The basic reason is that long muscle fibers are easier for your teeth to separate than break apart, so let your knife do the hard work and give your teeth a break. J. Kenji Lopez-Alt goes into excruciating detail as to why. (My thanks to William Couch for the link)
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Stake in my trig? :O Delicious.
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