Meat grade reminder

[NOCK NOCK]

Couple drinks beforehand and Prime & Choice all taste the same. 

[Buckjunkie]

3.98/lb should tell you everything you need to know

[Angry Perch]

I agree.  All their prime steaks are great as well.  Just had a couple ribeyes the other night.  They were fantastic.

Have you tried the ribeye caps? Ridiculous!

[Stein]

3.98/lb should tell you everything you need to know

 

They should grind it into burger, it would increase the value to $4.49/lb.

[Angry Perch]

A little off topic, but anymore, I don't go looking for a certain steak or grade. I go to Costco and see what talks to me. If the Choice Ribeyes have good marbling, I'm in. Sometimes it's fillets. If the Prime sirloins are well marbled, they are fantastic, and a great buy. But it's a little tougher to see inside a rib roast.

[spookgus]

Are the ribeye caps you speak of, sold separately at Costco? My wife just eats the eye so I get a cap for my next day’s lunch.

[Angry Perch]

Are the ribeye caps you speak of, sold separately at Costco? My wife just eats the eye so I get a cap for my next day’s lunch.

Yep. That fatty, amazing outside strip. Possibly the best piece of the cow. They pinwheel them and tie them into steaks. I recommend uncoiling them and putting the strips on skewers, and a minute on a wicked hot grill. God it's good.

Oh, and your wife is crazy! But you're the beneficiary!

[smdave]

You can barely buy hamburger for that price, it would make great summer sausage.

[muledhunter]

Costco uses meat tenderizer on a lot of their cuts. I know they do on the caps. I buy brisket there but not steaks.

[Caseyd]

Costco uses meat tenderizer on a lot of their cuts. I know they do on the caps. I buy brisket there but not steaks.

Costco is one of the largest beef buyers/retailers in the US. You don’t hear of to many E. coli issues related to Costco so I don’t worry about some tiny needles poking my steak. Plus with medium everything’s dead 

[Bigshooter]

It is important to understand that a “prime rib” does not necessarily mean that the meat is USDA graded prime beef. “prime rib” refers to the cut, not the grade. So a “prime rib” may be USDA graded prime, choice or select.

https://mrsteak.com/2020/09/02/prime-rib-vs-ribeye-whats-the-difference/

Prime rib is a cut not a grade.  Many cuts have many different names.  Know your cuts and know your grades.

[Blacklab]

You can barely buy hamburger for that price, it would make great summer sausage.

That is something that makes you go hummmmmm😉🥃🇺🇸 

[nwwanderer]

A tiny % is actually graded, inspected yes, graded no.  It takes time and money, time is short and the packers want the money.  Grade is mostly a factor of age and fat content, yield is proportion of fat to lean.  Eating quality is much more complicated than both

[NOCK NOCK]

Costco uses meat tenderizer on a lot of their cuts. I know they do on the caps. I buy brisket there but not steaks.

Costco is one of the largest beef buyers/retailers in the US. You don’t hear of to many E. coli issues related to Costco so I don’t worry about some tiny needles poking my steak. Plus with medium everything’s dead 

Including the taste!           Not sure if Muledhunter is talking tenderizer as in machined or MSG like powder, Guessing the later

[Geoduck Duck Goose]

Are the ribeye caps you speak of, sold separately at Costco? My wife just eats the eye so I get a cap for my next day’s lunch.

Yep. That fatty, amazing outside strip. Possibly the best piece of the cow. They pinwheel them and tie them into steaks. I recommend uncoiling them and putting the strips on skewers, and a minute on a wicked hot grill. God it's good.

Oh, and your wife is crazy! But you're the beneficiary!

Ribeye caps are among the most underrated cut on the cow without question. Also a big fan of the picanha--the top sirloin cap.