Weston Meat Tenderizer Tool & Heavy Duty Cuber, Quick and Easy Manual Operation For Cuts Up To 4.5” Wide x .75” Thick, Durable Aluminum Construction, Stainless Steel Blades, White (07-3101-W-A)

Very good product, solidly made. does a great job of cubing meat. I have not tried the motor yet that I purchased. I probably don't need the motor since I don't do large quantities at a time and the handle is easy to turn with one hand while you are feeding meat in with the other. I guess if you are a hunter and doing this for an hour or more then you may want to use the motor, assuming it is powerful. Cleaning the blades is a bit of work which other reviews don't really mention. Not surprisingly, meat tends to stick to the blades. Since they are very sharp, you can't go scrubbing them with just a sponge. I tried using a vegetable brush with some success but I was told that a toothbrush might work better. Either way you should purchase a good pair of knife handling gloves to use when you are cleaning the blades. Otherwise, one little slip and you will be on your way to the emergency room wiht several nasty cuts. They tell you that you cannot put the blades in the dishwasher but i don't see why. Still I haven't done it. Perhaps it would clean up better if you spray the blades with non-stick cooking spray before and during use. i may try that next time. Wish they made rollers with knons on them that you could substitute in for the blades. Then you could use it instead of a meat hammer to flatten and tenderize meat. Would work great for chicken and any other cut where you don't want to cube the meat but just tenderize, like for chicken Marsala. This would be easy for them to do since the blades come out so easy.

After reading numerous reviews and seeing all the comments about the extremely sharp rotary blades I decided to give this device a try. Having had experience with a commercial tenderizer in a meat markets years ago I had already formed an idea of what it should be like. As a Prime Member, the item was shipped and received quickly. Upon unpacking it with extreme care so as not to be cut by the blades, imagine my surprise to find that I could roll either one of the blade assemblies in my hand and up and down the under side of my fore arm without a scratch, let alone a cut that I was warned of. So, I immediately called Weston with my concern, that with the dullness of the blades, the device would turn any meat to a mush instead of cutting and tenderizing or cubing. The lady convinced me to try it before returning it. So, I decided to give it a good test. After washing the device, I got a fresh, boneless, half pork loin. Then using my meat slicer I cut 5/8" thick slices, then ran them through the tenderizer once, looking good, I then turned them 90 degrees and ran them a 2nd time. WOW! Talk about perfectly cubed boneless medium sized pork steaks. Rolled them in seasoned flour, they fried up quickly, leaving them crispy outside, moist and very, very tender inside. Can't wait to get some semi tough round steak to run through it. All I can say now is, if you're contemplating purchasing this device, go for it. It's well worth the price. You might even consider the unit that comes with the extra meat slicer blades for making jerky & fajitas. Now wish I had done that! In case any of you are wondering why I chose boneless pork loin as it is usually tender to begin with, that is exactly why I chose it. Pork loins are almost always more tender than normal beef cuts. I figured that if it could tenderize/cube a relatively thin cut of boneless pork loin without smashing it to a pulp, then it should be capable of doing a good job for a cut of beef. By the way, as I unpacked all the parts, I layed them out in careful fashion, then proceeded to read through the brief manual. After that I checked all the parts for any obvious defects, finding none I began a careful assembly. A word of caution here. As the main body parts are made from cast aluminum, you should use restraint in tightening the screws. It is very easy to strip the screw threads in cast aluminum. Put the screws in slowly and gently with the Hex wrenches provided, then when you feel resistance give it an 1/8 to 1/4 turn more. If it becomes hard, stop immediately. I did not have to make any adjustments to anything. It worked great, right out of the box. I am not disappointed in the least and do highly recommend.

Made very well. If you keep it cleaned up it will last forever. You can roll through some deer meat that's a fact! Excellent value for the money!

