The examined carcass chilling methods differed significantly in the LL muscle temperature 2 and 6 h p.m., but not 24 h p.m. (Table 2). Half-carcasses subject to the two-stage blast chilling had a significantly (p ≤ 0.01) lower temperature (temp 2h, temp 6h) of the LL muscle compared to conventionally chilled carcasses. On the basis of mean values,
one can see a tendency that the higher the conformation, the lower the LL muscle temperature from 35 min to 24 h after slaughter. However, this was statistically significant only with respect to the temperature determined 6 h p.m., when S carcasses had a significantly (p ≤ 0.05) lower temperature of LL muscle than U carcasses.