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Your cart is empty.Measures: 11. 5" x 3. 75" x 1. 25" / 29cm x 9. 5cm x 3cm This is an ideal tool for flattening all types of cutlets into a uniform thickness and promotes even cooking without damaging the meat. The offset handle keeps hands safely elevated from the meat and boards. Handwashing recommended. Norpro was founded in 1973 with a vision to design, manufacture, and supply the highest caliber kitchenware. Norpros offering of innovative, high quality product for cooking, preparing and serving food are produced with superior materials and craftsmanship.
Jose Hernandez
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2022
For years I've been ineptly using a wooden tenderizing mallet that has a flat end on one side and a dimpled/spiked end on the other side. Always wondered why it made tenderizing meat into such an ineffective chore. Now I know.I had been thinking of buying one of the more common, run-of-the-mill pounders/tenderizers that are "vertical" and you just slam down on the meat or chicken to tenderize it. But that seemed a bit dangerous to me so I got the bright idea of searching for something more "professional", like the butchers use. And this is it.I remember watching butchers turn pieces of meat into nice, thin, and very tender filets with just a few whacks of their extended-handled meat tenderizers like this model from Norpro. So I did a bit of research on Amazon and determined this was the one to get: it looked solid, had a just the right sized handle, and looked nice and shiny to make cleaning it easy.Wow was I impressed. It didn't take but a few whacks to perfectly tenderize some poultry and steaks I had. I was initially worried about hitting the meat at an angle or otherwise in an "offsides" manner and ruining it, but the balance is perfect, and the angle of the arm is just right so that it's almost impossible to not hit the steak perfectly where you want it. You end up with a uniformly pounded piece of meat or chicken, and you save your knuckles.One note for you to consider: you absolutely do not, nor should you use, one of those contraptions that has the spikes or dimples to tenderize anything. All that will do is punch holes in whatever you're trying to tenderize. With this Norpro tenderizer you perfectly "tenderize", e.g. make the meat softer, just by flattening it with a few good whacks.May try this one some thicker pieces of fish filets so I can make fish "chicharron", AKA "fried fish rinds"...like pork rinds but with fish instead...yummy and healthy!PS Super easy to clean...everything just washes off it's shiny/smooth surface. Haven't tried dishwasher yet, but I think it'll wash there well too.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2022
I see cooking show hosts all the time saying you can just use a pan to flatten your cuts of meat. I've tried it before because I didn't want to spend money on a single use utensil in the kitchen. Then i ruined one of my good pans (which may have not been as good as I thought) trying to pound out some chicken. I decided I didn't want to do that again so I started looking for something to use instead.I saw this model and I liked that it was metal, had a rather large surface area and was supposed to have some heft to it but not too heavy. I saw the reviews about the sticker being hard to come off but it disappeared almost instantly with some goobegone. I will mention mine came with a moderate scratch on the top shiny side. I decided to wait and see if it causes any serious issues since it's a pure cosmetic issue and I'm sure even with handwashing it'll probably get scratched more anyway. If it starts to rust or discolor I'll edit.As far as performance goes, it made pounding out pork loin and chicken breasts a breeze. The large surface area flattens out things with less effort than using a larger pan for sure. No worries I'm going to break it since it's all metal and no cheap plastic. I wish I had bought this sooner.
Florida Phil
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2020
Love the meat flattener, hate the stupid sticker that ruins the beautiful finish. Any ideas how to get it off before I take the grinder to it? Heavy, smashes chicken flat for quick baking or frying. Very sturdy and wide so it covers most of an average sized chicken breast.
JWB
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2017
I purchased this full price, for $19.99 in March of 2012 and did not receive anything in compensation for a review. I gave it 5 stars because it does what it is supposed to, is of "as expected" quality and so far has worked perfectly.We use this mainly to flatten chicken breasts. It isn't a meat tenderizer. It does the job perfectly. The offset handle makes it even easier to use, and makes you feel a little more comfortable that you aren't going to bang your knuckles or something when using it. Its got a good weight to it, but not so much that my teenage son and daughter can't use it. The handle is easy to hold on to.I like how it looks, but did hesitate to purchase this because I know that sometimes plating can flake off, but that has not happened in more than five years. This finish should (and has) lasted many years with no deterioration in visual looks.
K. Yee
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2011
Works very well. The problem with the heel digging into the meat is really not a problem. Usually is it because the person is using too much muscle into the task. The pounder is heavy enough not to use that much muscle and less muscle the more control. Suggestion for a shorter person lower the location of the meat. My 10 year who I let help me from time to time does this with no problem on a lower table. Use a little common sense people. And those who say the proper techinque to pound is down and out doesn't work. Well down and pull towards you works just as well. Takes a little practice but this device is design out of the regular thinking box so those who has problems and gives it a 1 star START THINKING OUT OF THE BOX! I do agree that this device is a bit of a problem to store but it is in easy reach in a heavy jar with my wooden spoons for cooking. The jar has to be heavy because this device makes it top heavy and topples over easily. I use this device 3 times a week and I like this pounder much better (and so does my 10 year) than the old one where you pound it like your stamping a passport. Oh and my old one I use that to crush nuts for pecan crusted cod basically the handle of the old style one is coming off and I was looking for a new one and I couldnt pass up on the price and the free shipping. It was the best decision I have made on Amazon.Update: I find that some of the other comments on the design very interesting. You know what people use to use to pound meat a long time ago. A CAST IRON FRYING PAN! So the design is not that new. It is pretty much the same idea but smaller.
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