What is so Special About a Tomahawk?

[dons2346]

So what is the big draw to them? I look at them in Costco and they look like a little piece of meat and a huge bone. What am I missing?

 

[Kevin DeShazo]

Nothing, youre paying aot of extra money for a big hunk of bone you cant eat. I dont see the purpose of a tomahawk steak

 

[DougE]

So what is the big draw to them? I look at them in Costco and they look like a little piece of meat and a huge bone. What am I missing?

Other than the "Cool factor" because they are all the rage on the interwebs, you aren't missing anything.

 

[SMOKEOCD]

You do it once, take pictures, can say you’ve done it forever in the future.

 

[SmokinEdge]

Well,,, it’s most usually a very thick cut rib steak. That in itself is worth something if you enjoy rib steak.

 

[TimboBBQ!]

So what is the big draw to them? I look at them in Costco and they look like a little piece of meat and a huge bone. What am I missing?

Dog likes the bone only thing I ever figured out……

 

[crazzycajun]

We have a new steak house a waguy tomahawk steak is $148. Just haven’t had time to make a reservation

 

[nlife]

I like it for the ridiculousness factor. Now granted, I've never had one since beef prices went crazy, but on my birthday I tend to request silly things that I would never do on a regular basis. Usually it's a crazy thick T-bone cut that our little family of 3 eats and we still have leftovers.

No real purpose to me other than that.

 

[schlotz]

Simply esthetics... ribeye that you get to pay EXTRA for not removing the bone, which you can't eat!

 

[gmc2003]

They give guys a perfect opportunity to play with their food.

Chris

Dog likes the bone only thing I ever figured out……

Cooked bones splinter easily and can be very harmful to dogs.

 

[JLeonard]

WOW factor.

Jim

 

[Steve H]

Nope. Never saw the appeal.

 

[normanaj]

I never really saw the point in paying extra for more bone.

 

[clifish]

Not in my house, total waste of $$

 

[1MoreFord]

Dog likes the bone only thing I ever figured out……

Any Vet worth their salt will tell you to not give bones to your best furry friends. Even raw uncooked bones can cause them to break teeth.

 

[rexster314]

So what is the big draw to them? I look at them in Costco and they look like a little piece of meat and a huge bone. What am I missing?

If you want a great presentation, you get a tomahawk. If you just want a good steak, don't pay extra for that huge rib bone, just get a regular ribeye

 

[Hijack73]

Its like the Geissele super charging handle in my AR.......

looks cool as F - does nothing my $25 backup doesn't do.

 

[mike243]

I bought 1 when I was recovering from Covid the first time, had ate very little for 2 weeks, there in the yellow bin was a 3.5 something Tomahawk for $13, took me 2-3 days to eat it as I couldn't hold much, best ribeye I ever had, can't remember if the dog got the bone or not, he was wife's dog and she was strict on his food. Think the only reason she let me have it as I had been so sick, I might have cooked it rare and she don't eat pink

 

[Elf@shore]

My daughter BF is in Australia!
He got a nice cut reduced!
Asked me how to cook it?
He did fine without me!

 

[civilsmoker]

It’s mostly presentation, however if you can find ones that have a good amount of tissue still on them…..then you can plate the “rib” and for me this is my fav part….i always cut it “not clean” like above…..eating the beef off the bone is a thing!!