I’m on the carnivore diet so I don’t trim the fat. :-) Over the holidays I bought a total of 90lbs of whole prime rib at my local store for $4.99/lb. I now have about 70lbs of ribeye steaks (with the fat) in my freezer. :-)
My local Costco price per pound choice ribeye: $13.99 Price per pound full ribeye choice grade (entire cut, not individual steaks): $13.99 I literally get zero savings locally buying my own and cutting. Still a good option (I can control my thickness and trim)...but I get no real savings in my area at least....
Not quite that in my location but close, $14.99/lb for the whole subprimal and $15.99/lb for the steaks, they didn't have any prime grade steaks but the whole cut is $20.99 for Prime grade.
Thank you for confirming what I’ve been saying since his original video on this a couple years ago! There’s barely $0.20/lb. Cheaper at my Costco! Don’t get me wrong, I love Costco, but when other local grocery stores put Choice and Prime grade meat on sale for less than half Costco price, I’m not buying at Costco!
I just commented also, but in my area 14.79 for roast, and 14.99 for steaks. I would have to buy a roast weighting on average 10 lbs or more. That means I have to spend $140+ up front to maybe net $2 - $3 savings. That doesn't account for the fact I have to butcher, trim, seal, and freeze. He is STILL pushing this bad faith argument. If he went to Costco, he should have compared the cost of Roast at Costco vs Steaks. Comparing ONLY Costco Roast to a SINGLE Publix steak is nonsense.
I literally did this last week. Ended up with 17 steaks. Plus a couple of pieces of meat I haven't decided what to do with. One would make a small roast I may smoke and some might get ground. I don't trim the fat off the ribeye. I cook it and eat it. I also bought a brisket and am going to try my first batch of tallow making.
Publix list the bone in Ribeyes on sale once a month for $11.99 or $12.99 a LB. When they do I stock up and buy 10-15 steaks. It saves me the headache of doing all this. But great either way if you want to stock up. I prefer the bone in but im throwing away some $ due to the weight of the bone. great vid
I’m curious, so many videos are talking about wood cutting boards being unsanitary. Could you do a video, sir, that shows your process from start to finish on how you keep your kitchen “sanitized“? Obviously when you first unpack, there’s going to be blood, etc., from the ribeye slab of meat. And then once you start laying it out cutting it how do you go back-and-forth safely and sanitarily? I do appreciate all your content I’ve only been following you for a couple of months, but I’ve truly enjoyed it. Thank you very much, sir. Keep up the good work.
Thanks so much for all of your great video's and I am really learning from you. I'm getting ready to order your knifes. I'd love to see you make that Corned Beef video soon! Keep up the great work!
If you go to Costco, the Steaks are normally not much more than the roast. There is very little savings when you factor how much you have to buy upfront, butcher, trim, store, etc. By all means check for yourself.
@jp4751 Great advice to check for yourself,prices may vary. I paid $10.49 lb.on the last ribroll purchase. Yes, the cash outlay upfront was a bit of change,but so worth it. A huge prime rib enough to feed 10 adults a Christmas dinner, and a half a dozen steaks for the freezer.
@@johnreeves8156 Most definitely check prices for yourself! In your case if you wanted to cook a roast it makes sense. I think if the main goal is to break down into steaks, I don't see much in savings. I think there are some savings in other cuts of meat such as chicken. I think whole chicken yields a little bit more in savings then buying individual breasts, wings, etc.
Whole in bag roasts are down to about $5.50 every couple of months locally. Haven't tried Kroger but the butchers at Safeway cheerfully cut the whole roasts into 1 1/2" thick steaks for me on their band saws 🙂
I started shopping at Costco for this very reason. Very disappointed. Saved only on the strip loin. The ribeye was only 10¢ per pound cheaper as a whole loin and the tenderloin is actually more expensive in its whole form at the Costco near me. And this is before the membership fee.
Get the bone in and save more. Cut them off as a separate slab and make beef ribs in the slow cooker! A couple of days ago, 2025-01-08, I got a 20lb Bone-in Ribeye from the US Foods Chef's Store for $8.99 per lb. (on sale until 2025-01-17).
