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Fresh Prime Steaks at Costco

post #1 of 25
8/30/08 at 4:12pm
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Don't know about other places, but Chicago area Costcos have fresh, not frozen, Prime Rib-eye and Strip steaks for $9.99 and $11.99, respectively. Surprisingly for Costco, they are cut thick, so I grabbed some to throw on the grill this weekend.
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post #2 of 25
8/30/08 at 4:23pm
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Originally Posted by saint View Post
Don't know about other places, but Chicago area Costcos have fresh, not frozen, Prime Rib-eye and Strip steaks for $9.99 and $11.99, respectively. Surprisingly for Costco, they are cut thick, so I grabbed some to throw on the grill this weekend.

I just bought some this morning Gonna cube them up (they are pretty thick) and kabob them on Sunday
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post #3 of 25
8/30/08 at 4:44pm
The Santa Cruz Costco only has Choice. They are pretty decent steaks, though. I've never been in the one in Yonkers, but it's next to Stew Leonard's, which always has dry aged Prime for $15 or less. I would rather get that.
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post #4 of 25
8/30/08 at 5:16pm
We are having Costco Rib Eyes tonight. They are a very good value and have very good flavor and texture when BBQ'd. I will pay more when I want the very best but I must pay about twice as much from my local butcher.
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post #5 of 25
8/31/08 at 1:51am
Just love a rare or even raw steak just 30 second-seared on the outside and just bloody warm on the inside. Rib eye. Oh man the best to drop few of those chunks in your mouth on the go, to work, church, or anywhere. The perfect to-go snack.
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post #6 of 25
8/31/08 at 1:18pm
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Originally Posted by saint View Post
Don't know about other places, but Chicago area Costcos have fresh, not frozen, Prime Rib-eye and Strip steaks for $9.99 and $11.99, respectively.

Never heard of such prices for prime.
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post #7 of 25
8/31/08 at 8:03pm
that is very low for prime but ever once in awhile Harris tetter has some amazing deals.
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post #8 of 25
8/31/08 at 8:04pm
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post #9 of 25
8/31/08 at 8:10pm
We BBQ'd some choice rib eyes from Costco last night. They had been frozen since we bought them a month ago. They were cut very thick. I rubbed garlic salt and fresh course ground black pepper into them and let them sit for 5 hours in the fridge. I cooked them rare then tented them under aluminum foil for 5 min. They came out amazing.
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post #10 of 25
8/31/08 at 8:16pm
I called my Mom and told her in case she wanted me to go grab a bunch and bring them home for her. She told me that they were decent prices, but that she can get Prime Rib at our smalltown store for $6.99 sometimes. I guess the local farmers sell it to them for super cheap. WTF???
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post #11 of 25
8/31/08 at 8:41pm
my coworker is a member of the robert parker forum and this was the first I heard of Costco's prime meat. There is a guy on there that regularly buys from allen brothers, brian flannery etc (he claims to eat 40-50 pounds of beef a month) and he mentioned that the Costco fresh prime is an incredible value and that he pretty much buys whatever they have available when he goes. My local costco only has the choice junk, I get my dry aged stuff from Florence Meat Market, which I hope is well known to the NYCers on this board as their stuff is amazing at great prices.
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post #12 of 25
8/31/08 at 10:18pm
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(he claims to eat 40-50 pounds of beef a month)

I'm amazed by that. This is for one person or a family? Wow. Just wow.
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post #13 of 25
9/1/08 at 2:23am
What's next? Pate at Wal-Mart?
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post #14 of 25
9/1/08 at 6:05pm
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I called my Mom and told her in case she wanted me to go grab a bunch and bring them home for her. She told me that they were decent prices, but that she can get Prime Rib at our smalltown store for $6.99 sometimes. I guess the local farmers sell it to them for super cheap. WTF???
I think you may be confusing Prime as in a grade of beef and "Prime Rib", as in the cut of beef (aka "Standing Rib Roast"). USDA grades most beef sold in US supermarket as Prime, Choice and Select. There are even lower grades but they are mostly used for processed food and not submitted for rating. Only the best 2% of beef qualifies as "Prime" and it is rather unusual to find it in a regular supermarket, let alone at reasonable price. A couple of years ago, about 5% of all US grown beef qualified as "Prime" but with recent higher prices for corn, caused by higher demand for corn ethanol, most ranchers are feeding their herds less expensive feed, which in turns leads to leaner beef with less marbling. Fat marbling is the defining characteristic of "Prime" grade beef.
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What's next? Pate at Wal-Mart?
Do you like it, the pate?
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post #15 of 25
9/1/08 at 6:10pm
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I think you may be confusing Prime as in a grade of beef and "Prime Rib", as in the cut of beef (aka "Standing Rib Roast"). USDA grades most beef sold in US supermarket as Prime, Choice and Select. There are even lower grades but they are mostly used for processed food and not submitted for rating. Only the best 2% of beef qualifies as "Prime" and it is rather unusual to find it in a regular supermarket, let alone at reasonable price. A couple of years ago, about 5% of all US grown beef qualified as "Prime" but with recent higher prices for corn, caused by higher demand for corn ethanol, most ranchers are feeding their herds less expensive feed, which in turns leads to leaner beef with less marbling. Fat marbling is the defining characteristic of "Prime" grade beef.

Cool, I wasn't aware of that. Thanks, btw.
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