Retail Cut Retail Cut Determinants Determinants
Measuring rib eye area Measuring rib eye area and back fat and back fat
Grading Rib Eye Steak Grading Rib Eye Steak
Determining the quality of a steak Determining the quality of a steak can be measured by:can be measured by:
Amount of fat throughout the steak Amount of fat throughout the steak
And And
Size of the Rib Eye Muscle Size of the Rib Eye Muscle
Types of Fat Types of Fat Intramuscular Fat Intramuscular Fat
Known as MarblingKnown as Marbling small streaks of fat that small streaks of fat that
are found within the are found within the muscle muscle
Effects juiciness and flavor Effects juiciness and flavor Has a positive effect on Has a positive effect on
tenderness. tenderness. Meat which has little Meat which has little
marbling may be dry and marbling may be dry and flavorless. flavorless.
Excessive amounts of Excessive amounts of marbling will not marbling will not necessarily increase the necessarily increase the juiciness and flavorjuiciness and flavor
Types of Fat Types of Fat
Intermuscular Intermuscular Known as Seam Fat Known as Seam Fat Found in between Found in between
muscles within the muscles within the carcasscarcass
Usually a thin layer Usually a thin layer that separates that separates musclesmuscles
Types of Fat Types of Fat
Subcutaneous Subcutaneous Known as Back fat Known as Back fat
or External fat or External fat Fat located on the Fat located on the
outside of the outside of the muscle muscle
Under the Under the epidermis (skin)epidermis (skin)
Fat that can be Fat that can be trimmed from retail trimmed from retail cutscuts
Measuring BackFat Measuring BackFat Backfat is measured in Backfat is measured in
tenths of inches tenths of inches It is measured along the It is measured along the
Longissimus dorsiLongissimus dorsi muscle muscle
The rule on the left side The rule on the left side of the grid is used.of the grid is used.
It is placed on top of the It is placed on top of the steak so that the edge steak so that the edge of the rule is adjacent to of the rule is adjacent to the the Longissimus dorsiLongissimus dorsi muscle and measured to muscle and measured to the edge of the fat on the edge of the fat on the outside of the the outside of the muscle. muscle.
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Determining the Size of Rib Determining the Size of Rib Eye Steak Eye Steak
Longissimus dorsiLongissimus dorsi muscle makes up muscle makes up the Rib eye steak the Rib eye steak along with the along with the ComplexusComplexus and and SpinalisSpinalis muscles. muscles.
This muscle spans This muscle spans from ribs six from ribs six through twelve. through twelve.
Measured in square Measured in square inches using the rib inches using the rib eye grideye grid
Measuring Rib Eye Area Measuring Rib Eye Area The Measuring Grid The Measuring Grid
A. Each dot equals an A. Each dot equals an inch inch
B. Dots within the B. Dots within the squares labeled 8,9 or 10 squares labeled 8,9 or 10 include 80, 90 or 100 include 80, 90 or 100 dots.dots.
Since rib eye area is Since rib eye area is measured in square measured in square inches.inches.
Example: Using the 8 Example: Using the 8 square, there are 80 dots square, there are 80 dots
To get square inchesTo get square inches Move the decimal to the Move the decimal to the
left once left once 80 dots= 80.0080 dots= 80.00
Moving the decimal to Moving the decimal to the left once gives a 8 the left once gives a 8 square inch areasquare inch area
A
B
Measuring Rib Eye AreaMeasuring Rib Eye Area Place the grid over the Place the grid over the
Longissimus dorsiLongissimus dorsi muscle trying to fill in muscle trying to fill in either the 8, 9 or 10 either the 8, 9 or 10 square which has square which has counted the dots counted the dots already. already.
Count the other dots Count the other dots located on the muscle located on the muscle that was not part of the that was not part of the squaresquare
Once you’ve counted Once you’ve counted the dots, move decimal the dots, move decimal to the left once to the left once
This will give you the This will give you the rib eye area in square rib eye area in square inches.inches.
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