If able, source your local meat market, butcher…they may have a better deal. That being said, ribeye are good eats. Last week at my local Costco i bought a strip loin package. Ny strip were selling at 19.99/ lb !🤯 Bought the whole bag for $10.99/lb…savings are there but likely in a slightly less cut of meat…Chuck eye rolls are great also
Nice. Thanks for sharing. I stocked up on bone-in whole slabs of ribeye for $6.99 and $7.99/lb right before Christmas. I forgot to add up the poundage but it was somewhere in the 60 pounds range. I took the bones off and used a few of them to make "soup" in the instant pot. I froze the rest. I'll try cooking them in the slow cooker and see how they turn out. I'll have to check your video library but... being lazy here... have you discussed the various grades of beef like select, choice and prime?
So excited for this vid. I am wanting to make my own steaks. ❤ on a side note I was curious if your 12in breaking knife will be back on Amazon.? If not I will get the 10in thank you.
The 10” breaking knife will be back in stock in a couple of weeks. We redid the packaging and it took longer than anticipated. If you don’t want to wait that is totally fine. Just look for a 10” Breaking knife on Amazon. I just want people to get into this fun hobby. Thanks for watching the video.
Monitor your local grocery store ads! In my area I can find bone-in rib rolls for $5.99/lb. From there, remove the ribs; to be smoked later, and cut your boneless ribeyes!
Check the prices or precut Rib eye steaks at Costco. You are not saving much by buying the roast. In my area the roast is only .20/lb cheaper which means you would have to spend at least $140 up front, butcher, trim, freeze, etc. Your savings on the backside will be $2 - $3. He didn't compare Costco pre-cut to Costco Roast.
Wow - I've never seen a cap as big as the first few you cut - I geuss they end up on the butchers' home table most often at the grocery store. 🙂 Just curious... Could you weigh the vaccum sealed / trimmed steaks only and come up with the "actual" steak weight (vs. ground beef or beef tallow included?) Great video as usual Sir - Thanks so much. - Cheers!
Only reason he saved money is cause Publix is a scam lol. If he bought the whole ribeye at Publix or cuts at Costco, they'd break even. You don't save money anymore cutting yourself. The only thing cutting yourself would do is allow you to pick through and try getting something for choice price but might be prime grade.
I call bullshit. The thing that saved me was cutting my own. I get ribeye steaks for less than $10 a lbs. Everywhere else I see a minimum of $12.99 a lbs
@ I mean, that doesn't disprove anything lmao. He compared it to something that was 20 a pound. His Costco whole pack was 12.99 a lb. That's a difference of 7 a lb which was why he had such huge savings over 14 lbs or so. If you use your prices of 10 and 32, you'd save 42 bucks vs his 100+. Not to mention he didn't even deduct the waste weight from the ribeyes either. Ask yourself, why didn't he compare already cut ribeyes at Costco to the whole ribeye? Because the already cut ribeye at Costco is probably 13.99 a lb vs a whole that's 12.99 and after you deduct the waste, you'd probably be paying more per pound lol. Just read the comments bro. It's about a dollar more for precut at most Costcos. You'd be saving 15 bucks before deducting waste, vac seal, time....
Got some rib roasts for $4.99/lb and cut off the ribs and vacum sealed them pre-seasoned. They are excellent and will last for a couple years. I refuse to shop at Costco though, I go to Sam's or BJs. Only problem is BJs for a while section is still somewhat expensive, but still way cheaper than the grocery store. Before you cut your steaks put it in the freezer for an hour or two to firm it up so it's easier to cut.
I don't think the math is an apples to apples comparison. you can get a 3 or 4 pack of ribeyes at costco for around $2-$4 more(dont remember off the top of my head). you are also cutting the tail and turning it into ground beef/tallow, which is cheaper per pound. a fair comparison would be to weigh all the steaks and multiply by the cstco difference. then weigh the trimming and compare it to tallow/ground beef prices. I'm pretty sure the difference is minimal. The bright side of cutting your own steaks is you get to choose the thickness and you do get some nice quality ribeyes.
