Meat hook

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For other uses, see Meat hook (disambiguation).

Meat hooks at a butcher.

A meat hook is a two-sided hook normally used in butcheries to hang up meat or the carcasses of animals such as pigs and cattle on a moving conveyor line. There are many types of hooks, but meat hooks are the only ones used in butchering.

Close-up of a meat hook on a rail

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