Product arrived in good condition. Shipping/delivery was fast. I'll start this review by first stating that my previous meat cuber was a commercial electric Hobart machine that I purchased 25 years ago to cube primarily moose and caribou and occasionally beef and pork steaks. It was heavy (50+ lbs) and did a great job cubing steaks, but due to its weight and size, we didn't use it very often. I sold it but still wanted to make an occasional cube steak so purchased the Weston. Overall, this machine did a good job but I spent a considerable amount of time fine tuning it before I first used it. It is made in China and although it is neither heavy duty nor of commercial quality, it will get the job done for occasional household use. Upon unpacking and assembling the Weston a few things became apparent: First, the allen wrenches necessary for assembly were included as were all of the screws and lock washers needed.. Nothing was missing and the booklet with assembly and operating instructions was understandable. - Second, the steel blades were not sharp - they were dull/rounded on each tooth. Cuber blades should cut meat and not simply punch slots into it. - Third, the upper and lower housing, the chute on top of the upper housing and the left and right support legs appear to be made of “pot” metal. The base made of cutting board type plastic. - Fourth, when I removed the blades and white plastic blade spacers so that I could sharpen the blades I noticed that the spindles/axles, that the blades were mounted on, were aluminum. - Fifth, there are two tinned cast iron gears, one on each end of the spindles. The gears are secured to the spindles with a set screw. One gear was loose/wobbly due to a loose set screw. - Sixth, once assembled the cuber will not fit back into its box for storage. I'll need to find or make a box to store it in and toss the package box. Before using, I removed the 31 blades so I could sharpen the teeth (15 on one spindle and 16 on the other). Each blade has 12 cutting teeth. Total cutting teeth = 372. After disassembly I used an 8” file to sharpen both sides of each tooth then honed each with a diamond knife sharpener. That took a while! There was some lateral movement, left to right, between each blade assembly and the housing, allowing the blade assemblies to shift randomly a bit more than one-eight inch left to right to left. I added a nylon washer between the blade assembly and plastic bushing near the gear-end of each spindle to eliminate this movement. I then assembled each spindle, now with sharpened cutting teeth, aligned then secured each gear to its spindle, using loctite where the gear rests on the spindle and on the set screw that secures the gear to the spindle. The gears are in a separate “compartment” of the housing than the cutting teeth so I've no concern getting any loctite on the food. Once the loctite had dried and everything was back together I attached the handle and gave it a few turns. There was significant wobble/”slop” where the spindle bushings (nylon/plastic) nested into the top and bottom housings. When the handle was turned I could see the spindle rotation was not concentric. There are four of these bushings - one near each end of the two spindles. Some of the wobble was inside by the bushings between the bushing and the spindle. The remainder of the wobble was on the outside of the bushings where the bushings nested into the housing. To eliminate some of that wobble I made three wraps of electrical tape around the outside of each bushing. That eliminated 50% of the wobble. The chute opening of this cuber is 4.75 inches by 1.25 inches thus will handle steaks cut 4.75 inches wide and 1.25 inches thick. The steaks can be longer than 4.75 inches but not if you want to turn the steak 90 degrees and run it through again. The cube steaks will come out wider and longer but thinner than the meat going into the top. I cubed pork loin steaks and beef eye of the round steaks, passing twice through the machine (rotated 9/ degrees on second pass through) and the cubed steaks came out looked very good.

Excelente Producto, llego bien empaquetado, el tiempo de envío fue aceptable, muy buena calidad del producto

Works great

we were not sure about this for making cutlets, but man does this machine make this job easy.. no more pounding for us... easy to use and even more important... easy to clean... and it makes the cutlets so tender... it is built very well, not plastic junk... it is worth every penny...

I have used this machine many times and it works perfectly. It is super easy to clean as it comes apart easily and I put everything in the dishwasher. I've used it to turn tough cuts of steak into tender and tasty meals. I also cut chicken breast pieces in half and put them through this machine and cook them in the oven in a roasting pan with olive oil with spices. I thought it was the best chicken breast I have ever eaten. I use this machine a lot.

Awesome tenderises meat perfect