How to cut frozen ground meat?

blakeas

Ok - so I bought a quarter cow and about a 1/3 of it is ground beef given to me in 5 to 8lb blocks.  I need to cut the frozen ground beef while frozen so I can put them in manageable amounts so when I unfreeze I don't have to cook 8lbs of ground meat.  Any suggestions?  I tried a new hacksaw and that didn't work

SouthGaSmoker

Wolfpack

They gave it to you frozen?

only thing I can think of would be to see if a local butcher would be willing to cut on a band saw?

Rte1985

SouthGaSmoker said:

Beat me to it!  Seriously though we are serious powered meat cutters.  Or buy a fiskars splitting axe and work on your aim!

jeffwit

hoosier_egger

What? What in the hell is that processor thinking? Do you have a band saw? 

PBandJ

How many teeth per inch was your hacksaw blade? Try a 14 tpi blade or maybe a sawz-all with a wood cutting blade. 

Legume

This is going to sound pretty "hold my beer and watch this" but I've done it in a pinch when I needed to break up a frozen block quickly.

Get the widest flathead screwdriver you have, or something like a cold chisel or masonry chisel, get it all cleaned up - boil the end of you must or just give it a good soap and water scrub.  Then find a good solid surface (probably going to want to do this on concrete if the blocks are thick) and use your worst cutting board or some plywood or whatever.  Ground meat splits pretty easily once you get it started.

Legume

Hammer, you're going to want a hammer.  Hopefully that was obvious, but just in case...hammer.

hoosier_egger

Focker

8lbs will make a couple of nice meat loaves.
Eat one hot with sides, and make sammies with the other.

I agree with CF, what the hell kind of operation are you buying your beef from? 

blakeas

I know, I know -but it is what it is.  don't have a band saw.  Tried the local supermarket and they would not cut it for me.

theyolksonyou

nolaegghead

What I do in this situation is use a sawz-all.  (Reciprocating saw)

The_Stache

nolaegghead said:

What I do in this situation is use a sawz-all.  (Reciprocating saw)

Pictures?

Woodchunk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44x4l2dU1hA

Many youtube vids on cutting frozen meat

Carolina Q

Harbor Freight has (not) Sawz-Alls for 30 bucks. Milwaukee? Umm not by any stretch, but...

https://www.harborfreight.com/power-tools/reciprocating-saws/6-amp-heavy-duty-variable-speed-rotating-handle-reciprocating-saw-61884.html

And if you look hard enough, you can probably find a printable 20% off coupon.

nolaegghead

Woodchunk said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44x4l2dU1hA

Many youtube vids on cutting frozen meat

You should roll the meat when you cut through it so you're not cutting right on the board.

Woodchunk

nolaegghead said:

Woodchunk said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44x4l2dU1hA

Many youtube vids on cutting frozen meat

You should roll the meat when you cut through it so you're not cutting right on the board.

I thought the same thing