CHEF 1320

E-Portfolio Assignment
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

% of Total

3# 4oz
1 # 2 oz
5 # 5 oz
8 oz
7 # 9 oz
17 # 12 oz

18.31%
6.34%
29.93%
2.82%
42.61%
100.00%

Total Cost

Weight
converted to #

$7.28

Purchase Price/#
(from a purveyor)

3.25
$0.38/#
1.125
$0.11/#
5.3125
$0.09/#
0.5
$0/#
7.5625
N/A
17.75 N/A

Total Value

Cost Per
Useable #

Cost Per
Useable oz

Cost Multi.
(CM)

$1.24
$0.12
$0.48
$5.43
$7.28

$0.72 $

0.04

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.
Cost/useable #: $.72
Cost/useable oz: $.04
CM: 1.75

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.
Cooked weight: 107 oz
6.69 #
(6# 11oz)
Cost/[cooked] oz: $0.05

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.
EP Weight: 101 oz
(6# 5oz)
6.3125 #

EP $/#: $0.86
EP $/oz: $0.05
CM: 2.10

5. Enter the information you calculated above in questions 1 to 4 into the spreadsheet below. Calculate the yield
percentages.

Food Item:Turkey Breast From Whole Turkey

Breakdown
AP Weight

Weight (#)

Yield % (Weight
in # /AP #

Value/#

Total Value

EP$/# (EP
Value /EP
Weight

EP Cost
Multiplier/#
(EP$/#/AP
Value/#)

17.75

100.00%

$0.41

$7.28

Butchery By-Product and

Loss

10.1875

57.39%

Butchered Weight

7.5625

42.61%

$0.72

$5.43

Cooking Loss
Cooked Weight
Trim Loss
EP Weight

0.875
6.69
0.375
6.3125

4.93%
37.69%
2.11%
35.56%

X
X
X
X

X
X
X
$5.43

X
X
X
$0.86

X
X
X
$2.10

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

1.75