Meat is used on the show primarily as a test for recently-created blades, according to GameSpot. Since the blades contestants make are designed to be able to easily cut through meat and other dense objects, testing the blades by slicing through chicken and fish helps ensure that they are sharp and can carry out their intended purposes. The images of this testing can sometimes appear graphic, with entire carcasses occasionally being used to test blades, according to Distractify.
Questions about the fate of the meat used on the show have led some showrunners behind "Knife Or Death," a spinoff of "Forged in Fire," to come forward and explain what happens to the meat on their show.
Bill Goldberg, the host of "Knife or Death," said the series is conscious of food waste. "It just depends on what's on the menu that day, because it's quite possible that it can end up on a grill right next to set," Goldberg told GameSpot. "Most of the time, the fish does not go to waste, whether it be cleaned up and sushied or put on the grill. We try not to waste anything on that show."
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