Best place for steaks online?
Oct 11, 2004 | 7:41 pm
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Best place for steaks online?
OK, OmahaSteaks is one of the more famous steak companies that you can order steaks online but I'm wondering if there are any others out there as well that may be same/better quality for less or any others to look into?
-JC
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Oct 12, 2004 | 9:20 am
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IMHO, Lobels has the finest meat anywhere. Once you try their steak, you will be hooked forever.
http://lobels.com/index_lobels.htm
http://lobels.com/index_lobels.htm
Oct 12, 2004 | 5:44 pm
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We once received a gift of beef that came from stockyards. www.stockyards.com I have since ordered another two times and am getting ready to place another order. Their website shows the restaurants they supply to.
Oct 12, 2004 | 8:46 pm
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I'd start shopping around solely on the basis of Omaha's Spamhaus record.
This is an entirely different sort of product from the prime, heavily marbled stuff, but they've piqued my interest nonetheless: Lasater Grasslands. Most curious if anyone has tried this or any of the other grass-fed purveyors out there.
This is an entirely different sort of product from the prime, heavily marbled stuff, but they've piqued my interest nonetheless: Lasater Grasslands. Most curious if anyone has tried this or any of the other grass-fed purveyors out there.
Oct 13, 2004 | 9:22 am
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The best is Allen Brothers. They provide the steak to Mortons of Chicago and many other fine restuarants. It is expensive but very good.
Also, you can order from Peter Luger's in Brooklyn New York. These come fresh so you order at the time you will consume it. You get two huge porterhouses and some of their steak sauce (more like salad dressing).
Can not go wrong with either.
Also, you can order from Peter Luger's in Brooklyn New York. These come fresh so you order at the time you will consume it. You get two huge porterhouses and some of their steak sauce (more like salad dressing).
Can not go wrong with either.
Oct 13, 2004 | 3:20 pm
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Oct 13, 2004 | 9:38 pm
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Originally Posted by Non-NonRev
Also, their barbeque sauce is wonderful ^
Last edited by obscure2k; Oct 13, 2004 at 9:39 pm Reason: typo
Oct 14, 2004 | 1:32 pm
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'America's Test Kitchen' on PBS did a taste test with mail-order steaks this past season. It was the Steak and Potatoes episode found here: http://www.americastestkitchen.com/Episode/1118.shtml
Registration is free. You can make up an address like I did. However, here is the Tasting Lab part:
Registration is free. You can make up an address like I did. However, here is the Tasting Lab part:
TASTING LAB
Tasting Lab: Mail-Order Steaks
Can you buy a better steak through the mail?
To guarantee quality, more and more people are looking beyond the confines of their local supermarket butcher case and buying their steaks through mail-order sources. These outlets promise all-star beef with a price tag to match. But do the mail-order steaks really outshine the ones you can get around the corner? We gathered seven widely available mail-order strip steaks and two from local supermarkets (Coleman Natural--hormone- and antibiotic-free--from our local Whole Foods Market and choice steak from the regular market). Our candidates included Lobel's Wagyu, or Kobe-style, steak from Oakleigh Ranch in Australia. Kobe beef comes from Wagyu cattle raised to certain specifications in Kobe, Japan. Considered the foie gras of beef, the meat is extremely well-marbled, tender, and rich. Wagyu is the more generic name for the same type of beef, but not from Japan. Although few of us could afford the hefty $68-per-pound price tag for Wagyu beef, we wanted to see if it was really worth that much.
Well, it was. After pan-searing three dozen steaks (four of each type for perhaps the largest tasting turnout in the test kitchen), we found that money can buy you happiness, if happiness for you is the best steak you ever ate. Unfortunately, the brand most people turn to when ordering steak through the mail took the last two spots in our tasting. The Omaha strip steak had "off flavors" and was "grainy tasting," while the Omaha Private Reserve (at almost twice the price) finished last, with tasters finding it "a little chewy" and "very dry."
The good news is that you don't have to spend a small fortune (or pay for shipping) to get a great steak. Coleman Natural steak, available at natural foods supermarkets, tied for second place and was a comparative bargain at $14 per pound (just $4 more than the low-ranked beef from Stop & Shop, our local supermarket). If you want to sample truly great steak, however, we recommend splurging on the Wagyu beef . . . at least once.
Tasting Lab: Mail-Order Steaks
Can you buy a better steak through the mail?
