Lol so my replacement rib sub primal showed up today, on problem, it wast a 16-18lb rib primal, it was a 15lb strip loin... once again communicating with their customer service team. They are trying hard, so we will see how this goes.
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Dang, I'd be plenty happy with that, but I suspect you just got a free strip loin. LUCKEEE! -
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WillTravelForFood we have two fridges in the house. A standard side by side, and the a wide model, then a chest freezer in the garage, and a 3rd fridge that is my dedicated dry aging unit.
Huskee this was a replacement, one of my first ones had a butchers cut so bad that it almost separated the rib primal into two smaller roasts.
If they don't reply today it will have been 48 hours since they requested more photos which I gladly sent.
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Just received my order. I want to make two points. First - they advertised that the prime rib would be 12-15lbs. Mine was 17lbs. Second - I recently posted about warm delivery I received from the Salt Lick. This is the second delivery from Creekstone in the past couple of weeks that has been delivered still partially frozen. They know how to pack for shipment.
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Mine arrived a few hours ago. Well packed. Freezy packs solid still. Weighed in at 14.8#
Fabricated 4-1 finger cuts; 4-2 finger cuts; one 4 finger roast. Faced off the sides and will use that for tacos or something. Trimmed fat will be rendered for roasting potatoes, etc.
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Woohoo! I cut up my first RibEye! Mine came in at 13.2 pounds with the ice packs still frozen and well shipped.
I had right at 2 pounds of "unusable" trimmings. I’m going to read up on rendering fat, not quite sure what to do with it.
But cut out 10 1 1/2†steaks about a pound apiece, 1 skinny for steak and eggs, and enough trimmings for a fajita lunch!
So, all in all, it comes out to about $19/pound, eh. The local butcher has Rib Eye for 21.99 a pound, so that’s about a $30 savings, and I got to play Fred Flintstone!!!
Not sure I would do it again, but it was worth giving it a go. Thanks for the heads up Old Glory!Comment
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Got mine yesterday. Guess they treated old Troutman to the pick of the litter, mine came in at 15# 7oz., more than I expected. This is about the size I normally get from Costco. Definitely less fat than the equivalent Costco primals. Can't comment on the quality until I carve her up. I immediately put mine in an Umai bag for the next 30 days to dry age. I suspect I'll loose about 30% to moisture lose (as a result of aging), fat trimmings and pellicle (also a result of aging). That will leave me with about 10 or 11 steaks about 1-1/2" thick give or take. As mentioned I do this process about 2-3 times a year. As said above, you end up paying less for prime, dry aged steaks that are fantastic. Plus I just like doing it, satisfies my inner beast !!!
For those interested (I nearly always get asked) in more information about dry aging with Umai bags, here's my write up on the subject. The rib primal used was from Costco and as I say in the write-up I only paid $8/# for that puppy. Oh for the good old days right?
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Hey Mosca , I must be old school because I always order my Porterhouse steaks from my local butcher by the "finger". I simply walk in, shoot him the "finger(s)" and he cuts me a beauty every time
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I got mine today as well. Very nicely marbled. Will probably do steaks and a small roast. Thanks for the hintComment
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So final update. Incase you didn't know, I ordered 2 of these back when they were 16-18lb roasts. One showed up with a butchers cur that almost separated it into to separate roasts. I would be unable to dry age that one without it causing significantly more waste. I contacted customer service, and offered to return it for another one as long as they paid for return shipping. They wanted ME to pay for return shipping, but after talking to them and asking if they thought that was really fair they said that the would just ship me another one. Well the replacement came in and it was a 15lb strip loin, not rib subprimal. I sent them photos, and they argued that it was indeed a ribeye...we went back in forth, me again offering to send them back the product as it had not been removed from the crystal. The refused, issued a $60 credit and stopped responding. Look, i get it, I got a great deal on the meat, but never got what I paid for. Kind or irks me. See photo below of the butchers cut still in the cryo bag, and the strip loin they are trying to pass of as a rib subprimal.Attached FilesComment
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