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Title: Tomahawk Steak
Post by: Ben on December 24, 2021, 02:27:42 PM
Are tomahawk steaks (bone in ribeye) available where you guys live?

Embarrassingly for a meat eater, I have to admit I was unaware of the cut until today. I was just on a Christmas video call with one of my kraut relatives and it's what they're cooking up for Christmas Eve. It looked great.

Anyway, I don't recall ever seeing the cut in CA or here in Idaho, so was curious if it is more popular and available in other parts of the country.
Title: Re: Tomahawk Steak
Post by: zxcvbob on December 24, 2021, 03:28:02 PM
I've seen them.  It looks like a fancy way to sell you a lot of bone for ribeye price
Title: Re: Tomahawk Steak
Post by: Ben on December 24, 2021, 03:39:15 PM
I've seen them.  It looks like a fancy way to sell you a lot of bone for ribeye price

Yeah, when I did the search, one of the links was Omaha steaks where they sold them in packs of two for $200. Yikes.
Title: Re: Tomahawk Steak
Post by: MillCreek on December 24, 2021, 03:59:02 PM
I have not seen one in the retail channel. I have seen them on the specials menu twice at a couple of Seattle steakhouses.
Title: Re: Tomahawk Steak
Post by: zxcvbob on December 24, 2021, 05:02:15 PM
Fresh Thyme (I hate that name but I like the store) sells them.  They look cute but that's a *lot* of bone.  They weren't nearly that expensive but were more than I wanted to pay.  BTW, I like bone on a steak, it makes the meat taste better, then you get to gnaw on the bone.  But the meat hanging way down not in contact with the meat does no good.
Title: Re: Tomahawk Steak
Post by: charby on December 24, 2021, 06:26:57 PM
I've seen them.  It looks like a fancy way to sell you a lot of bone for ribeye price

Yep, I've seen them for sale at HyVee. I always laugh because they found a way to get someone to pay a lot of money for a rib bone.
Title: Re: Tomahawk Steak
Post by: BobR on December 24, 2021, 06:36:22 PM
I saw them just the other day at the meat counter in an Albertsons in Las Vegas. It was in one of the nicer sections of town. I didn't check price but it looked good.

I have often bought from their meat counter when stuff is on sale. I would buy a New Your strip and Filet Mignon for quite a bit cheaper than they were charging for a Porterhouse. I usually buy a Porterhouse and I get the NY side and the wife gets the filet. They deconstruct it for me and keep the bone for about 1/4 to 1/3 less than the whole thing. As a plus it is a little bit thicker at the meat counter.

bob
Title: Re: Tomahawk Steak
Post by: Boomhauer on January 02, 2022, 11:03:49 AM
Yes. I have seen them in Sam’s and also at a couple restaurants.

As above it’s a lot of bone that looks fancy. I just get a standard ribeye or NY Strip and I prefer it to be from a good steakhouse where the fat is perfect and the steak has amazing flavor. Cheap steaks don’t cut it.