cuts of beef

so, how about that hamburger?

here at star meats we cut some meat. Beef is what's for dinner and we like to cut some beef! so let's do some fun review!

a whole cow carcass is broken down into 2 sides. each side is broken down to 2 quarters. a forequarter and a rear or hind quarter.

a forequarter has around 7 sub primals:

neck

chuck

rib

rib plate

brisket

shank

blade

a rear quarter has around 7 sub primals:

short loin

rump

tenderloin

round

flank

shank

round

knuckle.....

I say around with both since a wrong slice of a knife can cut one of these subs into a non-usable half- sub.

now from each one of these sub primals we can yield more cuts and more specific steaks that work better for specific cooking techniques.

more on this later, each sub will be broken down individually.