I appreciate your videos for the techniques. With that being said, the ending is a bad faith argument. First of all, you are comparing a higher priced supermarket to a warehouse store that requires a membership. Next, you could have bought precut rib eyes AT COSTCO ALSO. That would have been a more fair good faith argument. In my area, the rib eye roast is going for 14.79/lb. Precut rib eye steaks are going for 14.99/lb, I would have to buy a 10-12 lb roast up front at over $140, and then have to butcher it to save maybe 2-3 dollars on the backside. Then I would have to vacuum seal and store. Realistically, that IS NOT a savings. If you want to argue the merits of cutting your own to be able to control the width of the steaks, cut quality, and being able to have steaks that are not "blade tenderized", I am ok with that. Recommending buying a roast and butchering to save at most a few dollars at the expense of the time, energy, vacuum sealing, and freezing it not it.
@@bert1450 I don't really find savings in this process either. If you are doing it to control the output of your steaks, that's fine, but for savings, not much there. I think there is some savings in buying whole chicken and breaking down. I have found for a while now that when you go to warehouse stores, the difference in price between pork chops vs pork tenderloin is minimal, and the same for buying ribeye and New York roasts vs steaks.
Shit i was at our local BJs wholesale club and the whole ribeye is now $17.99 a pound the cut ribeyes are $18.99 a pound. Back in November they were only $12.99 a pound a whole ribeye and $13.99 already cut ones. I haven’t checked Costco in the last couple of days but last time I checked it was $14.99 a pound.
Little to no savings in my area from Costco on beef like this. I typically buy the crap out of ribeye (rib roasts) around Christmas when they're on huge sale. Vac-seal em up for use throughout the year. Last year we made it to November on ribeyes I'd stacked deep in the freezer. Side comment: That vac seal machine seems like a large space-waster vs the norm type ones. What does it offer vs a traditional (flat) vac seal machine?
Can you do a video on purchasing the correct primal cut to get Steak Tips out of from like Costco? I believe that if you are from the east coast this would come from Sirloin top or Flap??? and what you could do with the rest of the primal cut?? Thanks in advance for your consideration
I consider that first squaring cut at the start and the leftover bit at the end the butcher's snacks... I 100% cook those up and eat it myself after cutting the steaks for the family. I have a Costco Business Center in my town, but they only carry Select and Choice; can I get whole sub-primals from the regular warehouses and, if so, do I need to ask for the discount? Sometimes, I like a Prime steak.
Costco has caught on. All their subprime cuts in my area store, are now ridiculous. Food in general now, in Wa State is basically a luxury. 😑 Diesel is still $4.89 here, and it's crushing everything.
As a former resident of Washington, why don't you head down to Olympia and stop of at the Govenor's maybe he is having ribeye tonight. Silly me, he is probably having an eight course dinner of crickets and grasshoppers, and for desert a big piece of bark topped with worms with warmed up moss on the side.
@ButcherWizard - I saw on another video the mention of the beef neck cut. It seemed to have a ton of highly marbled meat. Although perhaps not the most tender, it seems to get high marks for flavor. Is this a cut of beef you are familiar with? What is the right/best way to butcher it to separate the cuts and get the most out of it?
What he doesn't explicitly state is that the Publix steak is a Prime Ribeye and the Costco bulk ribeye is only Choice grade. Part of the savings comes from that difference in grade.
Most supermarkets don't have much if any Prime grade beef, almost everything is choice. (Except our local Brookshires carries mostly Select grade.) Kroger Prime ribeye is $18.99/lb Weird, Publix Choice costs more than Kroger Prime. Best to stop shopping at Publix.
Sams Club has whole ribeye for $12.98/lb and ribeye steaks for $13.98/lb. That's not a huge savings. Also, I know Kroger will cut a whole ribeye for you the way you want, Sam's probably will, also. We used to buy a whole ribeye from Kroger when it was on sale and have the butcher cut a couple of roasts, some thin steaks and some thick steaks. No mess, no cutting on our part. Just vacuum sealing them when we got home.
Thank you for your videos. This one shows the meat from Costoc looks a little darker. How can I check that the meat is not that dark? Thank you for videos.
This is great when in the US, but I am spending more and more time in the Philippines. QQQ - Do you know what they call the Ribeye Sub-Primal Cut there? How can I find out? Is there a photo or something I can show a Philippine Butcher what cut I want? It would be great to have decent quality meat there. Stores only offer 0% Fat cuts or 90% Fat cuts of meat, they have me totally confused what to buy.
