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Where's the Beef ?! ( Ribs )

Anyone know where I can find some thick meaty beef ribs in Jacksonville FL ? I see pics on here of beef ribs that are just huge !! If RD has them , it must be bad timing on my part. I only find beef ribs with no more than a half inch of meat on them when i go.
More meat please !! :-)

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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    PM sent
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 35,400
    @NPHuskerFL will steer you straight.  And short (plate or chuck) ribs are the meatier beef ribs you see here should you have a choice.  Any beef ribs beat their pork cousins every day of the week.  ;)
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    Just trying to help. Agree w/ you @lousubcap Beef all day everyday
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
  • Wardster
    Wardster Posts: 1,006
    whoa... now I want in on this PM thing.  I feel like I'm missing out!
    Apollo Beach, FL
  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    edited April 2016
    @Wardster You're not missing a damn thing. PMs are only productive when there is a complete communication circle. This was like playing catch with Ray Charles. Not because he was blind but, dead. Too soon?
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
  • Shiff
    Shiff Posts: 1,835
    XLentEGG said:
    Anyone know where I can find some thick meaty beef ribs in Jacksonville FL ? I see pics on here of beef ribs that are just huge !! If RD has them , it must be bad timing on my part. I only find beef ribs with no more than a half inch of meat on them when i go.
    I buy my beef ribs at Restaurant Depot but I don't buy the Beef back ribs, I buy eitehr Plate Ribs or Chuck Short Ribs. Those are the ones that have been used recently by most of the people posting pictures of their cooks.  RD sells Chuck Short ribs with or without bones.  Plate ribs cost about twice as much as Chuck Short Ribs.
    Large BGE
    Barry, Lancaster, PA
  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    edited April 2016
    Here's my go to.
    >>RD beef back, short or plate (they carry all 3 and if you call ahead they'll make sure they have them on hand).
    >>>Freshfields Farm
    >>>2-6 commercial restaurants I buy their stock
    >>>Sam's Club, Costco and BJ's are also hit and miss
    >>>Farm to table from friends
    FWIW I never have any issue finding meaty beef anything. Offer still stands as I've PMed you. Good Luck & have a good day. 
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
  • NonaScott
    NonaScott Posts: 446
    Here's my go to.
    >>RD beef back, short or plate (they carry all 3 and if you call ahead they'll make sure they have them on hand).
    >>>Freshfields Farm
    >>>2-6 commercial restaurants I buy their stock
    >>>Sam's Club, Costco and BJ's are also hit and miss
    >>>Farm to table from friends
    FWIW I never have any issue finding meaty beef anything. Offer still stands as I've PMed you. Good Luck & have a good day. 
    How's does one join RD. It looks pretty restricted to restaurant owners or businesses related to the food industry.
    Narcoossee, FL

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  • XLentEGG
    XLentEGG Posts: 436
    Here's my go to.
    >>RD beef back, short or plate (they carry all 3 and if you call ahead they'll make sure they have them on hand).
    >>>Freshfields Farm
    >>>2-6 commercial restaurants I buy their stock
    >>>Sam's Club, Costco and BJ's are also hit and miss
    >>>Farm to table from friends
    FWIW I never have any issue finding meaty beef anything. Offer still stands as I've PMed you. Good Luck & have a good day. 
    Thanks for the information :-)  I just saw this after I pmed you...Happy Birthday !!
    More meat please !! :-)
  • feef706
    feef706 Posts: 853
    Just to pile on, assuming you have publix in Jxville (seem to be everywhere I've been in FL) but they had some pretty meaty looking beef ribs last time I looked at them.
  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    @NonaScott you're correct on RD membership guidelines. Can also go the way of KCBS. 
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
  • egger ave
    egger ave Posts: 721
    Good dino ribs, back or plate ribs with lots of meat one them have been hard to find for several years in these parts. My butcher has told me if I want ribs with meat buy half a cow and he will cut them any way I want to. Most of the ribs I see cryo-vacced look skinny to me.
    1 Large BGE, 1 Mini BGE, 1 Minimax BGE, Original wife and 3 dogs living in the heart of BBQ country in Round Rock Texas. 

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  • Shiff
    Shiff Posts: 1,835
    egger ave said:
    Good dino ribs, back or plate ribs with lots of meat one them have been hard to find for several years in these parts. My butcher has told me if I want ribs with meat buy half a cow and he will cut them any way I want to. Most of the ribs I see cryo-vacced look skinny to me.
    There is a Restaurant Depot in Austin. Have you tried that?  The RD stores around here have pretty meaty Plate and short ribs.
    Large BGE
    Barry, Lancaster, PA
  • MaC122
    MaC122 Posts: 797
    PM me too @NPHuskerFL  I cant find them anywhere in Jville
    St. Johns County, Florida
  • MaC122
    MaC122 Posts: 797
    great post @XLentEGG . I have been on a search in Jacksonville for a butcher that has meaty ribs. Thanks to you and Blake for the help
    St. Johns County, Florida
  • Shiff
    Shiff Posts: 1,835
    MaC122 said:
    great post @XLentEGG . I have been on a search in Jacksonville for a butcher that has meaty ribs. Thanks to you and Blake for the help
    I'll make the same comment as I did for @egger ave .  Have you tried Restaurant Depot in Jacksonville?  The ones aaround here always have meaty Plate Ribs and Chuck Short Ribs.  Their beef back ribs aren't very meaty, but I prefer the others anyway.
    Large BGE
    Barry, Lancaster, PA
  • bhedges1987
    bhedges1987 Posts: 3,201
    rest. depot around here always has them.

    Kansas City, Missouri
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