Beef Cuts Chart

[Troutman]

I've seen dozens of beef charts on the old Interweb but I thought I'd share this one. It seems to be the best overview of all the contemporary cuts of beef and a little about how best to cook them. Thought someone would enjoy seeing this.

[Spinaker]

I love looking at these charts. This is one of the better ones I have seen.

[TripleB]

Very nice chart. Thanks for posting.

[Bkhuna]

Thanks.

[texastweeter]

Missing calf frys and mountain oysters...the original sack lunch.

[Grillin Dad]

“Sack” lunch. HA!

[Texas Larry]

Thank you, Steve.

[Spinaker]

This just makes me want to break down an animal. That would be so much fun. I have done my fair share of deer and hogs, but to work on a big animal like a steer would be awesome.

[Troutman]

Spinaker there's a YouTube video out there by Aaron Franklin where he takes the course and they do actually break down a side of beef. Made me want to sign up for sure !!

[Backroadmeats]

Spinaker I may know a guy. We will be cutting beef the week after next.

[texastweeter]

Done it a few times. Start by taking a couple Tylenol.

[Draznnl]

Thank you.

[Uncle Bob]

That is nice detail for the most part. Thanks.

[SonOfAButcher]

At 12 years of age, My Dad started me off cutting up chickens at our market...at 13 I learned the primal cuts on fores and hinds..We hung them off a 4 inch maple post in our walk in, and got busy..I remember my Dad trying to teach a lefty how to seam out the roasts on a round..It seems to me a dying art..Something about the blue Prime stamp on beef brings me way back..

[Troutman]

True butchering is a dying craft just like so many out there. With the advent of boxed meat breaking down whole carcasses is relegated to the slaughterhouses and no longer to the local meat cutter. Kind of a shame.

[SonOfAButcher]

I could not agree more..When you came in to our store, nothing was pre-cut...We cut it, trimmed it and wrapped in in front of you..Your thickness, your way.

[fzxdoc]

If it's not too much to ask, can you provide a link, Troutman , for that chart?

I'd like to be able to zoom it more than what I can here.

Kathryn

[Waster]

I was just about to ask the same thing !!

[Attjack]

Too bad it's low resolution.

[Attjack]

I found a higher-resolution image.

[jfmorris]

That one is lower res than the original for me…

[Attjack]

jfmorris Hmm, looks like AR.com is downsizing it. I'll post a link when I'm on my PC. Same thing may have happened to Troutman 's link.

[Attjack]

jfmorris When I originally made this post I checked and I was getting a full-resolution file (3360 x 1890) but now when I check it's 800 x 450. So try this link instead:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3cdo5n91zzcbba988iwzm/cuts-of-beef-images.jpg?rlkey=b7hlpcib2r4xx5o62b2l3okx5&dl=0

[Old Glory]

Thanks!

[xrodbob]

This is a really good chart and i could swear I saw this in a small market in Maine once upon a time. Wish there was someplace to get a hardcopy. Maybe the higher resolution on a 11 x 17 paper would work. But don't want to violate any copyrights. (see Meathead I'm paying attention to transparency!)