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Blade Chuck Roast |
This cut is usually about 2 inches thick and contains the blade bone, the backbone, the rib bone and several muscles
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Bottom Round Steak |
This cut is sliced into thin steaks from the Bottom Round Roast.
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Flank Steak |
This is a boneless, flat, oval - shaped cut. It contains little fat and long visible muscle fibers.
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Porterhouse Steak |
This cut contains the top loin and tenderloin muscles. It is similar to the T-bone steak but contains a wider section of tenderloin muscle.
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T-Bone Steak |
This cut contains the T-shaped bone along with the top loin and tenderloin muscles.
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Tenderloin Roast |
This cut is from the tenderloin muscle. One end may be larger than the other.
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Eye of Round Roast |
Cut from the eye of round muscle.
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Eye of Round Steak |
This cut is sliced from the eye round muscle.
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Round Steak |
This is a lean cut that contains the top, bottom, and eye muscles as well as the round bone.
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Bottom Round Roast |
This cut is a thick cut from the bottom of the round
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Large End Rib Roast |
This is cut from the larger end of the rib and contains the large ribeye muscle and some smaller muscles as well as 2 - 3 ribs.
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Small End Rib Steak |
This cut is sliced about 1 inch thick from the small end rib roast which is the smaller end of the rib.
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Ribeye Steak |
The ribeye is the primary muscle of the rib. This cut is sliced from the ribeye across the grain.
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Boneless Brisket |
This cut is the front portion of the brisket which is cut from the breast section between the foreshank and plate.
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Crosscut Shank |
This cut is from the hindshank or foreshank, cut across the bone. These are usually 1 - 2 1/2 inches in thickness.
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Round Tip Roast |
This cut is from the thin side of the round. This cut contains the cap muscle of the sirloin.
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Arm Roast |
This cut contains the round arm bone as well as several muscles. This cut may also contain cross sections of the rib bones.
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