In the interest of full disclosure, we got our plucker free so we could review it. But I still would have thought it was worth the price if I'd paid for it --- quite a time-saver!

Does it get off all the pin feathers, too? Any problems with the skin tearing? Do y'all do the ice bath step? I've only plucked a few birds, but it is definitely not a very enjoyable task for me. Then again, neither is the evisceration.

Mitsy --- It actually does quite a good job about taking off pin feathers. You'll still need to do a little bit of hand-plucking (depending on how well you scald and how good you get at moving the bird around the plucker fingers), but not much. I was impressed not to see any skin tearing --- I'd had some with our plucker board. No ice baths here, although I believe the manufacturer of the plucker fingers recommends it.

Actually, I find evisceration soothing, now that I've gotten the hang of it --- vastly superior to plucking. But I didn't feel that way for the first twenty birds or so, so I know where you're coming from!