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1. Complete the butcher's test spreadsheet below. Note the boneless breast is the desired cut your are testing
Item: Turkey; Grade A
Weight: 17.75
Product
Thighs
Wings
Bones
Scraps/Waste
Trimmed Breast
Total
# AP Price/#: $.41/#
Weight
3# 4oz
1 # 2 oz
5 # 5 oz
8 oz
7 # 9 oz
% of Total
Total Cost
Weight
converted to #
18.30%
6.30%
29.90%
2.80%
42.60%
99.90%
3.25
1.125
5.312
0.5
7.562
17.749
7.277
Purchase Price/#
(from a purveyor)
$
$
$
$
Total Value
0.38 $
0.11 $
0.09 $
$
Cost Per
Useable #
1.24
0.12
0.48
0
5.44 $
7.277
Cost Per
Useable oz
0.38
0.109
0.09
0
0.72 $
0.023
0.006
0.005
0
0.05 $
Cost Multi.
(CM)
0.926
0.265
0.219
0
1.76
2. For the Butcher's test given above, calculate the cost per useable pound, cost per useable ounce, and the cost multiplier
for oven-ready turkey breast.
(See highlighted sections above.)
3. Refering to Question 1, you know from prior experience that the oven-ready turkey breast loses 14oz of its weight during
cooking. How much will the cooked turkey breast weigh? Calculate the cost per ounce for the cooked turkey.
6.687 lbs after cooking loss
$0.05/oz.
4. The turkey described earlier is carved for guest. During the carving, 6 oz are lost to waste. What is the EP weight of the
information saleable turkey? Using the from questions 1 to 3, what is the EP cost per pound, EP cost per ounce, and EP
cost multiplier prepared this way from the turkey breast purchased and whole turkey.
6.312 lbs after trim loss
$0.86/lb.
$0.05/oz.
2.097
5. Enter the information you calculated above in questions 1 to 4 into the spreadsheet below. Calculate the yield
percentages.
Weight (#)
Yield % (Weight
in # /AP #
AP Weight
17.75
100%
Butchery By-Product
and Loss
10.188
57.30%
Butchered Weight
7.562
42.60%
Cooking Loss
Cooked Weight
Trim Loss
EP Weight
0.875
6.687
0.375
6.312
4.90%
37.60%
2.10%
35.50%
Breakdown
Value/#
$
Total Value
0.41 $
X
7.28
X
0.72 $
X
X
X
X
5.44
X
X
X
5.44
EP$/# (EP
Value /EP
Weight
EP Cost
Multiplier/#
(EP$/#/AP
Value/#)
X
X
X
X
X
X
2.097
0.86
6. The price on turkey has gone up to .72/oz, and you still have turkey breast on the menu, using the information from
problem 5, what is the new EP$/oz for turkey breast?
$1.51/oz.