To guarantee quality, more and more people are looking beyond the confines of their local supermarket butcher case and buying their steaks through mail-order sources. These outlets promise all-star beef with a price tag to match. But do the mail-order steaks really outshine the ones you can get around the corner? We gathered seven widely available mail-order strip steaks and two from local supermarkets (Coleman Natural--hormone- and antibiotic-free--from our local Whole Foods Market and choice steak from the regular market). Our candidates included Lobel's Wagyu, or Kobe-style, steak from Oakleigh Ranch in Australia. Kobe beef comes from Wagyu cattle raised to certain specifications in Kobe, Japan. Considered the foie gras of beef, the meat is extremely well-marbled, tender, and rich. Wagyu is the more generic name for the same type of beef, but not from Japan. Although few of us could afford the hefty $68-per-pound price tag for Wagyu beef, we wanted to see if it was really worth that much.
Well, it was. After pan-searing three dozen steaks (four of each type for perhaps the largest tasting turnout in the test kitchen), we found that money can buy you happiness, if happiness for you is the best steak you ever ate. Unfortunately, the brand most people turn to when ordering steak through the mail took the last two spots in our tasting. The Omaha strip steak had "off flavors" and was "grainy tasting," while the Omaha Private Reserve (at almost twice the price) finished last, with tasters finding it "a little chewy" and "very dry."
The good news is that you don't have to spend a small fortune (or pay for shipping) to get a great steak. Coleman Natural steak, available at natural foods supermarkets, tied for second place and was a comparative bargain at $14 per pound (just $4 more than the low-ranked beef from Stop & Shop, our local supermarket). If you want to sample truly great steak, however, we recommend splurging on the Wagyu beef . . . at least once.
Oct 14, 2004 | 5:07 pm
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I really like Chicago Stockyards and thanks to the above poster for the link.
I have ordered from them over the phone and the service was very brusque-well it was 2 days before christmas!
Order from them WELL in advance of the holidays as they get swamped-and they close from christmas to New Years day.
P.S.If any of you are in the LA area my butcher,Alexanders meats at Howies Market,is super.A real old fashioned butcher which sell prime beef(not cheap-but oh so worth it!)They are on San Gabriel Blvd. and Duarte road.
I have ordered from them over the phone and the service was very brusque-well it was 2 days before christmas!
Order from them WELL in advance of the holidays as they get swamped-and they close from christmas to New Years day.
P.S.If any of you are in the LA area my butcher,Alexanders meats at Howies Market,is super.A real old fashioned butcher which sell prime beef(not cheap-but oh so worth it!)They are on San Gabriel Blvd. and Duarte road.
Oct 22, 2004 | 8:04 am
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My first recommendation is to go local. You can often find a really excellent meat producer (even of aged beef) nearby, and you can avoid the shock of shipping. Even without freezing, I don't think the quality is quite the same.
Allen Brothers is fantastic. You can't beat Chicago steakhouses, in my mind, and they're the purveyor that comes to mind.
Allen Brothers is fantastic. You can't beat Chicago steakhouses, in my mind, and they're the purveyor that comes to mind.
Oct 22, 2004 | 11:58 am
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Originally Posted by obscure2k
IMHO, Lobels has the finest meat anywhere. Once you try their steak, you will be hooked forever.
http://lobels.com/index_lobels.htm
http://lobels.com/index_lobels.htm
2 (20 oz.) Bone-in Strip Steaks $104.98
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I really like Chicago Stockyards and thanks to the above poster for the link.
I have ordered from them over the phone and the service was very brusque-well it was 2 days before christmas!
Order from them WELL in advance of the holidays as they get swamped-and they close from christmas to New Years day.
P.S.If any of you are in the LA area my butcher,Alexanders meats at Howies Market,is super.A real old fashioned butcher which sell prime beef(not cheap-but oh so worth it!)They are on San Gabriel Blvd. and Duarte road.
I have ordered from them over the phone and the service was very brusque-well it was 2 days before christmas!
Order from them WELL in advance of the holidays as they get swamped-and they close from christmas to New Years day.
P.S.If any of you are in the LA area my butcher,Alexanders meats at Howies Market,is super.A real old fashioned butcher which sell prime beef(not cheap-but oh so worth it!)They are on San Gabriel Blvd. and Duarte road.
We once received a gift of beef that came from stockyards. www.stockyards.com I have since ordered another two times and am getting ready to place another order. Their website shows the restaurants they supply to.