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Title: Which is a better buy?
Post by: LostArrow on May 06, 2013, 07:08:14 PM: Whole Ribeye $6.99/lb or trimmed steak $7.99/lb

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Title: Re: Which is a better buy?
Post by: RickB on May 06, 2013, 07:14:14 PM: I'm sure more comments will follow but I have found that "family packs" are usually the not best cuts you will find. I'll take the whole ribeye at 6.99
Title: Re: Which is a better buy?
Post by: Rummm on May 06, 2013, 07:15:33 PM: More than likely that is pretty lean beef or else they wouldn't offer just a $1.00 difference. If 'twas me, I'd go for the whole piece and CUT it how I want it, not how they want to cut it.
Title: Re: Which is a better buy?
Post by: Rummm on May 06, 2013, 07:16:28 PM: Quote from: RickB on May 06, 2013, 07:14:14 PM
I'm sure more comments will follow but I have found that "family packs" are usually the not best cuts you will find. I'll take the whole ribeye at 6.99

Great minds think alike :)
Title: Re: Which is a better buy?
Post by: TwoPockets on May 06, 2013, 07:23:14 PM: I like to buy the whole and cut it myself. My wife likes thinner steaks and done medium well. I like mine thicker and done medium rare. I cut her a thin one and me a thick one and freeze them in vacuum bags two to a package. I thaw them out and I can throw them on the grill and they get done the way I want them at about the same time. Happy, Happy.

Oh, and the little ends get chopped up into cubes for chili meat or stew meat.
Title: Re: Which is a better buy?
Post by: RickB on May 06, 2013, 07:23:38 PM: Quote from: Rummm on May 06, 2013, 07:15:33 PM
More than likely that is pretty lean beef or else they wouldn't offer just a $1.00 difference. If 'twas me, I'd go for the whole piece and CUT it how I want it, not how they want to cut it.

Not only that but I keep the suet I trim from the primal and freeze it. Then if I find a great price on an more lean cut I add the suet and grind for ground beef.
Title: Re: Which is a better buy?
Post by: RickB on May 06, 2013, 07:29:19 PM: Quote from: TwoPockets on May 06, 2013, 07:23:14 PM
I like to buy the whole and cut it myself. My wife likes thinner steaks and done medium well. I like mine thicker and done medium rare. I cut her a thin one and me a thick one and freeze them in vacuum bags two to a package. I thaw them out and I can throw them on the grill and they get done the way I want them at about the same time. Happy, Happy.

Oh, and the little ends get chopped up into cubes for chili meat or stew meat.

Don't ya just love vac bags! I throw away so much less food! Worth every penny!
Title: Re: Which is a better buy?
Post by: Rummm on May 06, 2013, 07:43:00 PM: Exactly to the vac bags! :)
Title: Re: Which is a better buy?
Post by: TwoPockets on May 06, 2013, 07:51:27 PM: Quote from: Rummm on May 06, 2013, 07:43:00 PM
Exactly to the vac bags! :)

Vacuum bags and freezers are our friends.
Title: Re: Which is a better buy?
Post by: deestafford on May 06, 2013, 08:42:23 PM: RickB is on track. Dee
Title: Re: Which is a better buy?
Post by: sliding_billy on May 07, 2013, 03:41:26 AM: +1 to the above comments, but sometimes a sale is just a good deal. Need to look at the actual packs to see the quality.