#meat-quality

#meat-quality

"The public will always shop with their eyes and normally that'll be the best way in vetting a cut of meat. Beef should be an even, deep red."

Costco offers a great deal on lamb chops, priced around $9.35 per pound for high-quality, free-range, pasture-raised meat, which is hard to beat.

Morton's The Steakhouse is renowned for its high-quality steaks, particularly the 36-ounce dry-aged porterhouse that garners a good reputation for flavor but mixed reviews overall.

In the world of meat grading, visuals play a major role. When Ty Lawrence encountered an extraordinary carcass years ago, it sparked a lifelong ambition to replicate excellence.

Flavor differences between cured and uncured deli meats can be vast. Cured deli meats tend to be saltier with a big flavor due to the process and ingredients used to cure.

Grass-fed beef can have a fishy flavor due to higher omega-3 fatty acids, but this isn't a sign of spoilage; it's a natural outcome of their diet.

In the early 2010s, the USDA realized that their quality grading programs didn’t measure tenderness, one of the most important characteristics of a steak cut.