A butcher holds up a rack of ribs to show the cut. At another counter, ribs arranged in a crown catch the eye. In another photo, a butcher serves a customer amid trays and cured sausages. The scenes are different, but look beyond the meat and the people presenting it and you’ll spot something these shops have in common: a MEDOC bandsaw.
The butcher’s skill shows in the conversation that comes before the cut. Is it for the grill? How many people is it for? Will the meat be cooked whole or in portions? The answers help the butcher choose the meat and prepare it accordingly. That work is barely visible in the photo, but it shows when the customer takes home a piece cut to the thickness and size they need.
Matching the cut to the piece
A beef rib steak for the grill and a rack of pork ribs to be served in portions call for different cuts. Even with the same piece of meat, the thickness and number of portions depend on the order. When cutting bone-in meat, a bandsaw helps divide the piece evenly. The butcher decides where to cut, how big each portion should be and how to make the most of the piece.
Presentation is also part of the craft. The crown of ribs in one of the photos is a good example: the way the meat is arranged makes it easy to picture how it will be served. The right cut suits what the customer wants to cook, while careful presentation shows the work that goes into it.
One saw for a range of orders
You can see the saw’s versatility from one order to the next. The same machine can prepare bone-in cuts of different sizes and thicknesses, within its cutting capacity. The range of MEDOC tabletop bandsaws lets each butcher shop choose a model to suit the pieces it handles, its workspace and its workload.
Every butcher shop has its own way of displaying meat and serving the people who come through the door. Each of the shops pictured has chosen a MEDOC saw for everyday work. In the photo, the machine stays in the background, where it stands throughout the working day: behind the counter, ready for the next cut.
