Picked up some decently priced chuckies!

[Mosca]

A month with daughter and SiL drew down the freezer to the point I can stock up some.

Gerrity’s is a small 10 store chain here in NEPA, mostly Scranton and Wilkes Barre but with one store in Bethlehem; they are associated with The Fresh Grocer from SEPA/Philly area, but this deal is limited to the Gerrity’s branch.

CAB USDA Prime chuck roast, “shoulder steaks” ie pot roast: $5.99/lb. If you want Choice, it’s $4.99/lb.

That’s pretty cheap around here for Certified Angus prime. Choice Angus chuck is comparable, anywhere from $5.49-$7.99/lb, but the premium for prime is a serious step up, if you can even find it. Sometimes the visual difference between the two isn’t much, but in this case, it was pretty obvious.

Online butchers are about $16/lb, with Porter Road coming in cheapest at $14.50/lb for dry aged.



One for pot roast next week, two for the freezer.

[58limited]

Good deal! At that price I'd go back for 5-6 more!

[RichieB]

Looks good and nice price. We're heading next week to Market Basket a family owned chain about an hour away with a great meat selection, price and butcher service. I'm depleted so it's going to be an expensive trip.

[Oak Smoke]

My wife cooked a chuck roast with potatoes and carrots in her Dutch oven Wednesday. We are still eating leftovers . I love a good roast.

[Huskee]

Great score! Hard to find cubical chucks around me, they want to cut them thinner as opposed to cubical, like huge steaks, and I have to stack two on each other when I make pulled beef.

[fzxdoc]

How do you cook your chuck steaks, hot 'n fast? Sous vide? I have a couple of them in the freezer--never bought them before because chuck roasts here are so plentiful, but I'd like to give these chuck steaks a try.

Kathryn

[Mosca]

fzxdoc I know you aren’t asking about the chuck roasts I got, but these are sometimes also called “shoulder steaks”. They’re about 2” thick or so, and they’re the typical chuck roasts we get here in the Northeast, these and 7 bone chucks. We rarely see chuck roll, chuck eye, or square cut like Huskee mentions. Click Akayushi used to sell square cut; those were great!

[Huskee]

fzxdoc I don't usually cook chuck steaks, chuck eye steaks though, yes, like small cheaper ribeyes. If I did chuck steaks I'd be tempted to sv one alingside a hot n fast to see which is best.

[Santamarina]

Nice find. My local grocer will have Select chuckies on sale for $4.99/lb once in a while, but never anything of that grade!

[Starsky]

I've never seen a prime chuck roast around here

[hoovarmin]

Why don't I ever find deals like this??? Congrats on the the trove!

[Bob K]

I've never seen CAB prime, always choice, interesting. Mosca Is that a CAB branding thing or is it USDA prime?

Edit to say just noticed your post does say USDA, cool

[randy.56]

Great find, no prime in this area.