It would be nice if my income went up 30%, or even 20.4%!!! 

Tri Tip at my local Albertsons. 

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Al

I saw Prime dino ribs at H-E-B for $8.99/lb and Prime tri-tip for $7.99/lb a few days ago.

$6.39/lb at Costco in Temecula

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I will take the untrimmed please.  Nothing like super charred Tri-tip fat along with the meat.  Some mashed potatoes and butter and I am set!

$15/lb. for choice ribeyes at Sam's, no thank you! What's even stranger is that the only ground beef they sold was 90/10, at over $4/lb. No 80/20 to be had!

I’ve had a rain check from Albertsons for about six weeks finally could use it yesterday. 19 pounds of ribeye normal price $290 picked it up for 110. Butcher did a great job and even let me get them cut 2 inch thick.

WOW!  That's the way to do it!

Yesterday we visited our rancher friend to grab what we could, I spoke with him friday and had him set this aside for us. I hooked up with him a few years ago and he never dissapoints. We wanted to grab some steak cuts but by the time we got there he was out of virtually everything, he does “pop up” events at a couple locations each week. I called him after we left and asked him to set aside some rib eyes and filets for next weekend, he said the 3 places he set up at yesterday basically sold out. Elm Creek beef is his operation. It can be found on the www. Best beef short ribs I have ever had, tons of meat on them, that is 2 bones in the pic.

Their prices are cheaper than Sam's Club if it is Prime.  Their Prime Ribeye cost is the same cost as Sam's Choice cost.  They are about four hours away.  How thick are their ribeye's?  I use to buy a side of beef each year with my tax refund money many years ago.  I keep looking for a local rancher/butcher to do this again.  But as I got older I wanted to get a better grade of meat than what I did 40+ years ago.  I don't know if I could do this with a side or quarter of a beef or not.

I will happily hook you up with him, he is a great guy and I am sure he would do everything he could to make you happy, he is the real deal. Everything we have gotten from him has truly been very good. You can find him on “fakebook” and www. The filets are about 2” and the ribeye about 1.5”.

I ordered another freezer today and if you could connect me to him I would appreciate it.  The biggest obstacle is it is 4 hours from me.

Yesterday we visited our rancher friend to grab what we could, I spoke with him friday and had him set this aside for us. I hooked up with him a few years ago and he never dissapoints. We wanted to grab some steak cuts but by the time we got there he was out of virtually everything, he does “pop up” events at a couple locations each week. I called him after we left and asked him to set aside some rib eyes and filets for next weekend, he said the 3 places he set up at yesterday basically sold out. Elm Creek beef is his operation. It can be found on the www. Best beef short ribs I have ever had, tons of meat on them, that is 2 bones in the pic.
Thanks for the PM. I enjoyed chatting with you. I will visit with him tomorrow.

Their prices are cheaper than Sam's Club if it is Prime.  Their Prime Ribeye cost is the same cost as Sam's Choice cost.  They are about four hours away.  How thick are their ribeye's?  I use to buy a side of beef each year with my tax refund money many years ago.  I keep looking for a local rancher/butcher to do this again.  But as I got older I wanted to get a better grade of meat than what I did 40+ years ago.  I don't know if I could do this with a side or quarter of a beef or not.

I ordered another freezer today and if you could connect me to him I would appreciate it.  The biggest obstacle is it is 4 hours from me.

I will happily hook you up with him, he is a great guy and I am sure he would do everything he could to make you happy, he is the real deal. Everything we have gotten from him has truly been very good. You can find him on “fakebook” and www. The filets are about 2” and the ribeye about 1.5”.

Local HyVee had brisket $6.99#, Nope not for me
And my wife wonders why I am not doing big cooks

I don't know if something is changing, but at Sam's today their ribeye prime and choice steaks were a $1 a pound cheaper.  I think their chuck roasts were a $1 a pound cheaper also.  They even had some 80/20 hamburger for $3.98 a pound.  Their brisket packers were $4.98/lb for choice and $5.98/lb for prime.  They had stew meat marked down to $4.98 a pound.

I checked out a local meat market and their prices were ridiculous.  They wanted $10 a pound more for choice ribeye's.

Beef eaters in here, so as good a place to ask the question as any.  For those of you who have had, or made or like a steak salad (lettuce, tomato, celery, carrots, etc...), what dressing do you usually go with on it?

I use blue cheese on most salads, including steak.

For steak on a salad I prefer a vinaigrette made with red wine or balsamic vinegar.   I also like a Chimichurri or a vinaigrette version of Thai crying tiger sauce.  Ceasar with grilled chicken.