The Mission
Facilities and Capabilities
Specific Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT/CAPABILITIES  

  • Pilot abattoir for cattle with holding pens, capable of holding six cattle, and/or twenty hogs

  • Stainless steel rail throughout facility

  • Electrical low-voltage stimulator

  • Three carcass coolers each set up for meat animal evaluation/grading

  • State-of-the-art poultry abattoir with batch type, scald and defeathering

  • Holding area with an animal receiving area to hold 100 birds

  • Meat band saws for breaking and portion cutting

  • Packaging chamber equipment capable of packaging beef animals, subprimals, and portion steaks

  • Stuffers for small batches (8-10 lbs.) both hand and vacuum continuous stuffer

  • Pickle injector for bone-less cuts as well as manual injector units

  • Emulsifiers

  • Control meat flake

  • Vacuum mixer

  • Frozen meat block cutter

  • Bowl chopper with vacuum, 60-liter capacity

  • One truck air-conditioned smokehouse

  • One truck drying cabinet

  • One truck water-cook/brine chill

  • Combination convection steamer/oven

  • Stirring and tilting kettle

  • Packed tower smoke abatement system

  • Locker rooms and shower facilities on site

  • Appropriate balances, scales, tables and other utensils for meat processing and handling