HOME > Chowhound > Cookware >   Poultry Shears  I've been on a
slight cutlery and gadget shopping spree lately...and came
across poultry shears ?  Curious who uses it and in what fashion
? I never could see who could/would use them - and would require
handstrength of steel to cut through bone and or even tough
areas  Most if not all my chicken, aside from buying thighs in
bulk, is generally whole chicken. Depending on how I'm breaking
it down, there's always meat and also the remainder for making
stock.  Just can't even imagine using a shear to cut bone - as
I'm accustomed to a hard chop with the cleaver.    1. Click to
Upload a photo (10 MB limit)   1. Poultry shears are good for
when you have to butterfly a chicken and need to cut down both
sides of the backbone...or so I hear. I've seen them used by tv
chefs, but I personally only use my chef's knife for this job.
1 Reply     1. re: eefoodgeek        I liked using them to cut
smaller game birds in half, but I'm sure it could be done with a
chef's knif