USDA Prime ribeye cap at Costco

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smackababy

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Well done is going overboard. I'd say the cap tasted better to me at medium rather than my usually preferred medium rare.



Maybe, if you're not able to soften the fat, going longer is fine. Although, if you cooked steak not like a pleb (with a sous vide) you can get the result and not ruin the meat by cooking it until it's leather.


And, if you're eating wagyu or Kobe thick cuts, you're doing it wrong. It's not for that.
 

Chiropteran

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This thread inspired me to buy some steaks at Costco yesterday.



Not the primerib cap, I went for the slightly cheaper top sirloin cap. I don't even know what the difference is.



Seasoned and ready for the grill.



Yum.


Only cooked up 2 of the 5, doing the remaining 3 tomorrow.
 

MongGrel

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Well, I'm not going top end, but Safeway finally entered FL after merging with Albertsons and have three stores here now and they're having a grand opening in Largo.

The wife and sister-in law and mother in law hit it, is the Italian shopping team. Was funny the wife came home and never had even heard of Safeway.

She picked up a couple T-Bones for $4.99 a lb, and other things, I asked why she didn't get a few more

I guess they are still on sale till Tuesday, I asked her to grab about a half dozen at that price. The wife even left her sister to get them, people were in line.
 
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JEDI

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Chiropteran,
for the same price (usda choice, not prime), you could have bought regular ribeyes!

oh the humanity for paying same price per lb for an inferior cut of beef
 

Chiropteran

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Call me weird, but I don't like the fat on a ribeye... can't eat it, and it's so awkward to cut around without wasting some of the meat.

The top sirloin caps were awesome, and there wasn't a single piece of steak that was inedible, didn't even have to trim any fat prior to cooking. Plus this was prime!

I'm not enough of a steak eater to say exactly which cuts I prefer, but these were a huge step up from the usual strip steaks or filets I get from trader joes.
 

JEDI

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old:
regular ribeye is $10/lb @ costco
ribeye cap is $17/lb at Costco.

new:
usda ribeye prices dropped $1/lb at Costco to $9/lb.
prime ribeye cap prices went up $1/lb to $18/lb.


uggg.. ribeye cap is now $19/lb.

my supermarket has a sale on bone-in ribeye for $6/lb.
going to get those.
 

JEDI

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regular ribeyes went up $1 to $8.99/lb at my Costco.

wtf?
thought steaks/bacon was cheaper in the spring?
 

Imported

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Individual steaks or a roast? I think I have one steak left from the last roast I bought.
 

MrSquished

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Scarpozzi

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Awesome. Costco sells bulk bottles of A1 too. Don't forget to grab that on the way out!
 

ponyo

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regular ribeyes went up $1 to $8.99/lb at my Costco.

wtf?
thought steaks/bacon was cheaper in the spring?
Beef is commodity. Commodity prices move up/down. If you could accurately predict commodity price movements, you would be gazillionaire. If you're that concerned about $1 price increase, buy 19 lb cryovac package. That's only $7.29/lb at Costco.

Smart people stocked up during the Easter sale. Many places were selling prime bone-in and boneless beef rib roasts for $4.99-5.99 a pound. I bought couple nice bone-in rib roasts for $5.99 a pound but I saw nice boneless for even cheaper. I bought the bone-in because I wanted to trim the meat myself and separate the rib bone for smoking. I'm going to grill nice big fat boneless ribeye steaks this week and smoke the separate back ribs this weekend. If you were too dumb and didn't stock up during the Easter sales, pay the market price or buy cheaper cuts of meat.
 

JEDI

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Maybe the Koreans can make bulgogi come out ok, but White people certainly don't have the same permissions.
bulgogi is a marinade?
thought u mix it w/the beef as you cook it?
or pour it on top of the beef after you cook it? (like a sauce)
 

ponyo

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You don't marinade a nice cut of beef in any kind of liquid marinade. Sheesh.
I know it's hard to believe but you can get tired of eating nice cut of beef the same way with the same spices. Sometimes, I use Dale's Steak Seasoning as marinade. I also use other marinades as well like using Italian dressings to marinate flank and skirt steaks. I also cook steaks plain with freshly ground pepper and sea salt and then eat it with wasabi or chimichurri sauce. As they say, variety is the spice of life.

bulgogi is a marinade?
thought u mix it w/the beef as you cook it?
or pour it on top of the beef after you cook it? (like a sauce)
bulgogi is marinated meat. Galbi can be non-marinated or marinated.
 

MrSquished

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I know it's hard to believe but you can get tired of eating nice cut of beef the same way with the same spices. Sometimes, I use Dale's Steak Seasoning as marinade. I also use other marinades as well like using Italian dressings to marinate flank and skirt steaks. I also cook steaks plain with freshly ground pepper and sea salt and then eat it with wasabi or chimichurri sauce. As they say, variety is the spice of life.


bulgogi is marinated meat. Galbi can be non-marinated or marinated.

I get chimichurri, that goes well with skirt or flank steak if I remember correctly. Perhaps I am too old school, born of the camp that says marinating a nice cut of beef is indefensible.
 

ponyo

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I get chimichurri, that goes well with skirt or flank steak if I remember correctly. Perhaps I am too old school, born of the camp that says marinating a nice cut of beef is indefensible.
chimichurri goes great with any cut of steak. I like it on ribeye as well. The spicy peppers in the chimichurri adds nice heat, fresh parsley adds spring fragrance, and the red wine vinegar cuts through some of the richness and fattiness of the meat.

Sometimes, I like to slice the ribeye meat into 1/8 inch thin strips and cook it well done. Then add small dabs of wasabi on the meat and roll it up and dip it in roasted garlic and jalapenos soy dipping sauce.
 

JEDI

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as much as it pains me to say this, I;m leaning towards USDA Prime ribeye caps @ $20/lb isn't worth it.
they're good but not $20/lb good.

I don't taste the diff between Prime and Choice thus regular ribeyes (usda choice) @ $9/lb is a better value to me.

wished they sold Choice ribeye caps
 

AznAnarchy99

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as much as it pains me to say this, I;m leaning towards USDA Prime ribeye caps @ $20/lb isn't worth it.
they're good but not $20/lb good.

I don't taste the diff between Prime and Choice thus regular ribeyes (usda choice) @ $9/lb is a better value to me.

wished they sold Choice ribeye caps

If I'm buying every week then it wouldn't be worth it. For once and a while special occasion I wouldn't minding splurging a bit.
 

JEDI

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usda prime ribeye on sale at Costco now!



yes, the $15/lb also includes Ribeye cap!
 
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