# Steak Night - What is your cut of choice? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398 "2013-02-05T16:49:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chargerrich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chargerrich/32/5399_2.png) [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/1 "2013-02-05T16:49:33Z")
What is your personal favorite Steak cut? ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/2 "2013-02-05T16:57:58Z")
I voted ribeye, but my real steak of choice is the chuckeye/spencer steak. Looks and tastes like a really ugly ribeye, at half the price. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/3 "2013-02-05T17:00:14Z")
The porterhouse is massive… but the ribeye is tender. Ribeye by a hair. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/4 "2013-02-05T17:05:46Z")
Ribeye most of the time. I’ll occasionally do a filet if they have a large cut. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/5 "2013-02-05T17:06:52Z")
Prime Rib. End cut. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/6 "2013-02-05T17:09:39Z")
Mmm…ribeye…_drool_ ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/7 "2013-02-05T17:12:19Z")
I usually go for a rib steak (bone in), but rib eye is probably close enough (or even just a difference in terminology). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/8 "2013-02-05T17:18:53Z")
I’m the first filet lover? Huh. ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/9 "2013-02-05T17:23:41Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’m the first filet lover? Huh. I’m with you. I love steak, but I eat it so infrequently that I don’t see any problem with going for the best. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/10 "2013-02-05T17:28:35Z")
Filet Mignon is the only steak that touches these lips. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/11 "2013-02-05T17:31:19Z")
Skirt steak. Great texture and excellent flavor. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/12 "2013-02-05T17:31:43Z")
Husband & I get a porterhouse and split it, that way, we get a bit of the filet and a bit of the NY strip. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/13 "2013-02-05T17:43:41Z")
Filet Mignon. Skirt steak is a close second. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/14 "2013-02-05T18:07:22Z")
I know chefs tend to sneer at filet, because it doesn’t have the marbling or texture that some of the other cuts do, but that’s exactly why I like it. I hate eating hunks of fat - yes, if that’s where all the “flavor” is - and when I get other cuts, there’s always a pile of scraps for the dog. That said, I don’t eat steak very often. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/15 "2013-02-05T18:16:24Z")
Nine times out of ten it’s a prime select ribeye. However, I will do filets and cover them pretty good first w/ sea salt and pepper. Before the game I cooked 3 filets on the grill, reg, smaller and smaller still, lots of S&P. The family was gone, it was just me, the grill, a Chimay and the yard so when each would finish I’d stab it with the grill fork, walk around the backyard looking at plants and eat it right off the big fork. No plates, napkins, knives, nuthin’. It was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/16 "2013-02-05T18:56:23Z")
Ribeye is the correct answer. The rest of you are wasting your money on inferior beef. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/17 "2013-02-05T19:00:31Z")
Ribeye, but strip and porterhouse are close behind. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/18 "2013-02-05T19:07:07Z")
> [@steronz](#): > > I’m with you. I love steak, but I eat it so infrequently that I don’t see any problem with going for the best. “Best,” of course, being subjective. Filet is the tenderest, there’s no question about that. But I doubt most steak lovers would consider it subjectively the “best.” It really depends on what you’re going for when you order a steak. ---
**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 5, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/19 "2013-02-05T19:10:47Z")
The corner market gets their ribeye from Costco, and it’s always been very good. It’s the only cut of steak they sell, and being 2/3 mile away they’re convenient. And their prices are not outrageous. ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398/20 "2013-02-05T19:14:04Z")
Skirt steak. Second choice is strip. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-night-what-is-your-cut-of-choice/649398.md?page=2)