I literally checked this out last week. I always by my ribeyes at Costco. I keep checking the price per pound and they are exactly the same (same with the cut vs whole per pound price). So I never think it's worth it to have me cut it because it's the same cost per pound! only reason I would is if I didn't like the thickness of the cut. THE REASON NOT to do this given the cost is the same, is that on the cut stuff, you can see the marbling and the size of the spanalis. right? otherwise, you can't tell with the whole what you're getting exactly with the marbling until you start cutting it up, right?
I always did this, but lately the whole rib roasts are way too much $. I've managed with whole top sirloins, pretty good if you mechanically tenderize. During holidays, turkeys and already cooked spiral sliced hams are a great deal. I just cut down 6 hams and vacuum froze. That and several disassembled turkeys, both fresh at ~$1/lb. Every once in a while, pork shoulders on sale, as are chicken thighs. Sorry Butcher Wizard, I shop for protein value. Bet I'm not alone.
I asked this question on another video and never got a response But I bought a whole loin strip and all 15 steaks were tougher than boiled owl shit. Why? I smoked some pan fried some I finally made stew with the rest in a crockpot and that was the best meal Help…..::help me help myself
you're math doesn't account for the trim not being worth $20/lb. If you do that and account for recouping some ground beef you come out closer to saving $75. Now, is spending all that effort, equipment (freezer, vacuum, electricity for freezer), risk of losing the meat in storage etc.... worth $75 to you? It's not that much Value added really.
I’m on the carnivore diet so I don’t trim the fat. :-)
Over the holidays I bought a total of 90lbs of whole prime rib at my local store for $4.99/lb. I now have about 70lbs of ribeye steaks (with the fat) in my freezer. :-)
Good job. You've taken the red pill.
@@smarterworkout If by red pill you mean optimum health, then yes!
My local Costco price per pound choice ribeye: $13.99
Price per pound full ribeye choice grade (entire cut, not individual steaks): $13.99
I literally get zero savings locally buying my own and cutting. Still a good option (I can control my thickness and trim)...but I get no real savings in my area at least....
Mine is unfortunately the exact same. 😢
Not quite that in my location but close, $14.99/lb for the whole subprimal and $15.99/lb for the steaks, they didn't have any prime grade steaks but the whole cut is $20.99 for Prime grade.
Comparing Publix vs Costco. Looking online at Sam’s Club, steak vs whole ribeye, choice is $1 difference, prime $2 difference.
Thank you for confirming what I’ve been saying since his original video on this a couple years ago! There’s barely $0.20/lb. Cheaper at my Costco! Don’t get me wrong, I love Costco, but when other local grocery stores put Choice and Prime grade meat on sale for less than half Costco price, I’m not buying at Costco!
I just commented also, but in my area 14.79 for roast, and 14.99 for steaks. I would have to buy a roast weighting on average 10 lbs or more. That means I have to spend $140+ up front to maybe net $2 - $3 savings. That doesn't account for the fact I have to butcher, trim, seal, and freeze. He is STILL pushing this bad faith argument. If he went to Costco, he should have compared the cost of Roast at Costco vs Steaks. Comparing ONLY Costco Roast to a SINGLE Publix steak is nonsense.
I literally did this last week. Ended up with 17 steaks. Plus a couple of pieces of meat I haven't decided what to do with. One would make a small roast I may smoke and some might get ground.
I don't trim the fat off the ribeye. I cook it and eat it.
I also bought a brisket and am going to try my first batch of tallow making.
Publix list the bone in Ribeyes on sale once a month for $11.99 or $12.99 a LB. When they do I stock up and buy 10-15 steaks. It saves me the headache of doing all this. But great either way if you want to stock up. I prefer the bone in but im throwing away some $ due to the weight of the bone. great vid
Costco ribeye is up to 14.60 now prices keep going up. Is 15.99 cut. I work at Costco and every morning I look at ribeye prices. lol it’s getting bad.
Very bad.... :( I think its done on purpose to introduce synthetic meats for cheaper lol
No. There's no way you can make synthetic meat cheaper and still be profitable. @@Jamess17065
Yeah... Looking at my Sam's prices right now and its currently $13.98 per pound...
I’m curious, so many videos are talking about wood cutting boards being unsanitary. Could you do a video, sir, that shows your process from start to finish on how you keep your kitchen “sanitized“? Obviously when you first unpack, there’s going to be blood, etc., from the ribeye slab of meat. And then once you start laying it out cutting it how do you go back-and-forth safely and sanitarily? I do appreciate all your content I’ve only been following you for a couple of months, but I’ve truly enjoyed it. Thank you very much, sir. Keep up the good work.
