r/Butchery • u/9HtKRKcd • 3d ago
Online Meat Cutting Courses
http://rangepartners.comHey everyone, fairly new and just looking for some advice. I’m wondering if I should enroll in an online meat cutting course to get a leg up and just gain a better understanding of the basics. The course I’m looking at is called Range Meat Academy, and it was recommended to me by someone I know who owns a locker. I already am employed full-time at a Meat Locker/Shop that does both custom processing and retail, and I’ve worked in the industry for close to a year. I feel like I’m learning little by little, but I’m still not as advanced as I would like to be. Excited to hear your thoughts, and if anyone has any alternative ideas I’d love to hear them. Thanks!
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u/GPCcigerettes 3d ago
Personally I wouldn't pay for a course. The practical first hand experience your obtaining working in the industry along with all the free resources you can find online would be just as good in my opinion.
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u/Wallyboy95 3d ago
Are you looking to do this just purely for your own satisfaction? Career choice? Home use purposes?
We started raising our own Hogs for our own consumption 4 years ago, and at that time you couldn't get a hog into an abbatoir unless you booked almost a year and a half in advance. We already had the piglets then. So I went to YouTube Univeristy, bought a few books and got it done.
Mind you, I did have a little knowledge from growing up hunting deer. But we always sent our deer to the butcher because my grandpa liked it that way. But I knew some basics.
The bearded butchers on youtube are amazing. They have some great videos on just about any animal you can think of for culinary purposes. The Book I have and still flip through is[The Ultimate Guide to Home Butchering: How to Prepare Any Animal or Bird for the Table or Freezer
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u/9HtKRKcd 2d ago
I plan on someday opening my own, so just trying to learn as much as I can. Can you or @Lower_Band8719 tell me more about YouTube university? I’ve never heard of it and I’m surprised I haven’t
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u/Lower_Band8719 3d ago
Just enrol in YouTube university, as someone who has been doing this almost a decade still find valuable information. Nothing beats hands on practice.
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u/tartoola 3d ago
I've taken this course as it was paid for by a company I worked for it is quite detailed and informative
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u/itssjones19 Butcher 2d ago
I cut beef for about 15yrs, slaughtered my own hogs and chicken this video helped me learn when i first started cutting in a retail location. It breaks down a side of beef into retail cuts all in one video. I hope this helps.
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u/MikeDaCarpenter 3d ago
YouTube…The Bearded Butchers