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FROM LOCAL FARMS
FRESH, NOT FROZEN
DELIVERY FREE OVER £70
PICK DELIVERY DATE AT CHECKOUT
FROM LOCAL FARMS
A large French-trimmed, bone-in beef shin centrepiece from native-breed beef. Approx. 4–4.5kg and serving around 8–10, it is designed for long, slow cooking such as smoking, braising or slow roasting.
£68.00
Thor’s Hammer is a whole bone-in beef shin prepared as a large centrepiece cut. The shin comes from the lower leg, a hard-working muscle with plenty of connective tissue. Long, slow cooking gives that connective tissue time to soften while the bone contributes depth to the cooking juices.
This cut is approximately 4–4.5kg and serves around 8–10, making it a substantial centrepiece for a group. Customer reviews consistently highlight the scale of the joint, long smoking or sous-vide cooks, generous leftovers and rich cooking juices.
Because of the size, check the internal dimensions of your smoker, barbecue, oven or cooking vessel before you start. This is considerably larger than an everyday beef-shin portion.
The cut is supplied French trimmed, with the bone exposed above the meat to create the characteristic Thor’s Hammer shape. It remains a whole bone-in shin rather than the smaller everyday shin portions or cross-cut shin steaks sold for other dishes.
Low-and-slow smoking, braising and slow roasting are all well suited to the cut. The aim is to give the connective tissue enough time to soften so the meat becomes tender enough to pull or serve in generous portions.
For general shin technique, see our How to Cook Beef Shin – Bone-In and Boneless guide.
Choose Thor’s Hammer when you want the large whole-shin centrepiece. Our Native Breed Beef Shin is the everyday beef-shin option for braising, stews and casseroles, while Beef Osso Buco is shin cross-cut into thick rounds around the bone.
Approximate weight: 4–4.5kg
Serves: approximately 8–10
Minimum shelf life: 10 days
Delivery: choose your delivery date at checkout.
Gianna Prew (verified owner) –
Emma Charles (verified owner) –
Ordered this shin of beef as an alternative to turkey for Christmas Day. The online ordering and delivery process was very easy and the meat arrived on time by courier delivery – all way to the Scottish Highlands too.
I asked advice from the customer service team about cooking guides for this show stopping pice of meat ( when it arrived I could see why it was called Thor’s hammer). I opted for an Eight Hour clow cook in the oven which produced mouth watering soft beef that literally fell off the bone .. the meat was tender and delicious, perfect with mashed potatoes and gravy.
I would recommend trying this shin of beef.
Philippa Adams (verified owner) –
Amazing piece of meat!! Would really appreciate cooking instructions though – most recipes are only for 1.5kg joints!
Steven Shephard (verified owner) –
Chris Drake (verified owner) –
What a terrific cut for a supper club meal. More than enough meat to feed 12, tasted delicious. Glad I checked with Grid Iron how long to cook as it needed 8 hours but what a success!
Paul Owen (verified owner) –
Not bbq’d yet but awesome piece of meat
Emily Martin (verified owner) –
Thanks so much. Bought this for a gift on a recommendation for someone who is very into smoking meat, and it was fantastic. Delivered on time, smoked for 12 hours, delicious.
Chris Camp (verified owner) –
Put this on the smoker and turned out perfect, all the meat pulled straight from the bone
Nela Molik (verified owner) –
We’ve slow cooked it for our Christmas dinner and not only it taste absolutely amazing but it’s presenting beautifully too%21%0D%0AYou can choose delivery date%2C they will sent you a slot day before. Arrived super fresh%2C all on time. %0D%0ARecommend to everyone
Christian Spruit (verified owner) –
Eric Nunn (verified owner) –
First time cooking a Beef Shank in the Egg. A great piece of meat, timely delivery, turned out great. Past your details over to two other BBQ fanatics. Hope you get more business!
Sarah Dent (verified owner) –
Stunning piece of meat , did not disappoint. Smoked in my offset smoker for 11 hours , melted in your mouth. Very tasty, definitely use this company again.friendly, quick response and excellent customer service.
Glynn Taylor (verified owner) –
Not used yet – I’m still building the cooker for it
Stephen F (verified owner) –
Great piece of beef. Generous portion. Smoked on BBQ for 3hrs then wrapped and left to cook low overnight. Falling off the bone after resting. Really succulent and lovely flavour.
Arthur Pescher (verified owner) –
Great Thor Hammer for smoking. Low and slow until it melts. Brillant addon to the Grid Iron offer. Love it.