Well done, Wizard!
Fresh market had a sale on choice striploins at 7.99 a pound.
Went to two locations, picked up 13!
Freezer packed
Thanks so much for all of your great video's and I am really learning from you. I'm getting ready to order your knifes. I'd love to see you make that Corned Beef video soon! Keep up the great work!
Great video thanks for the instructions.
If you go to Costco, the Steaks are normally not much more than the roast. There is very little savings when you factor how much you have to buy upfront, butcher, trim, store, etc. By all means check for yourself.
@jp4751 Great advice to check for yourself,prices may vary. I paid $10.49 lb.on the last ribroll purchase. Yes, the cash outlay upfront was a bit of change,but so worth it. A huge prime rib enough to feed 10 adults a Christmas dinner, and a half a dozen steaks for the freezer.
@@johnreeves8156 Most definitely check prices for yourself! In your case if you wanted to cook a roast it makes sense. I think if the main goal is to break down into steaks, I don't see much in savings. I think there are some savings in other cuts of meat such as chicken. I think whole chicken yields a little bit more in savings then buying individual breasts, wings, etc.
Perfect timing!!!
Whole in bag roasts are down to about $5.50 every couple of months locally. Haven't tried Kroger but the butchers at Safeway cheerfully cut the whole roasts into 1 1/2" thick steaks for me on their band saws 🙂
I started shopping at Costco for this very reason. Very disappointed. Saved only on the strip loin. The ribeye was only 10¢ per pound cheaper as a whole loin and the tenderloin is actually more expensive in its whole form at the Costco near me. And this is before the membership fee.
Get the bone in and save more. Cut them off as a separate slab and make beef ribs in the slow cooker!
A couple of days ago, 2025-01-08, I got a 20lb Bone-in Ribeye from the US Foods Chef's Store for $8.99 per lb. (on sale until 2025-01-17).
If able, source your local meat market, butcher…they may have a better deal.
That being said, ribeye are good eats. Last week at my local Costco i bought a strip loin package. Ny strip were selling at 19.99/ lb !🤯
Bought the whole bag for $10.99/lb…savings are there but likely in a slightly less cut of meat…Chuck eye rolls are great also
Nice. Thanks for sharing.
I stocked up on bone-in whole slabs of ribeye for $6.99 and $7.99/lb right before Christmas. I forgot to add up the poundage but it was somewhere in the 60 pounds range. I took the bones off and used a few of them to make "soup" in the instant pot. I froze the rest. I'll try cooking them in the slow cooker and see how they turn out.
I'll have to check your video library but... being lazy here... have you discussed the various grades of beef like select, choice and prime?
So excited for this vid. I am wanting to make my own steaks. ❤ on a side note I was curious if your 12in breaking knife will be back on Amazon.? If not I will get the 10in thank you.
The 10” breaking knife will be back in stock in a couple of weeks. We redid the packaging and it took longer than anticipated. If you don’t want to wait that is totally fine. Just look for a 10” Breaking knife on Amazon. I just want people to get into this fun hobby. Thanks for watching the video.
A big reason I prefer cutting my own is because Costco will "mechanically tenderize" their cut steaks (i.e. blade tenderize).
Monitor your local grocery store ads! In my area I can find bone-in rib rolls for $5.99/lb. From there, remove the ribs; to be smoked later, and cut your boneless ribeyes!
Thank you, thank you thank you. I do love my ribeyes.
I'm glad you like the video.
I need this. Thanks.
Thanks for watching
Check the prices or precut Rib eye steaks at Costco. You are not saving much by buying the roast. In my area the roast is only .20/lb cheaper which means you would have to spend at least $140 up front, butcher, trim, freeze, etc. Your savings on the backside will be $2 - $3. He didn't compare Costco pre-cut to Costco Roast.
Wow - I've never seen a cap as big as the first few you cut - I geuss they end up on the butchers' home table most often at the grocery store. 🙂
Just curious... Could you weigh the vaccum sealed / trimmed steaks only and come up with the "actual" steak weight (vs. ground beef or beef tallow included?)
Great video as usual Sir - Thanks so much. - Cheers!
