Rushed a shoulder trim and lost 3 pounds of meat

Was breaking down a whole pork shoulder last Tuesday at the shop, got distracted by a phone call and took a bad angle on the fat cap. Ended up cutting right into the blade meat, had to trim off a whole chunk that should've been profit. My boss just looked at me and said 'that's a $12 mistake right there.' Anyone else have a moment where one wrong cut cost you real money?

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kelly.keith3d ago

$12? Man that stings. Honestly I would've been sick to my stomach watching that much meat hit the trim bucket. Ngl I still count the cost of every bad cut I've made in my head when I'm trying to fall asleep.

barnes.shane3d ago

Ugh I feel that... I've laid in bed doing the exact same math before. What saved me was buying a cheap kitchen scale and weighing every trim bucket at the end of the day, so I could see the actual dollar amount right there and learn from it instead of just guessing. Also, I started taking a photo of each bad cut with my phone and a sticky note of what went wrong, helps me spot patterns way faster than just replaying it in my head at 2am.