I'll take a band saw over a cleaver any day for breaking down primals

I know most guys here swear by the cleaver for rib sections. But after I had to replace a broken blade on my Hobart last Tuesday, I borrowed a buddy's setup with a good band saw. Made cleaner cuts and saved me 20 minutes on a full ribeye roll. Anybody else find the saw beats hand tools for speed?

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patel.leo1d ago

You'll take a band saw over a cleaver any day" - my dad said the same thing until he nicked his thumb bone deep on a band saw blade. Took him three hours in the ER. Still says it's worth it though.

alice_wilson731d ago

Yeah but the thing nobody talks about is how band saws are way more predictable when shit hits the fan. A cleaver can glance off a bone weird and take a chunk out of your hand, but a bandsaw blade just goes where the fence guides it. My buddy's a butcher and he says the only bandsaw accidents he sees are from people rushing or not using a push stick. Cleaver accidents happen even when you're doing everything right.