebauchery.blogspot.com/

apcowboy · apcowboy

This picture came from a French Meat Cutting School, I don't think I could work in something like this, I had a hard time even wearing a butchers coat.

irishdude · irishdude

Just a quick hello i found this site (cough my other half did) i married a usc Im from northern ireland which has more butcher shops but have lived in england where most meat is bought in supermarkets and plan to move here in a few months once visa stuff is done after a few yrs of being a carer i had to think of a...

Sunday · Sunday

apcowboy · apcowboy

When I saw this ad I thought, never heard that position before, do any of you have one in their market, I know they sure ask a lot of one lol why not name him assistant manager. Unless I miss it in the fine print it doesn't say he has to know how to cut meat, unless that is coverd under Carries out lead responsi...

apcowboy · apcowboy

apcowboy · apcowboy

Burgermeister · Burgermeister

Have you used soakers? Do you still use them? Does anyone here not know what they are?

apcowboy · apcowboy

HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVINGS !!!!!!!!!!!! HOPE EVERYONE HAS A FULL TABLE WITH FOOD & FAMILY ENJOY THE BIG BIRD OR HAM !!!! DON'T OVER EAT THE GOODIES HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL !!!!!!!! ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL BE GIVING THANKS FOR, IS EACH ON...

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	Sales and labor (Preview) The shop I am in is full service, ten percent labor $50.000 weekly sales. Easy job	Frank	0	334	Nov 27, 2012 by Frank
	Where did this cut of Chuck roast come from (Preview) this type of Chuck roast came from companies years ago that after beaking the arm off a chuck would then split the rest long ways so that they could bone and roll the back part of the chuck. When I was with A&P we cut every chuck this way up till around 1970, each chuck was tied with a string every inch, ...	apcowboy	9	637	Nov 27, 2012 by kbraker510
	The old bone in shoulder roast (Preview) When I start this business this was the way we cut shoulder roast, we left the ribs on. This roast at that time was a good seller, out sold chuck roast and we got 40 to 50 cents a lb more for it. Hardly any woman over 40 back then wanted anything but a bone in shoulder roast for Sunday dinner. Around 66, 68 we st...	apcowboy	14	725	Nov 27, 2012 by number9manager
	Special Seasoning Blends, Custom Ingredients, and Sauces (Preview) NEED Special Seasoning Blends, Custom Ingredients, and Sauces THEN MEET “PITMASTER” PHIL WINGO OF Top Shelf Specialty Foods Wholesale Direct is our Top Shelf Web Store. The Web Store will offer Premier Partner Products at the lowest wholesale prices available. Pre...	apcowboy	1	746	Nov 27, 2012 by Big Beef
	rare breeds (Preview) Has anyone any experience of handling rare breeds like the dexter I did find a link a while ago about a rare breed place in texas but they seem to be gone was about 6 mths ago when i saw the texas farm that bred them. anyhow this is them http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_cattle and here is http://www....	irishdude	3	394	Nov 27, 2012 by irishdude
	anybody want to use this (Preview) Anyone wanting to copy and use this FEEL FREE to do so	apcowboy	0	340	Nov 26, 2012 by apcowboy
	Recommended Knife for Basic Work? (Preview) Hello, all! I'm in need of a larger knife to trim and portion roasts, as well as filleting larger salmon. I love my Mercer boning knife, but it's simply too small for these next-level tasks. My needs are more general culinary (as I'm a cook, not a butcher, by trade), so I don't want a bunch of highly speci...	Iconoclast	14	662	Nov 26, 2012 by Iconoclast
	Local Farms, Local butchers, Local meat success (Preview) Local Farms + Local Butchers = Local Meat Success This is the idea that caused Cheryl Ouellette, of Pig Lady’s Summit farm in Wash., to start the Puget Sound Meat Producers Cooperative to run a traveling slaughterhouse. The mobile abattoir consists of a 45-foot-long trailer where livestock a...	apcowboy	0	404	Nov 26, 2012 by apcowboy
	MEET New Member GLENN BEARD, Master Butcher (Preview) MEET New Member GLENN BEARD, Master Butcher OWNER OF Glenn and Dale Beard of Georgia, The husband and wife team operate The Meat Mart butcher shop at Orange Beach, Al. The Beard’s have a meat shop in Georgia is now run by their daughter. The Orange Beach shop opened for business on Memorial weekend a...	apcowboy	8	850	Nov 26, 2012 by ChefLazar5
	Full Cut Round Sale (Preview) How many here has been through a full cut bone in round sale, There were weeks when some markets I've been in would go through 50 to 60 whole rounds on a sale. Each of the whole rumps came off and was tied. They would put Rump roast on sale trying to keep up with all we had off the rounds. You didn't make cube st...	apcowboy	7	507	Nov 26, 2012 by ChefLazar5
	How many of you have cut these? (Preview)	apcowboy	4	382	Nov 26, 2012 by Big Beef
	New sausage making site (Preview) I found this site you sausage makers may want to check on http://www.sausagedebauchery.blogspot.com/	apcowboy	2	407	Nov 26, 2012 by Big Beef
	Don't think I could work in this (Preview) This picture came from a French Meat Cutting School, I don't think I could work in something like this, I had a hard time even wearing a butchers coat.	apcowboy	11	487	Nov 26, 2012 by apcowboy
	hello/hows about you/howdy etc (Preview) Just a quick hello i found this site (cough my other half did) i married a usc Im from northern ireland which has more butcher shops but have lived in england where most meat is bought in supermarkets and plan to move here in a few months once visa stuff is done after a few yrs of being a carer i had to think of a...	irishdude	2	445	Nov 25, 2012 by Sunday
	My first Moose to butcher (Preview)	Sunday	8	1587	Nov 25, 2012 by Big Beef
	Does anyone have one of these in their market (Preview) When I saw this ad I thought, never heard that position before, do any of you have one in their market, I know they sure ask a lot of one lol why not name him assistant manager. Unless I miss it in the fine print it doesn't say he has to know how to cut meat, unless that is coverd under Carries out lead responsi...	apcowboy	3	380	Nov 24, 2012 by Mainemeatman
	MOTIVATE SHOPPERS TO BUY MORE BEEF (Preview)	apcowboy	0	393	Nov 23, 2012 by apcowboy
	Young Butcher of the year 2012 (Preview)	apcowboy	1	468	Nov 23, 2012 by Sunday
	Does anyone here still use soakers? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Have you used soakers? Do you still use them? Does anyone here not know what they are?	Burgermeister	31	987	Nov 23, 2012 by Big Beef
	EVERYONE HERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Preview) HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVINGS !!!!!!!!!!!! HOPE EVERYONE HAS A FULL TABLE WITH FOOD & FAMILY ENJOY THE BIG BIRD OR HAM !!!! DON'T OVER EAT THE GOODIES HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL !!!!!!!! ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL BE GIVING THANKS FOR, IS EACH ON...	apcowboy	18	531	Nov 23, 2012 by Big Beef
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