There are plenty of kitchen tools that earn their places in a gadget drawer, but is a meat tenderizer, aka a meat mallet, one of them? Well, it depends.

TEXTURIZED SURFACE : One of the sides surface is textured for optimum use on a variety of meats SMOOTH SIDE INCLUDED : The opposite side of the meat tenderizer is smooth for pounding and ...

When it comes to cooking the perfect steak, tenderizing is key, especially for tougher cuts like flank steak or skirt steak.

If you want something more immediate, there’s the classic mallet and the modern mechanical meat tenderizer. Both these designs are relatively straightforward and easy to use. You’ll only need ...