Hey this is Michael ‘Medium Rare’ O’Donnell with http://cavetools.com. In this video we’re going to be teaching you how to tenderize a steak with a meat mallet. So we have our steak and we put it down on a cutting board and we’re going to cover it with a piece of wax paper. Some people use saran wrap, but wax paper works as well. Using the pyramid side of the hammer, we’re going to start hammering out the meat. Now the way we do this, is we start in the middle of the steak and we work our way out in a circle flick of the wrist there. Every time we hit it, you have to just whip it out a little bit and that’s flattening the steak and it’s also breaking down all the connective tissues in the meat. This makes it so much more tender and actually reduce the cooking time of the steak significantly. So that’s all there really is to it. Just work your way around in a circle, break down those connective tissues and your steak is going to be tender. And here you go, here is just a quick picture of the finished product right before we cooked the steak. And as you can see the meat mallet is really the perfect tool to break down connective tissues if you’re trying to flatten out a piece of steak, or to flatten a piece of chicken. It really opens up a whole new range of recipes that you can try and you’ll start using a meat mallet in everyday cooking. Not a lot of people know, but it’s actually the secret kitchen tool behind a lot of fan favorite recipes such as country-fried steak, wiener schnitzel and cordon bleu. Really it’s like that secret weapon that will take a novice chef and right away people think you’re a pro because you’re cooking these absolutely delicious meals. Hey we hope you enjoy the video if you're interested in getting even more barbecue and grilling recipes in tutorial type videos then you're in luck because we put all of our videos together for you over at CaveToolsVideos.com where you can access everything we've put together absolutely for free.