28-Second Chicken Breakdown

Speed run for breaking down a chicken into 8 serving portions (legs, thighs, and 4 breast quarters, along with a backbone for stock).

Wanna see it step by step? Here you go!

[stevenmhensley]

I beat the time by 2 seconds. I double checked by counting on my nine fingers. :)

[iarreolav]

He's always so chill in his videos.
Was pretty cool to see him being serious.

[BMoney]

I actually think he could beat that. He struggled a couple times. I guarantee he could hit 25 seconds easy.

[dulldyl]

Bro behind the camera was salivating over that shit.

[ryanehoward]

That is impressive it takes a VERY sharp knife and knowing exactly how to break down a chicken to pull that off.

[ossy]

The fastest I’ve seen people in Mexican mercados do it is about 15 seconds, that shit was like an art form

[njco]

Hey it's me, Kenji's dogs... wondering why I haven't gotten fed delicious youtube scraps lately. I'll be here if you need me.

[thevoice]

This is so nostalgic for me. I'm reminded of watching Martin Yan as a child breaking down chickens. IIRC he could do it in 16 seconds. I'm almost positive he was the inspiration for this challenge in one way or another. Thanks for the trip in the way back machine. You rock.

[Yungpino]

It’s crazy that we can hear him breathing just like it’s a POV video : still love the content!

[waxonjaxon]

Thank you camera man for breathing hard into the camera the whole time.

[pablodavidclavijo]

I'm both impressed with the technique and the knife

[bmolax]

3 excellent small moves I saw, clearly a professional

[adriangarcia]

I was freaking tripping out. I herd some else breathing but it’s just the video lol

[crakesandbarrels]

We need the GoPro version at 3am with a simultaneous whiskey sour tutorial.

[justindonoghue]

Today I was at the store and whole chicken was 70 cents a pound so im going to try this, hopefully without bleeding.

[BeastGanon]

Damn, was I nervous! I just ordered The Food Lab and can't wait to start reading it! I have been playing around with my Joule sous vide and your sous vide recipes.

Could you make an instructional video on breaking down a chicken?

Do you have plans on making a "Food Lab" book for sous vide?

BTW, Nice video!

Thanks!

[weilhaltdermachtige]

impressive knife and skills
I'd like to imagine the 300% mortality rate surgery looked similar XD

[imcharming]

What if like aliens like had competitions for how long it takes to break down a human

[hunterwotruba]

I worked in a butcher shop for some time, and i would secretly time one of the older guys there every time he broke down a chicken and he got it done in 28 seconds every single time.

[genenco]

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