Bellemain Meat Pounder Flattener, Easy-Grip Meat Tenderizer, Stainless Steel Meat Mallet for Cooking, Meat Hammer, Chicken Tenderizer, Meat Smasher Utensil, Kitchen Mallet, Meat Masher Tool

This looked a lot like the America's Test Kitchen top pick for meat pounders, but probably less expensive. It works, almost too well. One must have some restraint when flattening or the meat gets too thin. Seems very sturdy and heavy and the perfect diameter. If you have enormous hands, you might need a bigger pounder as the handle was perfect for me, a size medium in latex gloves.

It's heavy and does the job

Great product. It’s heavy and does a good job of pounding meat. Easy to clean. Nice grip.

Perfectly balanced. Has not come loose after MULTIPLE poundings. I Highly recommended this.

Review of: Bellemain Meat Pounder Flattener, Easy-Grip Meat Tenderizer, Stainless Steel Meat Mallet for Cooking, Meat Hammer, Chicken Tenderizer, Meat Smasher Utensil, Kitchen Mallet, Meat Masher Tool I bought this specifically for smashing garlic cloves to make them super easy to peel, and it does this job beautifully. Just give them a hard smash so they break open just a bit. Then the peel comes right off. It's made me start using real garlic in my cooking instead of jarred minced garlic! It's very heavy and I'm sure would be fantastic at pounding meat. The wide circle would make you able to pound more surface area with one pounce than the traditional "hammer" style tenderizer. However, I have always used the hammer style and I can say that my arm would tire out much more quickly using this new one. You're using completely different muscles and hand grips. So take that into consideration. I did have to remove a star because the listing states that this has a non-slip rubber handle, with is not true at all. It's hard plastic. Which makes it harder to grip and hold onto. I have very small hands that fit easily on the handle, but I think larger hands could have a harder time. But again, it's hard plastic. Since I'm only using for smashing garlic cloves, it's fine for me.

He just makes meat tenderizing a thing of the past it's just fast easy effective great kitchen tool a kitchen must have

The design makes it easy to use, it’s heavy & doesn’t take long to pound out a chicken breast. Cleans up easily.

Nice quality, heavy-duty and pounds out chicken breast nicely with little effort. I recommend.