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Offline Lemonhead78

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Shortloin chops at home
« Reply #-1 on: September 20, 2018, 11:00:16 PM »
Would I have any success cutting a whole shortloin into steaks using a big 20 inch or bigger culinary hacksaw. A good quality one. ? Or is it going to make a rough looking steak ? I don’t want to invest in a bandsaw for such limited use .
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Re: Shortloin chops at home
« on: September 21, 2018, 05:37:42 AM »
Get a butcher hack saw; that's exactly what they're designed for and they usually have stainless steel parts & blades.  They're not expensive. Weston makes one that runs around $25 or less on Amazon.

Another alternative is most butchers, if you purchase the whole or half loin, will cut them into chops for you at no extra charge.

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Re: Shortloin chops at home
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2018, 07:50:35 AM »
Thanks for reply. I want to dry age first that’s why I wanted to know if I’ll be able to cut it into steaks once the aging is done
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Re: Shortloin chops at home
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2018, 10:15:07 AM »
After aging, cut the steaks down to the bone with your knife, then finish with a butcher's hack saw through the bone.

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Re: Shortloin chops at home
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2018, 09:12:49 PM »
The roast I want has the bone through the whole steak in each cut. So do you think I’ll be able to get good looking steaks still ? It’s a lot of bone to saw.
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Re: Shortloin chops at home
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2018, 11:28:40 AM »
I think they'll be fine. My dad would buy sub primals and do the portioning himself to keep food costs down, and also did the butchering when we got a deer or moose. The butcher saw actually cuts through the bone quite fast. Besides, think of the muscles you'll have! ;D