I recently picked up this 2.35lb prime chuckie at The Fresh Market, and have it dry brining. I asked for this piece because I liked the marbling the best, and the butcher got kind of excited and said it was a "first cut" which contains chuck eye. I’m curious to know more, and if this is desirable, but am struggling to google anything I can actually comprehend. Can anyone explain in more layman’s terms if this is accurate based on the pic, and what’s going on with a "first cut" as opposed to any subsequent cut? Or point me to a useful link? Thanks!
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The closer the chuck cut gets to the rib section the more you get into the chuck eye roast. Somewhere around the 4-5 rib where that junction occurs the meat gets more tender like its neighbor the prime rib. I’d say you got the money end of the chuck, should be delicious!!!
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Looks wonderful! Chuckeye steaks are my faves, they are the poor man's ribeyes. Never heard of first cut w/ chucks....might be butcher jargon or slang that's just not quite mainstream.
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He is referring to it as the first cut on the Chuck.. when ya break down a front quarter of beef it is broke separated right behind the front shoulder blade . Now one piece would have the Ribeyes and ribs the other one would be the front shoulder. Once ya get the front shoulder squared up you start cutting what look like Fred flinstone steak from the back that would have been butted up to the Ribeyes before breaking down the quarter.. so the first cut on the Chuck was right next to a ribeye!! Hope that helps.. and made some sense..
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Huskee I suppose it is!!! The first cut is "the first cut off the meat saw when working on the Chuck"
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Troutman Yup definitely the money end of a Chuck!! If I am a ribeye short or two or three short of making even packages of Ribeyes I mark these as Ribeyes on the package.. same rib you spit the front shoulder off on a pig too .. I did not know the rib count on a beef,. To heavy to turn over and count!!
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We had a local grocer here who for years the butchers cut and sold Chuckeye Steaks. They were the best steaks for the money. Really great beef flavor and really tender when not over cooked. I have been told by a few different butchers they are also known as Delmonico Steaks. The local grocer no longer does this cut and I sure miss them. I would really like to hear from the "meat cutting" experts on this forum about this particular cut of beef and how to talk to a butcher about getting some of these steaks . . . .do I ask for Chuckeyes, Delmonicos . . .do I ask for the chuckeye roast cut from the whole chuck and then cut my own steaks?
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