Meat Tenderizer The Arcos Meat Tenderizer is especially designed for flattening cuts of meat, such as cutlets and carpaccio where the meat must be pounded very thin by hand. The flat surface and incredible heft of this tenderizer in incredible for thinning out the meat, without wearing on your arm or mashing the texture of the finished product. Arcos Hermanos S.A. The brand officially began in 1745 with Juan Arcos, who forged blades now found in the National Archeological Museum in Madrid. The craft continued through the family line until Gregoria Arcos Aroco who turned the small hand-forging shop into a fully mechanized production shop for high-quality spanish blades in 1875. One hundred years down the road, his descendant Gregorio Arcos Villanueva desired more and began the expansion of Arcos into the International brand that it is today. Through nearly 300 years of manufacturing, the family has never ceased their innovation.
