My band saw blade snapped on a $400 prime rib roast last Saturday

I was splitting a whole rib primal at 6 AM and the blade let go right into the fat cap, gouging about 3 pounds of meat off. Had to turn it into stew meat and lost money on the whole sale. Has anyone else had bad luck with Lenox blades recently or just me?

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sethm5827d ago

Four hours into a 12 pound brisket trim last fall and my blade caught the gristle plate, sent the whole thing flying off the track. Took out a chunk of flat and then wrapped around the pulley, which cost me another hour and a half to untangle. That Lenox blade was maybe three months old and had been through maybe 40 briskets at most, which is garbage for the price they charge now. I switched to a different brand after that and haven't had a blade snap on a whole primal since, knock on wood. Sorry about your prime rib, that's a rough way to start a Saturday especially when you're already up at 6 AM for it.

lee.cora27d ago

Different folks different strokes I guess. Maybe that blade had a defect or something from the factory. I have used Lenox for years on my home unit and never had one snap on a primal, even on some real tough packer briskets with thick gristle. Could be you just got a bad one in the batch, happens with any brand. Or maybe your saw tension is off and that puts extra stress on the blade over time. 40 briskets in three months is a lot of use, might be pushing it for any blade depending on how thick those briskets are and how hard you run the saw.

kai_ramirez3827d agoMost Upvoted

Man, that sounds like a nightmare. Honestly, I feel for you losing that prime rib, nothing worse than a Saturday getting wrecked before the sun's even fully up. And @lee.cora, you make a fair point about tension and defects, but 40 briskets is still way too little time for that kind of failure on a premium blade.