Meatman Tools

Quizzes, calculators, timers, and interactive guides to help you buy, cook, cure, and smoke incredible meat. Eat Wild.

High-impact utilities for buying and cooking steak perfectly.

🥩 Steak Selector Quiz

Answer a few quick questions and get personalized picks (cut + grade), ideal cooking method, and add-to-cart shortcuts.

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🛁 Sous Vide & Reverse-Sear Calculator

Pick cut, thickness, and doneness to get precise bath temps, time windows, and sear plans—includes from-frozen guidance.

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⏱️ Steak Thickness & Sear Timer

Input thickness and method; get staged sear/rest timers and finishing guidance for perfect doneness.

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🗺️ Cut Explorer (Beef Atlas)

Click a primal to explore each steak’s flavor, marbling, tenderness, and best methods—then jump to shop the cut.

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🍽️ Crowd Planner (Portions & Events)

Enter guests, appetites, and sides to get per-person portions, total pounds, and a prebuilt cart for easy checkout.

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Meatman Lab — Calculators

Professional-grade calculators for brining, curing, smoking, and cost/yield planning.

🧪 Brine & Injection Calculator

Equilibrium brines and injection ratios—with guidance for poultry, pork, and beef. Outputs salt %, sugar %, and water weights.

Open Brine Calculator
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🧂 Cure PPM Calculator

Calculate nitrite (ppm) for Cure #1/#2—supports pumped and equilibrium methods, with safety guardrails and examples.

Open Cure Calculator
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📊 Butcher’s Math & Yield

Estimate trim/cook loss, yield %, cost per serving, and portion planning—great for events and big cooks.

Open Yield Calculator
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🌫️ Smoking Times & Temps Planner

Plan back from your mealtime with cut-specific time/temperature ranges and stall handling tips.

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🌳 Smoking Woods Pairing Guide

Match wood species to each cut using intensity scales and pairing notes; includes printable quick-ref chart.

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🌭 Sausage Maker’s Hub

Fat ratio, water/ice %, spice % calculators, grind plate tips, and emulsified sausage guidance—optimized for venison & wild game.

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📝 Printable Charts Library

Free, high-resolution PDFs: cut charts, wood pairings, brine ratios, steak temps, and more—easy to print or save.

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More Meatman Tools

🔥 Grill Setup Wizard

Step-by-step airflow, fuel layout, and grate temp targets for charcoal, gas, pellet, kamado, and offset.

Open Grill Wizard
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🦌 Wild Game Flavor Explorer

Slide between rich/lean and mild/bold to discover the perfect Wild Game cut with cooking tips.

Open Wild Game Explorer
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📐 Recipe Scale & Shopping List

Scale recipes to your party size and generate a shoppable list—send ingredients straight to cart.

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🧊 Storage & Thaw Calculator

Choose a cut to get optimal fridge/freezer durations, thaw times, and quality tips—built around our pro-freezing approach.

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📅 Build-Your-Own Subscription

Subscribe to exactly what you want—no fixed boxes. Lock favorites, rotate discoveries, and see your per-delivery cost.

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🌡️ Thermometer Calibration Helper

Calibrate with ice-bath and altitude-adjusted boiling-point steps; save per-probe offsets and print instructions.

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🧾 Freezer Inventory

Track cuts, pack dates, weights and notes across multiple freezers—FIFO reminders and CSV export.

Open Freezer Inventory
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⛽ Fuel Planner

Estimate charcoal/pellet fuel needed to hold your target temperature for sear, roasting, or low-and-slow sessions.

Open Fuel Planner
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🔎 Butcher-Cut Translator

Search by retail name or IMPS/NAMP code to see primal, subprimal, muscles, cooking methods, and shop links.

Open Cut Translator
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Tip: Add your favorite tools to your phone’s home screen for quick access on cook day. For steak fundamentals, see Steak Cooking Methods, Steak Temperature Chart, and Meat Safety & Storage.

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