Marbling looks nice so I bought it anyways. Is it common to receive a ribeye with no cap? $22 for 1.06 lbs, located in Washington state.
by alcoholicmadre
18 Comments
MeatHealer
A few possibilities… First, they just get in eye of ribeye. Second, they remove the cap and sell it as a cap steak, so then they just sell the eye of ribeye. Third, it’s a strip steak. This one is on the loin end, so less cap anyways, if it was left on, but yeah, it’s the longivitus muscle, aka eye of ribeye, or new york/strip steak.
PrizePreset
Strip
thdood2020
Where in Washington?
Mammoth_Mission_3524
That looks like a NY Strip.
Disclaimer: I am not a butcher.
gymboy007
Get the cap on. The marbling is great, but the cap is the best part.
MoonMalak
Definitely looks like the rib end of a strip. It starts to get that little dip of fat into the meat like a rib but lacks the cap.
chrisfathead1
Wow they stuck you. The goal when buying a ribeye should be to get as much cap as possible
cirkis
Denver?
IVIrSmith
That gristle on the side makes me think it’s a new york strip.
distressed_
Not necessarily common, outside of restaurant preparations where they’re using the full cap for something else.
Is it any issue? Absolutely not. You basically got the best NY strip you can get, with minimal fat cap and connective tissue cap. Sear it off and enjoy.
JD_tubeguy
That is freaking gorgeous.
Joyous-Volume-67
doesn’t matter in the least, this is beautiful steak that will fry or grill up perfectly
medium-rare-steaks
wtf? this is literally a ny strip. a very nicely marbled one, but still… this isnt eye of rib.
Background-Bag6846
What’s the point?
AutomaticBowler5
The far end of the rib connects to the rest of the loin. At that point both subprimals look very similar. Instead of using a measurement of muscle groups (because every animal is different) they separate the sub primals at the 13th rib. Anything towards the head is the ribeye and anything towards the back end is tbone/NY strip.
BestAmoto
Costco does this to sell the cap rolled up and netted. The cap pinwheels are ridiculously good. Based on the gristle though i think this is an NY
enwongeegeefor
That doesn’t even remotely look like the shape of the eye in a ribeye….it also looks fucking magnificent and was still probably just as tender and delicious (but still not the same taste that the eye has).
You didn’t get had…but you also didn’t get what you paid for.
CashgrassorNopass
Looks like a ny steak well marbled to me. Doesn’t even have that star fat that ribeyes have
18 Comments
A few possibilities… First, they just get in eye of ribeye. Second, they remove the cap and sell it as a cap steak, so then they just sell the eye of ribeye. Third, it’s a strip steak. This one is on the loin end, so less cap anyways, if it was left on, but yeah, it’s the longivitus muscle, aka eye of ribeye, or new york/strip steak.
Strip
Where in Washington?
That looks like a NY Strip.
Disclaimer: I am not a butcher.
Get the cap on. The marbling is great, but the cap is the best part.
Definitely looks like the rib end of a strip. It starts to get that little dip of fat into the meat like a rib but lacks the cap.
Wow they stuck you. The goal when buying a ribeye should be to get as much cap as possible
Denver?
That gristle on the side makes me think it’s a new york strip.
Not necessarily common, outside of restaurant preparations where they’re using the full cap for something else.
Is it any issue? Absolutely not. You basically got the best NY strip you can get, with minimal fat cap and connective tissue cap. Sear it off and enjoy.
That is freaking gorgeous.
doesn’t matter in the least, this is beautiful steak that will fry or grill up perfectly
wtf? this is literally a ny strip. a very nicely marbled one, but still… this isnt eye of rib.
What’s the point?
The far end of the rib connects to the rest of the loin. At that point both subprimals look very similar. Instead of using a measurement of muscle groups (because every animal is different) they separate the sub primals at the 13th rib. Anything towards the head is the ribeye and anything towards the back end is tbone/NY strip.
Costco does this to sell the cap rolled up and netted. The cap pinwheels are ridiculously good. Based on the gristle though i think this is an NY
That doesn’t even remotely look like the shape of the eye in a ribeye….it also looks fucking magnificent and was still probably just as tender and delicious (but still not the same taste that the eye has).
You didn’t get had…but you also didn’t get what you paid for.
Looks like a ny steak well marbled to me. Doesn’t even have that star fat that ribeyes have