Prime Rib, USDA Grade Prime?

[chilerelleno]

I was thinking hard about using part of my Christmas bonus on a Prime Rib.
But I could not find a USDA grade prime, rib roast.
To me Prime Rib should be graded Prime.

Cruising food forums I see a helluva a lot of lesser grade cuts of rib roasts called Prime Rib.
How can a Select or Choice cut realistically create a meal called Prime Rib?

So this is my question, How many think that Prime Rib should be grade USDA Prime?

 

[bregent]

How can a Select or Choice cut realistically create a meal called Prime Rib?

I suspect you already know this, but the 'Prime' in prime rib has nothing to do with the grade. It refers to the primal rib which it is cut from. I cook mostly choice prime rib. I've had prime a few times, and it just wasn't worth the premium price it carries as I did not notice a lot of difference. I probably wouldn't bother with select.

 

[chilerelleno]

Yes, I realize that the primal rib rack is where it comes from.
I'm talking about the grade of the beef.

 

[SonnyE]

If it isn't "Prime Rib", wouldn't it just be rib roast?
I wanna see the USDA Stamp, especially in this world of shysters and charlitons calling soylent green slime a hamburger.
Just because somebody sez it's Prime, does not mean it is.
Anymore than my 2006 Avalanche is a Cadillac Escalade.

 

[dcecil]

For me it’s gotta be top grade, doesn’t make since to splurge and cut corners to save a few bucks. Choice or prime, your paying a premium for Prime Rib. I say go big. Just my 2 cents.

PS. Tomorrow is a great day to buy one. Butchers and grocers will be unloading their inventory that did not sale.

 

[greatfx1959]

if it aint prime rib, its damn rib roast...........hell i go to McDonalds but it dont make me a hamburger................

 

[dls1]

Timely subject since I finished Christmas dinner a little while ago where the star was a prime grade 6 bone rib roast. The neighborhood butcher I go to has a high quality shop that is precise in specifying what they sell. In my case the label read "Beef Rib Roast Prime Grade" followed by my last name. No meat is pre-cut, wrapped, and placed in a case. You go in, place your order, or call it in, and they prepare your order. Nothing at the butcher shop is inexpensive, but you get exactly what you want and ordered.

Fortunately for me, I have that option but I understand that most don't and are left at the whims of whatever the retailer they go to offers and calls it. Which then extends to the fact that, in the U.S., food labeling restrictions are mostly non-existent, and the restrictions that do exist are rarely enforced. The typical retailer can call an item anything they want to and the typical naive buyer will accept what they say and nod there head yes.

 

[gmc2003]

I've never really paid attention to the labeling. If the cut of meat looked good to me then that's what I buy. A week or so ago our grocer had rib roasts on sale, CAB for 6.99/lb. and the the regular for 4.99/lb. the regular looked like a higher quality cut then the CAB. So I went with the regular and wasn't disappointed at all.

Chris

 

[Bigtank]

I agree with you that when buying a prime rib roast you should always buy the highest grade piece of meat you can afford. That said when you go to a restaurant and order prime rib you probably won't get prime grade beef unless you're in a very upscale place. If its cheap you will probably not even get choice, more likely select. Right or wrong the term Prime Rib has become a cut of beef, just MHO.

 

[pops6927]

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/porta...LxiHXJKXUBqeXJG6b1_TjOViR6qXZ-zr4BEpuht4!/#4a

The official naming of product of forequarter beef is Standing Rib Roast Bone In - (Prime, Choice, Select).

 

[tropics]

Chile I don't think I ever seen a Prime Rib graded Prime were I shop.The ones I buy are marked Choice.They taste great if you cook them to medium.
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/prime-rib-with-grilled-brussels-sprouts.276286/
Save some coins to buy more meat
Richie

 

[Bearcarver]

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/porta...LxiHXJKXUBqeXJG6b1_TjOViR6qXZ-zr4BEpuht4!/#4a

The official naming of product of forequarter beef is Standing Rib Roast Bone In - (Prime, Choice, Select).

Exactly!!

Bear

 

[chilerelleno]

Chile I don't think I ever seen a Prime Rib graded Prime were I shop.The ones I buy are marked Choice.They taste great if you cook them to medium.
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/prime-rib-with-grilled-brussels-sprouts.276286/
Save some coins to buy more meat
Richie

I'm not saying that a Choice rib roast doesnt taste great, but it ain't Prime Rib in my eye it isn't grade Prime.
To me this is like me modern lumber, your 2x4 isn't really a 2x4.

I guess I'm just persnickety.

 

[tropics]

I'm not saying that a Choice rib roast doesnt taste great, but it ain't Prime Rib in my of it isn't grade Prime.
To me this is like me modern lumber, your 2x4 isn't really a 2x4.

I guess I'm just persnickety.

Chile I get the drift I would like to see a side by side of the 2 cuts.
Richie

 

[Bearcarver]

I'm not saying that a Choice rib roast doesnt taste great, but it ain't Prime Rib in my of it isn't grade Prime.
To me this is like me modern lumber, your 2x4 isn't really a 2x4.

I guess I'm just persnickety.

But they still call them 2 X 4s, don't they.

You could go to the Lumber yard & order some 1 1/2 X 3 1/2s.

Bear

 

[SonnyE]

I'm not saying that a Choice rib roast doesnt taste great, but it ain't Prime Rib in my of it isn't grade Prime.
To me this is like me modern lumber, your 2x4 isn't really a 2x4.

I guess I'm just persnickety.

Rough cut, they are 2X4.
Finish planed, they turn into sticks.
People want Purdy Wood. Even if it will be buried in a wall, or hidden in an attic.

I wonder what people ate in the 1800's? :rolleyes:

 

[chilerelleno]

Chile I get the drift I would like to see a side by side of the 2 cuts.
Richie

Well hell, so would I ;)
I might have to eat 2-3 slices of each to make a decision.

 

[lovethemeats]

I think it all depends on the persons taste. Its like some people like rare some don't. Some like it like cowboy leather and others like it tender and juicy. Prime - Select - Choice. To each their own.

 

[tropics]

Well hell, so would I ;)
I might have to eat 2-3 slices of each to make a decision.

4:00 AM Heading up to Mass be back tomorrow.
Richie

 

[chilerelleno]

4:00 AM Heading up to Mass be back tomorrow.
Richie

You bringing the Choice and Prime back with ya? :rolleyes: