Beef Tenderloin

 

 

That is absolutely beautiful.  I'd say this offering wins, in the recent steak posts.

I agree, he could cook my steaks for me anytime!

MMMMM..that stuffed potato..YUMMY.

Hey, $8.88/lb is really good price!  Tenderloin around here (PA) is mostly in the 12-15 range, except when they have a special.  I got a whole tenderloin just before Christmas for $5.99/lb and cut it up and froze part.
Got a "slice" today for $7.99/lb that was coming up on sell-by date (Feb 4), so i might make a mini beef wellington tonight

Looks amazing! Thanks for the pictures.

nice John, now thats rare.

Hey John,
 
Considering you got the center cuts of the tenderloin(the real filet), that's a fantastic price.

Kind of well done, isn't it?  :-)

Seriously, it's a great looking steak.  Sam's had whole tenderloins at $5.87 last Friday, but it wan't in the budget.  I'm saving for next trip.

Mark

Holy Moly, LOL - I see the little slime balls have come out from under their rocks.

I went grocery shopping yesterday and beef tenderloin was $17.17/lb. at Meijer. At those prices I can only afford to look at yours. Enjoy!

John A


Holy Moly, LOL - I see the little slime balls have come out from under their rocks.

Huh?

wlaurie


I went grocery shopping yesterday and beef tenderloin was $17.17/lb. at Meijer. At those prices I can only afford to look at yours. Enjoy!

Wow! I'm glad I didn't look when I was at Meijer.

wlaurie


I went grocery shopping yesterday and beef tenderloin was $17.17/lb. at Meijer. At those prices I can only afford to look at yours. Enjoy!

First, that is a good looking steak and I would eat it.   .......But, I question the the name or cut as it was labled.  Look close at the cut, the small round shaped section with the strip of fat almost making a full circle, that is the small end of the tenderlion or Filet.  ........The name is misleading to make most people think they are getting a tenderlion cut of steak. You are not and this cut is not compariable to the more expensive tenderlion/filet cuts ($17.17/lb).

.......So the question is:  .....Is this cut over priced? .....maybe -- maybe not...............Are you getting the same cut as the $17.17/lb tenderlion filets?    .......definitely not!......

A full, untrimmed slice of beef tenderloin from the butt end can contain several muscles:

psoas major
psoas minor
iliacus
sartorius
obliquus abdominus internus

The most expensive cuts will trim everything away except for the psoas major, but the others are still part of the tenderloin.

Stopped in at my local butchers today-Karls Country market, and whole tenderloins are 5.99lb.They will trim them, fillet them, whatever you want.At about a 3 lb average, I will probably have one filleted and the other trimmed but kept whole.I have had his tenderloin before, and they are wonderful.

MiamiDon


A full, untrimmed slice of beef tenderloin from the butt end can contain several muscles:

psoas major
psoas minor
iliacus
sartorius
obliquus abdominus internus

The most expensive cuts will trim everything away except for the psoas major, but the others are still part of the tenderloin.

A slice of tenderlion should be tenderlion ONLY! Not all the other muscles. ......Look at the whole tenderlion in the store cooler, it is one single long piece of muscle. ....Those may be cuts from the loin section of the animal, but it does not make it a tenderloin........ The cuts pictured above is basicly a small porthouse style steak which includes a small piece of the tenderlion and which I can current buy at $4.99/$5.99/lb.  ....That is my point.   .....Creative name by the butcher for creative pricing.....

The National Association of Meat Processors (NAMP) and it's handbook disagree with you.

Cuts of Beef:

Notice the tenderloin steak in the lower right, it is one single piece of muscle and small tail clip. The Filet Mignon should be the same but without the small tail clip.

Section of the Beef:

edwmax

MiamiDon


A full, untrimmed slice of beef tenderloin from the butt end can contain several muscles:

psoas major
psoas minor
iliacus
sartorius
obliquus abdominus internus

The most expensive cuts will trim everything away except for the psoas major, but the others are still part of the tenderloin.

A slice of tenderlion should be tenderlion ONLY! Not all the other muscles. ......Look at the whole tenderlion in the store cooler, it is one single long piece of muscle. ....Those may be cuts from the loin section of the animal, but it does not make it a tenderloin........ The cuts pictured above is basicly a small porthouse style steak which includes a small piece of the tenderlion and which I can current buy at $4.99/$5.99/lb.  ....That is my point.   .....Creative name by the butcher for creative pricing.....

His reference is to the primal tenderloin, and a slice through the whole primal cut prior to it being trimmed would include all of those muscles. They would certainly be trimmed away during the process of preparing a tenderloin for retail sale, but they are a part of the primal cut.

Alton Brown Video:
http://www.guba.com/watch/3000050328
... go to 3:16

Michael, the primal cut is the Loin or short Loin section which include all the muscles MiamiDon listed. The tenderloin steak is a cut from the tenderloin muscle from that group.

John's picture above shows a cut with more than one muscle group. The tenderloin muscle is a small part of the cut (<40%). The label clear states it is a tenderloin steak. It is not! It is a top loin steak or boneless trimmed porterhouse steak.  Which are also cut from the muscle sections listed by MiamiDon and normally called the (primal) Loin or short loin section.

edwmax


Michael, the primal cut is the Loin or short Loin section which include all the muscles MiamiDon listed. The tenderloin steak is a cut from the tenderloin muscle from that group.

John's picture above shows a cut with more than one muscle group. The tenderloin muscle is a small part of the cut (<40%). The label clear states it is a tenderloin steak. It is not! It is a top loin steak or boneless trimmed porterhouse steak.  Which are also cut from the muscle sections listed by MiamiDon and normally called the (primal) Loin or short loin section.

I know that. I was responding to what you said about Miami Don's post, not about the so-called tenderloin steak pictured in the original message. A slice of the entire tenderloin must include all of the muscles. But that slice isn't a tenderloin steak.

Thank you! Michael H.