Was at my local Costco the other day browsing the meat case and noticed a product I’d never seen before, St.Louis spare rib portions. I’m assuming these are the drops (cut off sections) from trimming spare ribs in to St. Louis cut ribs. I think it’s great that Costco is repurposing these drops for sale rather than toss in the trash, but notice the price. The portions are are only $.20 a pound less than the full on pre rubbed St.Louis ribs! Maybe these are sought after hence the high price?
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Cut ribs, I use it for sweet and sour pork usually or soup. Cut between the bones to make it bite sized.
The meat in spare ribs is fantastic. It just takes a little more work to eat. I specifically get St. Louis style because of it. In general the cut has a little more fat on it which makes them juicier. I don’t wrap them but I will wrap baby backs.
I guess it’s something I’ve always taken for granted living in the namesake city.
They’re slabs cut lengthwise into strips. It’s because they’re trimmed and prepared. All meat that is ready to go is more expensive. People don’t use them for regular ribs they use them for other things that contain rib meat.
I work in the deli at Costco. I seasoned those spareribs daily for years.
So the deli buys the cryo spareribs from the meat dept for a slightly better deal than the from the case. Then the Deli guys seasons, wraps then prices it for sale as a deli item with their own markup. Also when the ribs are close to coding(3days) we cook them and sell them hot for 3 hours. If they then don’t sell they are chilled and packaged next day w/bbq sauce and sold for 3 more days. That’s the life cycle of Costco seasoned ribs 😂
Meat dept opens up cryovac and a meat cutter saws them in half they then sell with their mark up for labor.
Those look like just St. Louis cut longways. You can get the trimmings from Costco business centers and they have the brisket bone attached. My favorite. If you cook them right the cartilage can be bit through and is nice and crunchy texture mixed in with the rib flavor.
Things are going great!
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Personally, I enjoy eating all of this over priced meat with a side of boot
I’m sorry , this is pork now !? Christ.