Need some good poultry shears

clemsontyger97 · March 2017

I've been using the kitchen shears which came with our knife set for a few years and need some sturdy and sharp primarily to cut through the backbone of poultry for spatchcock. Anyone have one they can recommend?

JohnnyTarheel · March 2017

My Cutco shears are fantastic!!

SemolinaPilchard · March 2017

I don't think the same model of Henckels I have is still made, but this appears to be close. I have used it to spatchcock many chickens with relative ease.
http://www.zwillingonline.com/42914001.html

GregW · March 2017

I just bought these:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000PGG7ZQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

They seem to do a great job and are attractively priced.

Carolina Q · March 2017

I have a pair of Wusthof shears, but I stopped using them for spatchcocking when I tried my Wusthof serrated bread knife. Works better than any shears I've tried!! Just saws right through it.

I'm sure any quality serrated knife would work, though I have tried lesser ones that will barely slice bread!!

Image result for wusthof bread knife

GregW · March 2017

Carolina Q said:

I have a pair of Wusthof shears, but I stopped using them for spatchcocking when I tried my Wusthof serrated bread knife. Works better than any shears I've tried!! Just saws right through it.

I'm sure any quality serrated knife would work, though I have tried lesser ones that will barely slice bread!!

That's a good idea. I can see where it might be easier to use the knife. Especially for me, I'm left handed and the shears are made for right handed people.

pgprescott · March 2017

I like the shears. I have a couple of them. Just make sure they come apart for ease of cleaning thoroughly.

blasting · March 2017

SemolinaPilchard said:

I don't think the same model of Henckels I have is still made, but this appears to be close. I have used it to spatchcock many chickens with relative ease.
http://www.zwillingonline.com/42914001.html

My Henckels are no longer made, but if the new ones are as good as the old ones, they are top notch.

SemolinaPilchard · March 2017

@GregW, Im a lefty as well. Check these out.
http://www.lefthandedworld.com/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/b/A1S4YXZ40YX3T5
http://www.lefthandersday.com/products/top-10#.WMSnDdLyuAY

RRP · March 2017

JohnnyTarheel said:

My Cutco shears are fantastic!!

I agree! My Cutco shears came with a set of knives we bought from a neighbor boy his second year at the U of I which was some 25 years ago. Does THAT give some testimonial to the quality of those shears? LOL

Just so happens that I used them tonight to "splat" a cornish game hen so that I could clean the remaining guts and fat out plus brine the bird over night. Like Pete said if you are using them to cut poultry in particular then being able to separate the shears in to two pieces is a real must to me. There's just some things that I don't trust a dishwasher to clean well and the other is a JACCARD. I'm a "knock-it-down-to-clean-it-right" kind of guy!

chuckytheegghead · March 2017

Another vote for cutco here. We love ours.

Focker · March 2017

The Shun Taskmasters are bulldozers. Use mine for all kinds of things in the kitchen. They come apart for easy cleaning.

Mickey · March 2017

Knife

CoMoBGE · March 2017

I use some cutco poultry shears if I do it myself. If you have a good butcher they can do it for you on a band saw in seconds.

clintmiller · March 2017

Another vote here for Shun. Their shears cut the back bone out quite easily.

Eoin · March 2017

I just use kitchen scissors.

DoubleEgger · March 2017

These are the ones I have

Lit · March 2017

Got these awhile back. Regular kitchen shears can't compare these things are just as sharp as my knives and come apart for easy cleaning. And they look good next to my knives. https://www.amazon.com/Tojiro-Pro-Separetable-Kitchen-Shears-FK-843/dp/B002YD96VK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489339307&sr=8-1&keywords=tojiro+kitchen+shears

northGAcock · March 2017

I have some Coisenart. They are just ho-hum.

rcone · March 2017

https://www.amazon.com/Dexter-Russell-8-inch-Heavy-Utility-Shears/dp/B008RBW0HA/ref=sr_1_4?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1489540230&sr=1-4&keywords=dexter+russell+shears

These are great; they come apart, and are very easy to clean.

bigalsworth · March 2017

Lit said:

Got these awhile back. Regular kitchen shears can't compare these things are just as sharp as my knives and come apart for easy cleaning. And they look good next to my knives. https://www.amazon.com/Tojiro-Pro-Separetable-Kitchen-Shears-FK-843/dp/B002YD96VK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489339307&sr=8-1&keywords=tojiro+kitchen+shears

Love the magnetic strip! I have a strip of maple with rare earth magnets embedded in it that does the same thing, but if I was to replace it I would get something like you have. Where did you pick it up?

Lit · March 2017

bigalsworth said:

Lit said:

Got these awhile back. Regular kitchen shears can't compare these things are just as sharp as my knives and come apart for easy cleaning. And they look good next to my knives. https://www.amazon.com/Tojiro-Pro-Separetable-Kitchen-Shears-FK-843/dp/B002YD96VK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489339307&sr=8-1&keywords=tojiro+kitchen+shears

Love the magnetic strip! I have a strip of maple with rare earth magnets embedded in it that does the same thing, but if I was to replace it I would get something like you have. Where did you pick it up?

It's a wood one like yours that I painted to match our kitchen better.

bigalsworth · March 2017

ah dang

Judy Mayberry · March 2017

I vote for Cutco. I have little hand strength and arthritis, and I've tried the Messermeister poultry shears and the Shun shears (returned them). The Cutco are a world apart. Worth every (MANY) penny to me.

I can't bring myself to saw away on my Wüsthoff bread knife, so I'll never know how that feels.

Need some good poultry shears

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