New way for me to cut spatchcock

Mickey

this knife is so much faster and easier than very good scissors used for many years. 

SGH

@Mickey
If I had your money, I would buy 10 of each
Nice knife buddy. 

Mickey

Had the knife for a long time. Had two chickens and thought why not. Very much better way for me to cut the backbone. 

SciAggie

I'm like you - every time I try to use scissors I wonder why I didn't just grab a good knife. 

SGH

Mickey said:

Very much better way for me to cut the backbone. 

When my hands are not bothering me, I will stand them vertical and cut the backbone out with a knife. When the hands are giving me fits, I use the scissors for safety.  

blasting

If I didn't have poultry shears, I'd chose a chef knife over scissors.

I've never tried a clever though... wonder if that would work better or worse than a chef's knife.

Ozzie_Isaac

How hard is that on the edge?

johnnyp

Ozzie_Isaac said:

How hard is that on the edge?

I was wondering that myself

Mickey

Ozzie_Isaac said:

How hard is that on the edge?

Jury still out. 
I have used to spatchcock turkey before and not noticed problem 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Little shun ken onion santoku there. I have the same knife and love it. Not made for cutting through bones but the ribs close to the spine should be ok 

tonyled

we are knife twins!

Carolina Q

I use my Wusthof bread knife. Serrated works great.

Mickey

Carolina Q said:

I use my Wusthof bread knife. Serrated works great.

Would not have thought to go there. 

fishlessman

i always go with the biggest chef knife in the rack, its done in a few seconds. never understood the fascination with shears

Mickey

fishlessman said:

i always go with the biggest chef knife in the rack, its done in a few seconds. never understood the fascination with shears

The way with most, was told years ago to get Messermeisters and cut away. The scissors are now retired for other tasks. Reason for posting is to catch others like myself. 

NPHuskerFL

What no video clip of the ease of Spatch with the blade vs scissors?  I believe it would work on small/young poultry but, may be more Michael Myers looking work on a larger bird such as a turkey etc. 

lousubcap

I use a hatchet to spatch a turkey.  Never have any issues, but always scheduled before any adult beverages get into the game.

HeavyG

My Stihl makes short work of spatching chickens and turkeys.

Legume

@lousubcap & @HeavyG you're still talking about already dead, ready to cook poultry, right?

javabreath

That knife is not made to break bones. You will chip up the edge. It's a decent knife don't abuse it. 

GATraveller

I do the same with my Wusthof instead of shears......never liked having to clean shears.  

jeffwit

I use the Bushido Wind Dragon for spatchcock. The Blood Reign is saved for vengeance on my enemies.

Toxarch

I have 3 pairs of shears. I only like the way one of them cuts when doing a spatchcock. It goes through the chicken pretty well. I always seem to pull the wrong one out of the drawer to start with and then get frustrated and find the right one. Don't know why I even keep the other 2 shears in the drawer.