Whole Ribeye .

[chopsaw]

Was at Gordens food service for my weekly run . It's back to beef coming down , and chicken and pork going up . They had whole ribeye's no roll for $8.99 a pound . 3 months ago it was twice that . I've never bought one , so I figured now's the time .

Bought this at the end of January . Pack date is Jan 5th .
Sell by is Feb. 24th . So I brought it home and left it in the fridge
until yesterday . Was in the bag around 40 days .
It's not graded , but I never let that bother me if the price is good for me .

Unpacked and cut a section off the end .
Looks OK I guess . Maybe heavy on the fat ?


Cut some steaks . The fat seems pretty dry .
I figured I'd slice first then trim .

6 nice steaks and 3 roast . Figured I can always slice later if needed .

Trimmed up . Saving the clean trim for grind .
Looks a lot better after trimming .

This is going in the trash .

All vac'd up , but had to save a hunk to throw on
the smoker .

2 roast .

6 steaks

Saved for today .


Used a rub I got from the sausage throw down prize .
It's pretty good . The shaker is a no salt rub I mix up .
I used both on this , and will re-coat when it comes out of the fridge .

Going to wrap in plastic and hold over night .
That was yesterday . Now it's time to let it warm up on the counter , and fire up the smoker .
If I can figure which one I want to use .

Be back ,,,,,,,

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Wow those look good. I would say you going to get some tasty steaks from those.

 

[boxkiller]

They look great. Can wait to see the finished product

 

[smokerjim]

Looks like some good eating

 

[SecondHandSmoker]

Nice score, Rich.
You could put it up for a vote on which cooker to use. LOL.

 

[SmokinAl]

Those sure are nicely marbled, especially at the price you paid!
Nice score!!
Al

 

[sawhorseray]

That's a fine looking haul of beef Rich, good work! I've been buying full standing rib roasts in the bag for 40 years and backing off the bones for a couple of roasts and some steaks. I don't know about back east but I've found the best times to score are just before the Christmas and Easter holidays, usually about five bucks a pound. You're in for some good eats, don't overcook and let it rest some before slicing. RAY

 

[Newglide]

Good find!! Should be some great steaks and roast.

 

[motocrash]

Very marbled. The 3-4 bone roasts I get have a good bit of fat trim also. I too save it for "projects".

If I can figure which one I want to use .

Looks to me like it would snuggle in nicely on the 14....

 

[chopsaw]

Looks to me like it would snuggle in nicely on the 14....

That way the size of the smoker would match the outside temp.
Just set the smokefire to " smoke boost " Gonna add the meat and go mess around in the workshop . That way I can control the temp from the shop .

 

[GaryHibbert]

Great price, Rich. There's some fine eating sitting there. The meat looks great after trimming.
I'm in.
Gary

 

[GrumpyGriller]

Those indeed look like a party waiting to happen - post pics when you're done!

 

[TNJAKE]

What time should I show up to eat?

 

[xray]

That looks like it’s going to be some good eating Rich!

 

[Brokenhandle]

Nice deal! Good pick on the smoker...was too cold last night and windy so the meatloaf went into the oven! Gonna be tasty I'm sure!

Ryan

 

[clifish]

Looks great Chop! I bought the entire ribeye from Restaurant depo last year included the roll. Took me several hours to youtube how many different parts where in it...too much work. I would love to get what you bought, just trim and slice into steaks.

 

[crazymoon]

CS, Nice price and excellent butchering !

 

[motocrash]

That way the size of the smoker would match the outside temp.

Heh, looks like you have lovely weather the next few days. Hopefully not too much ice.
70 here today, 33 tomorrow with "wintry mix".

 

[tx smoker]

Very nice!! That's gonna make for some fine eats right there. I love getting the whole 103 sub-primal rib sections. There's so much you can do with them and getting them whole is far less expensive than buying them as individual cuts.

Robert

 

[chopsaw]

Hit 130 about an hour ago . Put the Auber on the MES 30 set to 135 .
Wrapped and hold 'til supper time .