Denver Steak

[RR Fan Dan]

Who has tried one? With the price of meat getting ridiculous, I thought I would give a Denver steak a try. I’ve heard people rave about them and Food Lion was running a sale for $8/lb. $8/lb is what ribeyes (my favorite) used to cost a couple of years ago. Well I cooked them to perfection over high heat seared 2 minutes each side (medium on the rare side). Just like I like it. Well I was underwhelmed. Was not tender at all. Very chewy. The flavor was good, but all in all I was not impressed. I was hoping to find the next best kept secret like tri tips were back in the day when nobody knew what they were, and they were cheap. Oh well, I still haven’t tried a flat iron steak yet, but I’m kinda thinking it’s going to be a disappointment too after this experience with the overhyped Denver steak. Looks like ribeyes are going to be a special treat. I have been eating a lot more pork though, ribs and pork chops seem to not have increased in price as much as beef.

 

[Dave6T4]

Maybe it's just me, but I prefer a good beef burger to a steak, any time.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Maybe it's just me, but I prefer a good beef burger to a steak, any time.

Same here, but I prefer a burger with fur.

 

[Dave6T4]

Same here, but I prefer a burger with fur.

Sit it on your window sill for about 5 days!

 

[kiwigtx]

Who has tried one? With the price of meat getting ridiculous, I thought I would give a Denver steak a try. I’ve heard people rave about them and Food Lion was running a sale for $8/lb. $8/lb is what ribeyes (my favorite) used to cost a couple of years ago. Well I cooked them to perfection over high heat seared 2 minutes each side (medium on the rare side). Just like I like it. Well I was underwhelmed. Was not tender at all. Very chewy. The flavor was good, but all in all I was not impressed. I was hoping to find the next best kept secret like tri tips were back in the day when nobody knew what they were, and they were cheap. Oh well, I still haven’t tried a flat iron steak yet, but I’m kinda thinking it’s going to be a disappointment too after this experience with the overhyped Denver steak. Looks like ribeyes are going to be a special treat. I have been eating a lot more pork though, ribs and pork chops seem to not have increased in price as much as beef.

Maybe Denver Steak is new-speak for horse meat???

Did you see any whip marks on the meat before cooking it?

 

[gary h]

Save a-lot can have good deals on T Bones and Ribeyes.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Did you see any whip marks on the meat before cooking it?

 

[68-500]

Honestly good beef and best price. Go to your local butcher/locker. Tell them you would like to buy a half beef. Last year I paid $4 lb hanging and $1 lb processing. This year I lucked into just paying $4lb hanging and no processing. A coworker had been feeding beef and had someone back out after they dropped it at the butcher. I told him I would pay processing to but he insisted I just pay hanging weight.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Honestly good beef and best price. Go to your local butcher/locker. Tell them you would like to buy a half beef. Last year I paid $4 lb hanging and $1 lb processing. This year I lucked into just paying $4lb hanging and no processing. A coworker had been feeding beef and had someone back out after they dropped it at the butcher. I told him I would pay processing to but he insisted I just pay hanging weight.

Believe it or not, we don’t have local butchers around here. It’s a dying business that has been commercially taken over by the chain grocery stores which are also limiting what their meat department does. Most meat comes already cut from the distribution centers. I wish I could find local farm raised meat hand cut. Then I wouldn’t mind so much paying for the quality. I can’t remember the last time I had a quality cut of steak and not crap from the grocery store.

 

[68-500]

You may be able to buy half a beef at your grocery store. I doubt Walmart would but the local chains may be willing to

 

[jaws]

I’ve ever heard of a Denver steak, and I live in Colorado.

 

[Dave6T4]

I’ve ever heard of a Denver steak, and I live in Colorado.

Quite a bit like Prime Rib, but the prices are a Mile High. LOL.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

You may be able to buy half a beef at your grocery store. I doubt Walmart would but the local chains may be willing to

I only have one local store and that’s not an option.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

I’ve ever heard of a Denver steak, and I live in Colorado.

It’s relatively new thing. Basically some fancy cut off the chuck roll.

 

[Triplegreen500]

I only have one local store and that’s not an option.

If you're ever up Gettysburg way, butchers are on every block.

 

[jimbosride]

 

[cosgig]

It’s relatively new thing. Basically some fancy cut off the chuck roll.

It’s not new, I’ve been joking about “Denver” steaks for years, and “Ranch” steaks as well. Sometimes I call them Denver Ranch steaks. It is not a good cut as you’ve found out, it isn’t even a proper name. As you know, a ribeye is aptly named because it comes from the rib area of the cow, it is actually a steak cut from the prime rib. Same with a T-bone or Porterhouse, a T bone is a sub cut of a porterhouse steak, look at a porterhouse and you can see that the bone and the large side of the meat is a T bone, the smaller side of a porterhouse is actually part of the tenderloin. My advice is to buy quality meat, not some cut that has a name that you’ve never heard of.

I went to culinary and worked in the restaurant industry for many years, my favorite classes in culinary were butchery and charcuterie, which is the preserving of meats. Not to be mistaken for the trendy charcuterie boards you see nowadays, that’s yuppie stuff. Real charcuterie is sausages, terrines and pate, smoking meats, preserving meat methods mostly long forgotten like confit, which is poaching poultry in its own fat and then stored in the fat in a crock.

 

[dadsbee]

Most steak these days is totally disappointing, no matter the cut. We're at $70 / kg ($32/lb) for **** strip loins these days. Wife grabbed a couple that were buy one get one free yesterday so we had something to eat will we're home, we'll see how disappointing they are tomorrow. I grew up in a butcher shop....

 

[Belvedere408]

Ribeye beef is definitely my favorite steak. Ever since Covid and I have no taste anymore, my GF always brings back cheap steaks. She's like the kids don't care, I do I hate chewing on meat for a minute or longer.

 

[Triplegreen500]

Love ribeye. Michelle refuses to believe the flavor is in the fat...fine. More for me!