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Adan Garcia works on a piece of meat as he and other Texas Roadhouse meat cutters compete in West Jordan Monday, March 24, 2014, in preliminary market cut-off in anticipation of round 1 of the A1 National Meat Cutting Challenge. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Tyler Yazzie weighs a piece of meat as he and other Texas Roadhouse meat cutters compete in West Jordan Monday, March 24, 2014, in preliminary market cut-off in anticipation of round 1 of the A1 National Meat Cutting Challenge. The national winner wins $2 Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Store managers, Michael Steinberg and Tim Greenley judge the cuts of meat as Texas Roadhouse meat cutters compete in West Jordan Monday, March 24, 2014, in preliminary market cut-off in anticipation of round 1 of the A1 National Meat Cutting Challenge. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Meet cutter Gerardo Alvarez begins a cut as he and other Texas Roadhouse meat cutters compete Monday, March 24, 2014, in West Jordan in preliminary market cut-off in anticipation of round 1 of the A1 National Meat Cutting Challenge. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Tyler Yazzie cuts a piece of meat as he and other Texas Roadhouse meat cutters compete Monday, March 24, 2014, in preliminary market cut-off in anticipation of round 1 of the A1 National Meat Cutting Challenge. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Texas Roadhouse meat cutters compete Monday, March 24, 2014, in preliminary market cut-off in anticipation of round 1 of the A1 National Meat Cutting Challenge. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Texas Roadhouse meat cutters compete Monday, March 24, 2014, in preliminary market cut-off in anticipation of round 1 of the A1 National Meat Cutting Challenge. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Texas Roadhouse meat cutters compete Monday, March 24, 2014, at Sysco Intermountain in West Jordan in preliminary market cut-off in anticipation of round 1 of the A1 National Meat Cutting Challenge. The national winner gets $20,000. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Texas Roadhouse meat cutters compete Monday, March 24, 2014, at Sysco Intermountain in West Jordan in preliminary market cut-off in anticipation of round 1 of the A1 National Meat Cutting Challenge. The national winner gets $20,000. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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The trophy that the cutters are competing for. Texas Roadhouse meat cutters compete Monday, March 24, 2014, at Sysco Intermountain in West Jordan in preliminary market cut-off in anticipation of round 1 of the A1 National Meat Cutting Challenge. The natio Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Ten people from local Texas Roadhouse restaurants brought their sharp knives and steady hands to take part in the preliminary round of the Meat Cutter of the Year competition in West Jordan on Monday, March 24, 2014. Each person received 50 pounds of beef consisting of two top-butts, one tenderloin and one rib loin. They were judged on quality, yield and speed. The winner advanced to first round of the Meat Cutter of the Year competition next year. The national grand prize is $20,000.

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