I have a friend who constantly talks about Omaha Steaks (if you've never heard of it, look it up on google).

What's so great about these steaks? They are expensive as HELL and come to your door frozen... Why would anyone pay this much for frozen steaks when they could just go to a real butcher shop and save money and have a fresh ready to cook steak?

I can understand if you're remote and don't have stores much less butcher shops near by and this is your way of buying steaks, but otherwise why do people spend so much money on these steaks?

Also, not only are they expensive as hell but they are small too! Give me a break, if I'm buying a steak it's going to be over 12oz, even lean steaks like fillets, if I buy one I'm going to get a nice one, not some small little ***** steak that costs $20 an ounce! (ok, not that expensive but still)


Please explain this to me!





PS: Has anyone ever seen those guys driving around in trucks selling frozen steaks and stuff out of the back of their trucks? Kind of like those guys that drive around in vans and try to sell you speakers that they "accidentally overstocked" (you all know what Im talking about! lol). I don't know if I could ever bring myself to buying a frozen steak off some weird truck. Last week I was filling up gas and one of those trucks pulls up and asks me if I want to buy some steaks, I was like :wtf: Besides the people that can't leave their house because they are crippled or something, who would buy these!?

 

there steaks are def not worth it. they taste good but not worth it. i buy there burgers and fish when they have free shipping.

 

It's a silly trend.

Best place to get a quality steak to make at home is FRESH from the butcher.

Oh and Daniel... those trucks. My old room mate used to buy all his meats that way. Not bad actually. All come individually vaccuum packed. Makes it easy. They last a long time and taste pretty damn good actually. Probably spend less than half what you would at the grocery store and it lasts a LOT longer.



But still... best steak to make at home is just like the best fish. Get it fresh. Cook it same day.

 

You're def right, but you're also wrong... Aged steaks is where it's AT! I had a porterhouse that was aged for 55 days in my friend's home made steak aging room (Small room made basically out of solid salt walls with a special de-humidifier/AC system). The room is basically like a small pantry where he ages his steaks (He has is set up in partitions so he can store other things/valuables in there). Mainly set up for steaks though, he sells quite a bit to locals and has built up quite the rep amongst his town. The only thing better than a fresh steak from the local butcher shop is a nice *** aged steak.

The whole concept of "aged steak" freaked me out when I first heard about it, but after you try a fillet (which is already super tender) that's aged, it becomes BEYOND-BEEEEYOOOONNND tender! Melts in your friggin mouth like you just took a bite into warm butter. Not only does it make it more tender but it also gives it more of a beef flavor. 55 days is a long time to age a steak, normally they are aged for a fraction of that time. The longer you age the more the meat breaks down and the more tender it gets. Maximum according to my friend is about 80 days, he says after that and it's not worth it anymore.

 

What places would you recommend in the bay then?

I've looked around a bit, and ended up with "Prather Ranch" sold out of the Ferry building in SF. Not to crazy in price, but really damn good.

 

kobe steak FTW

 

True true... It's like the Kobe steaks and things like that. But I don't have the gear for that and I don't want to pay someone $150 to age a couple steaks for me. haaaaa.

For a nice steak the best way to go is grain fed organic steaks. Best steak I've had in my entire life cost me $17 in Fiji but it was all organic and local grain fed just down the dirt road from the place I was staying. No joke. $17.



You want to talk quality Beef talk to Jeff and Justin. Those two guys have been to some of the best places around. I can't afford that ****. An expensive steak from me is when i make a special request down at Freedom Meat Locker.

haaaa.

 

Hahhah Ray, aged steaks don't cost that much... My friend charges an extra $20 on top of the steak (which is why it's good to buy a lot and age it at once and serve it at a dinner party or something, otherwise it's not cost effective), but if you bought $100 worth of steak, he'd charge you $20 to age them for 14 days (that amount).

 

I agree with the others, Omaha Steaks are good but not great. Nothing to write home about, and definitely NOT worth what they charge. I guess you can think of them as a brand name recognition sort of dealie.

 

Yea dude about them guys tryna give you speakers. WTF. That happened to me yesterday. Lols. It's a scam huh

 

HAHAHAHHA! Are you serious?! People STILL do this scam!? Man, it's been a long time since I've seen that happen... I remember it happening to me very often in the late 90's and early 2000's. Total scam, don't even give them the time of day.

 

Yea. I couldn't believe it. I was the light and they rolled up in a blacked out truck tryna give me speakers for free. I was like I'm coo and took off. Haha. Crazy things ppl do these days

 

I was NOT impressed when I ate their steaks and their sirloin cuts. It actually came out a bit chewy.. (It could've been the way my dad cooked them in this case now that I think about it)

Next, I've seen somebody on food network go over the science of aging steaks and there is a difference between letting them just sit and rot and letting them age. If you do it right, the right bacteria forms and it eats away at the sinewy connective tissue.. In laymans terms, it becomes a natural tenderizer.

Anyways, back to Omaha.. Its not worth it IMHO.

 

Speaking of the speaker scam, check out the car this dude's victim was driving:

 

Sirloin is super easy to make chewy if you cook it to fast, too hot or too long.