Oh well heck guess I was doing it right enough though the Jacard sounds like the thing I would be looking for in comparison. Although in regards to tender, I wasn't exactly looking for something to tenderize it out, verse more to flatten out the piece of food. Using the chicken breast as an example, it's pretty big and has an awkward shape making it difficult to get an even cooking surface (without using a blowtorch, which made the seasonings not so good on it ). So in regards to that would a meat pounder be instead of what I should be looking for to just press and flatten the meat a bit?