Only reason he saved money is cause Publix is a scam lol. If he bought the whole ribeye at Publix or cuts at Costco, they'd break even. You don't save money anymore cutting yourself. The only thing cutting yourself would do is allow you to pick through and try getting something for choice price but might be prime grade.
The butcher at our Sam's told us that their choice is more like prime-minus than Kroger/Walmart choice.
I call bullshit. The thing that saved me was cutting my own. I get ribeye steaks for less than $10 a lbs. Everywhere else I see a minimum of $12.99 a lbs
@ I mean, that doesn't disprove anything lmao. He compared it to something that was 20 a pound. His Costco whole pack was 12.99 a lb. That's a difference of 7 a lb which was why he had such huge savings over 14 lbs or so. If you use your prices of 10 and 32, you'd save 42 bucks vs his 100+. Not to mention he didn't even deduct the waste weight from the ribeyes either. Ask yourself, why didn't he compare already cut ribeyes at Costco to the whole ribeye? Because the already cut ribeye at Costco is probably 13.99 a lb vs a whole that's 12.99 and after you deduct the waste, you'd probably be paying more per pound lol.
Just read the comments bro. It's about a dollar more for precut at most Costcos. You'd be saving 15 bucks before deducting waste, vac seal, time....
There shouldn't be any waste. That fat he trimmed off you can use it ground beef or tallow for cooking. @@PoolamRules
Got some rib roasts for $4.99/lb and cut off the ribs and vacum sealed them pre-seasoned. They are excellent and will last for a couple years. I refuse to shop at Costco though, I go to Sam's or BJs. Only problem is BJs for a while section is still somewhat expensive, but still way cheaper than the grocery store. Before you cut your steaks put it in the freezer for an hour or two to firm it up so it's easier to cut.
I don't think the math is an apples to apples comparison. you can get a 3 or 4 pack of ribeyes at costco for around $2-$4 more(dont remember off the top of my head). you are also cutting the tail and turning it into ground beef/tallow, which is cheaper per pound. a fair comparison would be to weigh all the steaks and multiply by the cstco difference. then weigh the trimming and compare it to tallow/ground beef prices. I'm pretty sure the difference is minimal. The bright side of cutting your own steaks is you get to choose the thickness and you do get some nice quality ribeyes.
I take the trimmings and grind them for the best burgers you'll ever grill!
That is a great way to use the extra trim.
If you have a costco business center near you should check it out and maybe do a video, lots of meat there they don't sell at the regular store.
Aw man! That tail of the ribeye is the second best part, next to the spinalis!! What're you doin? 🙂
Look for a Costco Business Center and you can usually save a bit more and get stuff thats not normally in a regular Costco.
I appreciate your videos for the techniques. With that being said, the ending is a bad faith argument. First of all, you are comparing a higher priced supermarket to a warehouse store that requires a membership. Next, you could have bought precut rib eyes AT COSTCO ALSO. That would have been a more fair good faith argument.
In my area, the rib eye roast is going for 14.79/lb. Precut rib eye steaks are going for 14.99/lb, I would have to buy a 10-12 lb roast up front at over $140, and then have to butcher it to save maybe 2-3 dollars on the backside. Then I would have to vacuum seal and store.
Realistically, that IS NOT a savings. If you want to argue the merits of cutting your own to be able to control the width of the steaks, cut quality, and being able to have steaks that are not "blade tenderized", I am ok with that. Recommending buying a roast and butchering to save at most a few dollars at the expense of the time, energy, vacuum sealing, and freezing it not it.
@@bert1450 I don't really find savings in this process either. If you are doing it to control the output of your steaks, that's fine, but for savings, not much there. I think there is some savings in buying whole chicken and breaking down. I have found for a while now that when you go to warehouse stores, the difference in price between pork chops vs pork tenderloin is minimal, and the same for buying ribeye and New York roasts vs steaks.
Shit i was at our local BJs wholesale club and the whole ribeye is now $17.99 a pound the cut ribeyes are $18.99 a pound. Back in November they were only $12.99 a pound a whole ribeye and $13.99 already cut ones. I haven’t checked Costco in the last couple of days but last time I checked it was $14.99 a pound.
Prim is over $325 at Costco
Is that new slicing knife coming soon? I remember you showed it in a previous video.
