the essentials

Discover the most effective ways to protect yourself during these lessons and explore the best practices available to ensure your safety.

Keeping your knife sharp is one of the most essential steps to ensure safety and consistently create top-quality products. This lesson will teach you the basics of using a sharpening steel to maintain your blade's edge.

Learn the critical importance of sanitation, temperature control, and best practices for handling raw meat products safely and effectively.

In this lesson, you’ll master the classic butcher’s slipknot—a foundational skill essential for the rest of the course programing, as you’ll be using it frequently. It is important that you master this before moving on.

Explore one of the most affordable and accessible pork products as you learn to slice chops, craft show-stopping shotgun roasts for the rotisserie, and even make sausage without a grinder.

Master the art of breaking down a chicken into parts, maximizing the value and versatility of each piece.

Discover the potential of one of the most overlooked primal cuts as I show you how to prepare it for a variety of dishes, from classic thin slices to impressive pinwheel roasts that will elevate your culinary skills.

Learn the art of deboning whole poultry, unlocking new possibilities and added value for meal preparation. By completing this course, you’ll be able to create whole boneless rotisserie roasts, impressive turduckens, or even cube entire birds for sausages and stews.