Am I the only one who doesn't like shredding chicken in.....

Every time I see someone do it, it makes me nauseous.

While I can't stand the sound of two forks scrapping against each other (which inevitably happens when trying to shred meat...) i still wouldn't consider using my mixer for shredding, mostly to avoid having to clean the bowl & beater. We have the big plastic claws for shredding meat & they work just fine for us.

I tried it once & must have had it on too long because I ended up with what looked more like ground chicken. Now I just do the fork method

I do it in the pan the chicken boiled in and use my handheld KA mixer with the 2 beaters on.

I have found there is a very narrow band of time during Kitchen Aid shredding where the meat goes from nicely shredded to way over shredded. Ick.

My DD makes shredded chicken and shredded pork fairly often. I bought her the original Bear Paws Shredder Claws. She really likes them. I haven’t used them because my DH hates shredded meat.

Funny you bring this up...my recipe last night called for shredded chicken. I didn't want to dirty the stand mixer, so I started doing it with forks. But then I just cut it into cubes so I wouldn't have to deal with shredding it at all.

I've never used my kitchen aid OR two forks. I shred chicken with my bare hands or cut it with a knife, lol. 

I usually cook the chicken in a crock pot for shredded recipes and it is too tender for my mixer without making mush too . I prefer using my pampered chef mix and chop for chicken. But I do love using my mixer for pulled pork, it turns out better and I usually make a big enough quantity that shredding by hand would be a pain.

I've never found it hard to shred meat with a couple forks or my hands, so haven't been tempted to try using my KitchenAid. By the time I lug it out and plug it I'm, the meat is shredded. 

I have never tried shredding chicken in my Kitchen Aid...probably because my Kitchen Aid weighs a TON and it is stored on the bottom of my pantry. It wouldn't be worth it to lift that thing up onto the counter just to shredded some chicken when a fork works just a well.

I use extra large serving forks for shredding, which makes it a bit more ergonomic.

I don’t like it either. I shred with serving forks and it’s pretty quick.

When I cook meat to be shredded, it is usually in the crockpot or the pressure cooker. When I try to shred the meat in either one of those, I end up splashing myself or making a mess. And I take more time trying not to make a mess. My kitchen aid is on the counter so it is quicker to just put the meat in there, shred, then put it back in the crock pot. It doesn’t take long to wash the bowl if I do it right away before things start to stick.