KC Strip vs NY Strip

Ladeback69

I guess this has been bothering me for awhile, so I guess I have to vent a little. I notice that most people on the forum call the strip loin steak a New York strip steak and I guess that is because it sounds better. The thing is the original name was the Kansas City Strip , because that's what the butchers in the stock yards called it, but Chefs in New York decided it couldn't sell a steak there called a KC strip. They are basically the same cit from what I have read. I know its what you have gotten used to calling it, but being from Kansas City it bugs me a little bit. If I ever go to New York again I will order it as a Kansas City Strip just to see their reaction. It is one of my favorite cuts, because to me its between a fillet and a ribeye. I like to buy t-bones because the wife like the fillet and I like the strip. What are your thoughts. I am not asking anyone to change I am just just wondering if anyone alse knows the history about it. On a sad note the last old steak house (Gloden Ox) where the old stock yards used to be has closed its doors after 64 years of business. What a shame.

sodigthisbigcrux

Ever had NY style Ribs slathered in NY Masterpiece sauce?

Boy Howdy...if not, you ain't lived

Zmokin

I grew up in CA.  since the 1960's, the only thing I have ever seen it referred to as has been a New York strip.  Personally, I think it is shaped more like Vermont or New Hampshire.

Ladeback69

Now most of the guy's hear would want a Porter House or Cowboy Ribeye.

Terrebandit

Here in Texas it's called a NY Strip, in the butcher shops and grocery stores, so that what I've always called it. I like to be different, so I'll start calling it a KC strip if that's the original name. Need someone to show me the evidence first. Personally, I prefer a ribeye but a strip is a close second for me.

DieselkW

I've been to both KC and NYC, although I lived in Manhattan for a while, I think KC is a more friendly place.

Here in Indianapolis where I live now, it's advertised as a NY Strip - but if I order it, I would say: "I'll take the strip, medium rare".

Here's what Wiki has to say:

According to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, the steak is marketed under various names, including Ambassador Steak, Boneless Club Steak, Hotel-Style Steak, Kansas City Steak, New York Steak, and Veiny Steak.^[2]

In Australia it is known as a porterhouse steak or sirloin steak.^[3]

Delmonico's Restaurant, an operation opened in New York City in 1827, offered as one of its signature dishes a cut from the short loin called a Delmonico steak. Due to its association with the city, it is often referred to as a New York strip steak.^[4]

Ladeback69

I did some checking on the Internet and the Strip has many names it's just living in KC you don't dare ask for a New York strip. The stock yards go way back which are were in the west bottoms.

Ladeback69

DieselkW said:

I've been to both KC and NYC, although I lived in Manhattan for a while, I think KC is a more friendly place.

Here in Indianapolis where I live now, it's advertised as a NY Strip - but if I order it, I would say: "I'll take the strip, medium rare".

Here's what Wiki has to say:

According to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association,
the steak is marketed under various names, including Ambassador Steak,
Boneless Club Steak, Hotel-Style Steak, Kansas City Steak, New York
Steak, and Veiny Steak.^[2]

In Australia it is known as a porterhouse steak or sirloin steak.^[3]

Delmonico's Restaurant, an operation opened in New York City in 1827, offered as one of its signature dishes a cut from the short loin called a Delmonico steak. Due to its association with the city, it is often referred to as a New York strip steak.^[4]

Same thing I read. I have lived in KC fid 30 years now and grew up only 2 hours from here do it has always been home to me. I have been to New York, but it's been a long time. Most people call it a NY Strip, because that city sends cooler and higher class. It's a steak and I like red meat. I too like a ribeye.

Zmokin

Ladeback69 said:

Now most of the guy's hear would want a Porter House or Cowboy Ribeye.

Ribeye is my go to cut for grilling my own steak.  But every now and then I get an urge for that grissly strip on the edge of a New York (er New Hampshire shape cut).  Then other times, I want the melt in your mouth like butter tenderness of a Fillet Mignon.  At steakhouses, my go to order is Prime Rib if offered, if not offered, then quite often I choose the steak that comes with the sides I like.  For instance, if the New York comes with veggies I like and the Ribeye is offered with blue cheese sauce, it's the New York I order.  If the New York comes with mixed veggies that include bell peppers and the sirloin comes with broccoli, then I order the sirloin.

Terrebandit

http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/12355/is-there-a-difference-between-kansas-city-strip-and-new-york-strip