# Free beef! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 4, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-beef/343005 "2006-02-04T18:23:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-beef/343005/1 "2006-02-04T18:23:12Z")
Just saw the first ‘Free beef’ commercial from Les Schwab Tires. What do tires and beef have to do with each other? I don’t know. But they’ve been gibing away beef when you buy a set of tires for years and years. A friend of mine made a film (_Night For Nixie_) that played on the commercials. ‘Olde Tyme Pest Exterminators’ promoted their services by giving away ‘free meat’. (Of course, they were a division of the evil Sanmento Corporation.) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-beef/343005/2 "2006-02-04T18:36:08Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > gibing away beef Ewwwwww… ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-beef/343005/3 "2006-02-04T19:10:23Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > What do tires and beef have to do with each other? Tires and beef are manly. Pure, unadulterated testosterone, those two are when paired up. What I want to know is if tires = beef in promotional tie-in parlance, what goes with a new sofa? ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-beef/343005/4 "2006-02-04T19:29:55Z")
> [@Campion](#): > > What I want to know is if tires = beef in promotional tie-in parlance, what goes with a new sofa? Corn ships and salsa. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-beef/343005/5 "2006-02-04T21:34:24Z")
It ain’t what it used to be. Les Schwab used to have a big freezer full of steak. Now, I believe, you have your choice of jerky or summer sausage. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-beef/343005/6 "2006-02-04T21:50:56Z")
> [@Campion](#): > > …what goes with a new sofa? The old sofa? ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-beef/343005/7 "2006-02-04T22:04:24Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > It ain’t what it used to be. Les Schwab used to have a big freezer full of steak. Now, I believe, you have your choice of jerky or summer sausage. :rolleyes: _blink_ You’re complaining that your free tire-beef isn’t high-quality enough? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-beef/343005/8 "2006-02-04T22:08:31Z")
You know, years and years ago, I think ( now, maybe I dreamed it) the free meat was during hunting season and it was venison, rather than beef. He and his sons would hunt, have more meat than they could use… ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-beef/343005/9 "2006-02-04T22:40:07Z")
A few years ago I went to Les Schwab to buy 4 new tires for my trailer (around $300 ea.) during Free Beef time. I think they gave me 6 or eight steaks that looked a little like ribeyes. They were vacuum sealed and frozen, so I tossed them into the freezer. A few weeks later I fixed one, having a taste for steak, and it was the toughest piece of meat I ever ate. I gave the rest away to someone I knew who didn’t have much. Schwab is a pretty good place to deal w/, but don’t buy tires just for the beef. I can’t comment on the jerky or sausage, but I hope they’re better than the steaks.