Butchering table

[BantyChooks]

I’ve thought about rigging something up with a drain too... but I haven’t decided I needed it at this point.

I’ve done a lot of deer in the garage in the past, the concrete floor, a couple of coolers, a pair of rubber boots, and a long apron that goes past the boots, along with that plastic table is all I use...

I just let everything run to the floor, and then spray it out... the apron makes it nice for staying dry during clean up.

The nice thing about that table is it’s very portable... here it is in use in 2017 when the weather was nice enough to work outside

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Long apron:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M3SY4VR/?tag=backy-20

Do you have issues with the meat sliding off the table after it's been sprayed down? I helped with 20 odd CX last year and they were continually sliding around.

I'm currently using a piece of T1-11 on a dog crate. Not ideal for sanitation, so I also am in the market for a processing table. It's a bummer to hear the faucets were trash, as that's one thing I thought sounded great.

 

[Parront]

Do you have issues with the meat sliding off the table after it's been sprayed down? I helped with 20 odd CX last year and they were continually sliding around.

I'm currently using a piece of T1-11 on a dog crate. Not ideal for sanitation, so I also am in the market for a processing table. It's a bummer to hear the faucets were trash, as that's one thing I thought sounded great.

I am also looking at something multi-purpose to go from kitchen to out back where the birds will be processed. This looked good enough to do double duty in the house when not in use out side. Stainless cleans up nice. It is at Home Depot:https://www.homedepot.com/p/StyleWe...-with-Stainless-Steel-Top-H17110706/304083099

 

[OhZark Biddies]

Do you have issues with the meat sliding off the table after it's been sprayed down? I helped with 20 odd CX last year and they were continually sliding around.

I'm currently using a piece of T1-11 on a dog crate. Not ideal for sanitation, so I also am in the market for a processing table. It's a bummer to hear the faucets were trash, as that's one thing I thought sounded great.

Edit: I meant to say ‘do not’

I do not have a lot of problems with sliding around, but I’m familiar with what you’re talking about.

I process chickens one or two at a time so I typically don’t get my table out for that...

but when I process deer I quarter out the carcass while hanging, and bone out the loins, neck, etc... that all gets dropped in an ice chest/cooler... and then I pull the parts out one at a time and work them up... without worries of them sliding around.

I suppose if I were to do 20 chickens at once, I’d do it much the same, meaning pull them one at a time from a cooler to the table.

 

[trudyg]

I have the one with the sink and faucet. The faucet doesn't have enough power for rinsing, so I just use a hose. I aim the drain hose into a bucket or even a piece of gutter so the wet goes away from where I'm standing. Works for me.

 

[Mosey2003]

I have the one with the sink and faucet. The faucet doesn't have enough power for rinsing, so I just use a hose. I aim the drain hose into a bucket or even a piece of gutter so the wet goes away from where I'm standing. Works for me.

Have you tried a shorter hose to the sink? Mine rinses plenty hard, though I do use the hose sprayer right on the kidney area sometimes.

 

[trudyg]

Using a 50' hose, I can try shorter but this is working for now. Haven't yet done more than 3 at a time, so no issues.

 

[archeryrob]

I got a kitchen island top off FB marketplace cheap and was thinking about making a one sided folding leg for it and clamp the other side to my garage work bench. Then it is higher and not leaning over so low. My old back gets tired quick like that. I was just trying to think of how to add a sink that will not be a PITA to store when not using it. Maybe one that clamps on the side and detaches?

 

[trudyg]

When we remodeled our kitchen, DH made a frame from 2 X 4's to hold my sink. It lived on the back porch during the day when I was at work, then he'd bring it in and attach it to the water and drain lines long enough for me to cook supper and do dishes, then back out onto the porch.

 

[aart]

We butcher in the three car detached garage for rough work and finer work is done in the kitchen under cleaner conditions.

You use running water in your garage?
I use garage for slaughter but no running water,
that happens later in kitchen during butchering...but I only do at most 5 at a time.

 

[archeryrob]

Garage is 20' from the house and I can run a hose in there. The wife doesn't like all the blood in the house. Butchering deer and chickens and I would like to pre wash everything before bring it inside.