Beef cheeks

[latenight71]

As far as taste, think oxtail or short rib. if the term "cheek" isn't popular with your eating audience call it chuck. it's all in the delivery.

[latenight71]

STEbbq

Beef cheek makes great machaca or barbacoa for tacos or mixed with scrambled eggs. smoking it and shredding would be even tastier i bet. cheek is also great for roasting like a chuckle - makes tasty stew, as well.

[STEbbq]

I am probably going to smoke them but that is as far as I have got at this point. What would you recommend?

[latenight71]

i used to buy pre-chopped beef cheek for carne asada tacos and it easily passed for shoulder (espadilla) in a pinch. taste is beef, of course. what type of cut are you after and how will you cook it?

[rickgregory]

they're closest to brisket. But beefier.

[FireMan]

Well, I don’t think this is one time I could say it tastes like chicken, nosirree. I would then forgo the suppersition & say they would have a beefy hint to em, yessir!

[STEbbq]

So, I’d like to try cooking some beef cheeks. I am assuming Costco does not carry them but I should be able to find them somewhere local.

The issue is that my wife is somewhat off put by eating ‘beef cheeks’ . However, she likes my brisket, pastrami, burgers, and steaks. How would you describe beef cheeks’ taste and texture compared to those cuts? If I can compare it favorably to things she already likes I might get the go ahead but I don’t know what to say yet.