Cosco In Chula Vista, California, to buy a whole ribeye for around $260+
I did this yesterday, 14.99 lb for the ribeye
Little to no savings in my area from Costco on beef like this. I typically buy the crap out of ribeye (rib roasts) around Christmas when they're on huge sale. Vac-seal em up for use throughout the year. Last year we made it to November on ribeyes I'd stacked deep in the freezer. Side comment: That vac seal machine seems like a large space-waster vs the norm type ones. What does it offer vs a traditional (flat) vac seal machine?
Can you do a video on purchasing the correct primal cut to get Steak Tips out of from like Costco? I believe that if you are from the east coast this would come from Sirloin top or Flap??? and what you could do with the rest of the primal cut?? Thanks in advance for your consideration
I consider that first squaring cut at the start and the leftover bit at the end the butcher's snacks... I 100% cook those up and eat it myself after cutting the steaks for the family. I have a Costco Business Center in my town, but they only carry Select and Choice; can I get whole sub-primals from the regular warehouses and, if so, do I need to ask for the discount? Sometimes, I like a Prime steak.
Would you please do a video fir butchering NEW YORK strip steaks😊
I love NY Strips too. Check this video out: Save $75 At The Grocery Store By Cutting NY Strip Steaks At Home
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Hi from the UK, I love your channel it has certainly up skilled me and saved a fortune, but unfortunately, your knives are not available here?
Would you be able to do a video on learner cuts of meat. For people who want to save money but also achieve their weight goals.
Costco is $.40/lb difference for steaks vs the whole cut. Not worth it.
Costco has caught on. All their subprime cuts in my area store, are now ridiculous.
Food in general now, in Wa State is basically a luxury. 😑
Diesel is still $4.89 here, and it's crushing everything.
As a former resident of Washington, why don't you head down to Olympia and stop of at the Govenor's maybe he is having ribeye tonight. Silly me, he is probably having an eight course dinner of crickets and grasshoppers, and for desert a big piece of bark topped with worms with warmed up moss on the side.
@Hisservant-uh6ji more than a few people are discussing visiting Olympia... With pitchforks and torches. 😉
@ButcherWizard - I saw on another video the mention of the beef neck cut. It seemed to have a ton of highly marbled meat. Although perhaps not the most tender, it seems to get high marks for flavor. Is this a cut of beef you are familiar with? What is the right/best way to butcher it to separate the cuts and get the most out of it?
Every time I look at Costco the subprimal is the same price as the sliced steaks.
We don’t have any of those stores within 100 miles one way 😢
I don't cut the fat off, I cook it all and eat fat also.
Show the inside of the vacuum sealer
Even more savings now. Publix raised the price to $26.99 lb
One of the pluses to chamber vacuums is you don't need that air-channel overpriced type of bag.
can you use meat slicer instead?
Butcher Wizard I think ribeye my favorite , have you tried Bison what do you think of it?
My Costco sells ribeyes for 13.99 per lb and the roasts / whole ribeye are around 13.73 per lb
RIGHT NOW, yeah. Not so sure about after the 20th of January.
I have yet to see any significant price difference between buying pre-cut ribeyes and this method at Costco; same price basically.
Yes to ribeyes.
What he doesn't explicitly state is that the Publix steak is a Prime Ribeye and the Costco bulk ribeye is only Choice grade. Part of the savings comes from that difference in grade.
The ribeye I bought at Publix was USDA choice. It was a fair comparison.
Most supermarkets don't have much if any Prime grade beef, almost everything is choice.
(Except our local Brookshires carries mostly Select grade.)
Kroger Prime ribeye is $18.99/lb
Weird, Publix Choice costs more than Kroger Prime. Best to stop shopping at Publix.
Sams Club has whole ribeye for $12.98/lb and ribeye steaks for $13.98/lb. That's not a huge savings. Also, I know Kroger will cut a whole ribeye for you the way you want, Sam's probably will, also.
We used to buy a whole ribeye from Kroger when it was on sale and have the butcher cut a couple of roasts, some thin steaks and some thick steaks. No mess, no cutting on our part. Just vacuum sealing them when we got home.
Thank you for your videos. This one shows the meat from Costoc looks a little darker.
How can I check that the meat is not that dark?
Thank you for videos.
