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An essential for scaloppini, the flat mallet end allows you to pound chicken breasts to a uniform thickness (which makes cooking faster and even). The end with points helps tenderize steak by breaking up some of the muscle fibers, this also allows your marinade to permeate. You may also employ this tool to crush nuts, ice, or Oreos for cheesecake crust.
If you're fond of thin cutlets or like your meat tender as butter, this meat tenderizer is the tool for the job--it's got a flat side for pounding and a textured side for tenderizing. This hammerlike gadget features one-piece aluminum construction for strength and durability. The large, comfortable handle is made of brushed stainless steel with rubber fins for comfort and will remain cool to the touch. It's also nonslip under wet or dry conditions. And the large hanging hole in the handle makes storage easy. This tool must be washed by hand. --Laurie Notaro

Technical Details

-Brushed stainless-steel handle has flexible rubber fins for comfort
-Tenderizer surface is textured for optimum use
-Smooth side for pounding
-One-piece aluminum construction for durability and strength
-Lifetime warranty against defects
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 "Used it in dinner prep this evening..." 2010-03-23
By Richard Haba (SCS, MI)
and it worked wonderfully. The handle grips well, and I had wet hands. I used it on thick boneless chicken, and it worked really well, extremely pleased. It weights 1lb and that seems to be perfect for what we'd use it for - chicken, steak, pork. The chicken was delicious too :) I would buy as a gift or recommend to family and friends.


 "OXO!!!" 2010-03-15
By Scott Stoddard
I love all my OXO products. This works great and is an excellent purchase for the price.


 "Just ok" 2009-12-17
By Char (florida)
I used it for the first time last night. Worked well as far as the pounding part but I put it in the dishwasher and it came out dull with lots of gray stuff rubbing off. That is why I replaced my old one that had belonged to my mother. If you can't put a meat pounder in the dw what good is it.


 "Great at pounding but NOT DISHWASHER SAFE?!?!" 2009-11-08
By Gloria C.
We own many OXO products, all of them excellent, until now. No question this pounder/tenderizer does a great job, especially on chicken breasts, and has the comfortable "Good Grip". However, the fact that it must be hand-washed is a major deficiency, particularly in our household. I learned the hard way that it is not dishwasher safe, i.e. the first time in the dishwasher the metal turned dark and dull. I was fully prepared to live with the discoloration, but after a couple more times in the dishwasher, I was pounding chicken (using the flat side) when I noticed grey 'smears' on the chicken. The metal was actually transferring a grey residue to the meat, which I can only assume to be ALUMINUM residue since the metal part is solid aluminum. It also came off on my fingers when I rubbed them across the pounder. Since ingesting aluminum is not really a good thing, it went directly into the trash bag.

Sorry OXO, you'll have to make this product dishwasher safe before I can recommend it or buy it again.

UPDATE: I actually received another one in my Christmas stocking, and tried my best to remind my family to keep it out of the dishwasher. But husbands and teenagers aren't always good at remembering such mundane things, so one day in my absence it went into the dishwasher with the same unfortunate result as before....dull, ugly, and giving off a grey residue. Into the trash again....I just can't win with this product!


 "Great Tenderizer" 2009-09-11
By B. Waltmire (Anaheim, CA, USA)
This is just what I was looking for. It is great because of the non-slip handle, dimpled on one side and flat on the other. Perfect for whatever your needs in the kitchen. Well made too.


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