American cuts of meat

[2ono]

Where are you guys getting your meat for your BBQ/smokers from, specifically briskets and boston butts for pulled pork.

[HarryFlatters]

Costco, Makro or a decent independent butcher will sort you out

[Gaz3376]

http://barronsofbeeflimited.bigcartel.com/

[Rosscow]

Gaz3376 said:

http://barronsofbeeflimited.bigcartel.com/

Big BBQ pack for £90 (with the new customer voucher) looks like great value!!!

[oddman]

Boston butt is a shoulder of pork

Brisket is the same cut only our butchers tend to roll them and sell them in smaller cuts for braising

American beef tends to be much fattier - more suitable for low and slow cooking but reflects the poor feed and dreadful welfare conditions endured by US cattle.

[Eversleigh]

Find your local butcher, have a good chat with them and I am sure they will sort you out. That said I see more and more of this type of meat in supermarkets (but a local butcher will be much better in my experience).

[Sharted]

M&S are doing some interesting steak cuts but are a bit unpredictable.

They give names such as Denver e.t.c. but are pretty easy to ID as cuts such as skirt, blade and so on.

Not always in stock and not big lumps of meat but very tasty when marinaded for a while.

[Nickyboy]

www.meatpacks.co.uk

[muppetdave]

oddman said:

American beef tends to be much fattier - more suitable for low and slow cooking but reflects the poor feed and dreadful welfare conditions endured by US cattle.

Apologies as this is hugely off topic, but it was interesting hearing the other day that food scientists have now said that red meat is again good for us (everything in moderation etc. etc.). And that when reading research on this topic, we (as Europeans) should discount US-research as our meat as you say above is far healthier (as well as Japanese etc) and US research naturally refers to US-meat.

Also, my Uncle rears beef cattle (just moved to Nova Scotia from Alberta) and is farming 'traditionally' (i.e. grass-based) and he is forward-selling his beef in to local markets well in advance and can't keep up with demand.

[jogon]

Not an American cut but my butcher has recently started selling rump cap steaks or Picanha as it's known in Brazil, who regard it as the finest cut of beef. Got this for dinner this week..

Edited by jogon on Monday 20th July 14:57

[Sway]

jogon said:

Not an American cut but my butcher has recently started selling rump cap steaks or Picanha as it's known in Brazil, who regard it as the finest cut of beef. Got this for dinner this week..

Edited by jogon on Monday 20th July 14:57

About a year ago I bought a 'steak taster' pack from Westin Gourmet. Iirc, it was about 50 quid for 12 good sized steaks.

The picanha was by far the best, in a selection that included some amazing grass fed Irish fillet, etc.

[Chucklehead]

oddman said:

Boston butt is a shoulder of pork

True, but they are different cuts to the regular boneless pork shoulders that you see in the supermarket - and not just because of the lack of bone.

[Tickle]

A butchers with a bit of notice should be able to do what ever cut you want.