Steak Porn

[CFu]

@Bill Tex Landreth

@benjamin laird marshall

Fair enough. Where, other than Costco, can one source really good beef at more reasonable rates?

Everyone is going to pile on and say Bryan Flannery. His product and customer service is second to none, but pricing has been creeping up for non ‘friends and family’.

I am a fan of Montana Wagyu Cattle Company. They offer domestic wagyu that is dry aged as well as cut to spec. Pricing and shipping are nothing like the big boys.

I think that still might be too pricey for what Ben is looking for. @Montana with shipping it’s almost $30/lb (at least to CA) for the rib eyes if I buy 4lbs (if I do 8lbs it comes out to $28/lb). I think shipping kills basically every deal for people that don’t live near the state of production. Definitely cheaper than Flannery still, but Ben was I think asking for Costco level pricing.

Ben, I’d suggest maybe looking around local butchers. I found some killer local places that are even cheaper than Costco with higher quality. Not much use to you (the places I go to) but you never know what’s in a random small market. Just found a grass fed 40 day CA wagyu from a butcher that raises all their own cows. Pretty tasty stuff, interesting interplay of grass fed with Wagyu. About $30/lb

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

@benjamin laird marshall

Fair enough. Where, other than Costco, can one source really good beef at more reasonable rates?

Lobel’s Wagyu Hanger $46 a pound plus shipping
Lobel’s Prime Hanger $30 a pound plus shipping
Flannery Prime Hanger $23 a pound plus shipping
Marx Foods Wagyu Hanger $16 a pound, shipping included

Wagyu Hanger Steaks

You have to commit to 16 pounds, and you will have to remove the membrane on the Marx product. But for a large gathering, I don’t think you can beat this pricing anywhere. Quality is very good as well.

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

If you are in the mood for grass fed for under $9 a pound:

Grass-fed Beef Hanger Steaks

[C_R_a_s_k_i_n]

Just bought some grass fed NY’s and filet’s, and Waygu hot dogs, from Marx. I’m most excited to try the hot dogs. If the meats taste as good as they look I will be very pleased, and they look real tasty…

[Chris_S_p_i_k_e_s]

Flannery Cali 24 oz. NY Strip.

[Tyler_Rico]

Costco has been on a roll recently with some great looking prime beef. Picked up some sweet looking ny strips today. Wife was happy as there was one in the package that is more here size!

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

56 day dry aged domestic Wagyu ribeyes. 2 lb 4 0z each.

[Nolan_E]

Tex, what’s the reason behind slicing the steak up into portions like that instead of cutting bites as you go?

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

Feeding eight people family style.

[Nolan_E]

That works!

[CFu]

@Nolan E

Tex, what’s the reason behind slicing the steak up into portions like that instead of cutting bites as you go?

and it looks prettier! For some reason I always slice up everything before I eat it. Cleaner slices with my kitchen knife than my crappy steak knives

[benjamin_laird_marshall]

Those Ribeyes look insane! I get grass fed Angus and Charlais (spelling?) from my brother in-law. He has about 350 head on his ranch in WV. Way different from the dry aged stuff, though. He has thought about putting in an aging room, but it is a pain for him as he travels a lot and the cows are a side thing he does. Thanks for all the recs. Bill, removing the membrane on hangers is part of the fun, right?

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

Dry aging is basically put beef in room and let is rot. No need to tend to it for five to six weeks.

Yup, membrane removal is a blast.

[Andrew_Kotowski]

Picked up some great Gleason Ranch Tri-tip from Rain Shadow Meats a few weeks back and grilled indirect with a split load of charcoal and oak. Couple of highlights posted below and, yes, I could have used a nicer knife -

[Curtis_Chen]

Andrew, that tri-tip looks deeeeelicious!

[Eric_LeVine]

Damn that looks great!

[scamhi]

@Bill Tex Landreth

56 day dry aged domestic Wagyu ribeyes. 2 lb 4 0z each.

Tex, where are these steaks from?

[Mel_Hill]

@scamhi

@Bill Tex Landreth

56 day dry aged domestic Wagyu ribeyes. 2 lb 4 0z each.

Tex, where are these steaks from?

here ya go…

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

Nice.

[Andrew_Kotowski]

Went through the first few pages of this thread again and remember why I used to come here so damn much. God, I’ve missed this Steak Porn thread.

Here are a couple of more that I’ve been posting at Redirecting... during my absence (Nothing for sale there - just a page to post recipes, meat porn and rub for friends). Somewhere, ChicagoWineGuy would be proud…