So I got a full beef ribeye, but it says no roll.. is that because they trimmed the fat off?
I save more by waiting for sales and/or buying the steaks after they're marked down because they "expire" the next day.
I have a problem, the Costco I go to will not sell a whole ribeye
If you trim fat - save it and cook it later into little crunchy fat snacks. But that's if you absolutely have to trim.
then you drive a bit further and go to Costco business center. I found a choice grade with really good marbling like 10+lb NY roast for under 70$
This is great when in the US, but I am spending more and more time in the Philippines.
QQQ - Do you know what they call the Ribeye Sub-Primal Cut there? How can I find out? Is there a photo or something I can show a Philippine Butcher what cut I want? It would be great to have decent quality meat there. Stores only offer 0% Fat cuts or 90% Fat cuts of meat, they have me totally confused what to buy.
At approximately $500.00 for sealer and bags, i would need to buy 5 ribeyes to break even.
I got a food saver model for $99, the only other cost is restocking bags which isn't too bad. I'm not spending $500 on a vacum sealer.
What about bone in?
I literally checked this out last week. I always by my ribeyes at Costco. I keep checking the price per pound and they are exactly the same (same with the cut vs whole per pound price). So I never think it's worth it to have me cut it because it's the same cost per pound! only reason I would is if I didn't like the thickness of the cut. THE REASON NOT to do this given the cost is the same, is that on the cut stuff, you can see the marbling and the size of the spanalis. right? otherwise, you can't tell with the whole what you're getting exactly with the marbling until you start cutting it up, right?
I never find the ribeye loin at our Sam's Club.
How do you do this if you're looking for grass fed beef? Most of these bulk operations seem to only offer grain fed
I have seen some grass fed sub primals at the Costco Business Center. Otherwise I haven’t seen any grass fed cuts.
I always did this, but lately the whole rib roasts are way too much $. I've managed with whole top sirloins, pretty good if you mechanically tenderize. During holidays, turkeys and already cooked spiral sliced hams are a great deal. I just cut down 6 hams and vacuum froze. That and several disassembled turkeys, both fresh at ~$1/lb. Every once in a while, pork shoulders on sale, as are chicken thighs. Sorry Butcher Wizard, I shop for protein value. Bet I'm not alone.
Where can we buy pork back fat at a good price?
Absolutely no marbling in some of those steaks
It’s choice grade not prime!
Video starts at 3:10
Not a fan of how much outer fat they now keep our sub primal cuts now,,, paying for that fat per pound for tallow?
Good lord, this is a 3 minute video stretched into 10...
I asked this question on another video and never got a response
But I bought a whole loin strip and all 15 steaks were tougher than boiled owl shit.
Why?
I smoked some pan fried some I finally made stew with the rest in a crockpot and that was the best meal
Help…..::help me help myself
Called “Whole Subprimal Cut”??
I always cut that fat off and vacuum seal it with the steak to use for the pan to tallow
you're math doesn't account for the trim not being worth $20/lb. If you do that and account for recouping some ground beef you come out closer to saving $75. Now, is spending all that effort, equipment (freezer, vacuum, electricity for freezer), risk of losing the meat in storage etc.... worth $75 to you? It's not that much Value added really.
The butcher wizard is my hero
What if you like fat, will leaving the fat on the end cook properly and taste good? I love a taste/texture of fat on a ribeye... what say you?🤠
Oval not round
Not 100% Accurate... Show the "REAL Trim Waste and Vacumme sealer cost" Those plastic Bags are expensive.... It definitely adds up.
choice lol
It hurts my heart watching him cut all the beautiful fat off those perfect steaks. He ruined them....
He likes to use the fat to make hamburgers later. Although, I do like the fat myself.
You can make tallow too. There is no waste.
No he didn’t. Just stop it.
Make a video & show us how then 😑
Yeah I need that fat!
Living a carnivore lifestyle, I want all the fat I can get! No need to trim it off!
Trim off the excess fat!!
@ no fat is good!!!
@@MrMnmn911 Easy. None of the fat is "excess", so no trimming needed.
When comparing prices, you should have bought a ribeye steak from Costco not Publix…. Publix is known for price gouging
Terrible knife technique
Fix your audio bro
Just bought a 5 rib center cut Angus rib roast for $7.99lb today. Sale ends tomorrow at Shopr*te.