Poultry Judging - University of Arkansas

Further Processed Products Examples

Example 1

1. Inconsistent shape; inconsistent color

2. Broken; inconsistent size

3. No defect

4. No defect

5. No defect (the coating void is less than 1/2-inch

6. Inconsistent shape; coating void (greater than 1/2-inch)

7. Inconsistent shape; inconsistent size; inconsistent color
(somewhat difficult to tell by thi photo)

8. Coating void

9. Miscut wing (one of the drumettes has an excess of
breast meat still attached)

10. Miscut wing (there is a wing portion present
in the plate of drumettes)

Example 2

1. Inconsistent shape; inconsistent size

2. Inconsistent shape; inconsistent size (the coating
void is less than 1/2-inch)

3. No defect

4. Coating void (greater than 1/2-inch)

5. Broken

6. No defect

7. Miscut wing (note: do not call coating void,
because the meat is missing, not just the coating.
This constitutes a miscut) two views are shown

8. No defect

9. No defect

10. Miscut wing (the meat is missing
from the end of one drumette); foreign material

Example 3

1. Broken; coating void (greater than 1/2-inch)

2. Inconsistent color

3. Inconsistent color; inconsistent size

4. Inconsistent color; broken (the coating void is less
than 1/2-inch)

5. Inconsistent color; inconsistent shape; inconsistent
color (burned area); coating void (greater than 1/2-inch)

6. Coating void (greater than 1 inch) (note: coating void
should be called even though the skin is still on the wing
"coating" refers to the breading, which is missing)

7. Miscut wing (the meat is missing from
the end of one drumette)

8. Miscut wing (there is a drumette present in
the plate of wing portions)

9. Foreign material

10. No defect

Example 4

1. Coating void (greater than 1/2-inch);
inconsistent shape

2. Cluster/marriage; foreign material
(we've shown two views)

3. Inconsistent color

4. No defect (the coating voids are each
less than 1/2-inch)

5. No defect

6. Broken

7. Coating void (greater than 1/2-inch);
inconsistent size; inconsistent shape

8. Miscut wing (there is a drumette present in
the plate of the wing portions)

9. Inconsistent size (there is meat missing from one
piece, which constitutes a miscut wing, but it is
difficult to see in the photo)

10. Miscut wing (piece of skin that was detached
and coated)