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Butchered and cooked some beef at a friend’s ranch

Foghorn
Foghorn Posts: 10,227
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A friend who owns a deer ranch bought an adjacent cow pasture and is now wanting to learn more about beef - so he and I purchased a black angus hindquarter plus a rib roast, attached ribs with meat, and a tenderloin.  We cooked a tenderloin and all the additional ribs after we separated them from the rib roast.  


The hindquarter was cut into a leg section and a pelvis section.  



We cut them up into some steaks and roasts.  We’re saving some of the lean roasts for future grinding into sausage.  

Tritip



Strips




Belly for "The Cen-Tex Smoker" to make beef bacon. 

Ribeyes



Round roasts. 






Final yield after cooking and eating some.  



Thanks for looking. 

XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

San Antonio, TX

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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,560
    I am envious. For those who have never butchered, we take what we get at the store for granted with very little understanding of the knowledge and skill required. This would be such a great learning experience. 
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,746
    You run in a circle most of us would love to encounter for just a one-time lap.  Great surgeon skills after knifing on humans all this time.  =) Thanks also for the documentation right there.  Really appreciate the effort.
    Regarding the cooks- Uma Thurman nailed it yesterday.
    Stay healthy and safe out there on the front lines-
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,353
    I understand what you did here, but reading just the first paragraph of your post, my sick mind got this image of an empty pasture with a quarter of a cow browsing around, hopping on one leg!  :lol:
    Great pics.  As a kid I watched my grandpa, Dad and uncles kill, bleed, gut, hang, and saw a pig in half once, but that's the closest I've got to butchering.  

    “I'll have what she's having."  

        -Rob Reiner's mother!   

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,549
    Like!!
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,227
    GrateEggspectations said:
    I am envious. For those who have never butchered, we take what we get at the store for granted with very little understanding of the knowledge and skill required. This would be such a great learning experience. 
    Agree.  I’m less likely to quibble about beef prices after this experience. 

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,227
    lousubcap said:
    You run in a circle most of us would love to encounter for just a one-time lap.  Great surgeon skills after knifing on humans all this time.  =) Thanks also for the documentation right there.  Really appreciate the effort.
    Regarding the cooks- Uma Thurman nailed it yesterday.
    Stay healthy and safe out there on the front lines-
    Thanks @lousubcap.   It may have been the best tenderloin ever.  You could cut it with a fork.  

    I still have a lot of learning to do - especially where the various cuts of beef ribs are concerned. 

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    Thanks for sharing!
    Amazing experience.
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,708
    Clicked on this thread knowing it would be worth it, got quite a bit more than I expected.   Thanks for the ride, @Foghorn
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,227
    Botch said:
    I understand what you did here, but reading just the first paragraph of your post, my sick mind got this image of an empty pasture with a quarter of a cow browsing around, hopping on one leg!  :lol:
    Great pics.  As a kid I watched my grandpa, Dad and uncles kill, bleed, gut, hang, and saw a pig in half once, but that's the closest I've got to butchering.  

    In the future I’ll try to be more careful so as not to confuse your sick mind.  😀

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • gonepostal
    gonepostal Posts: 722
    I'm fascinated by posts like this. Thanks for sharing!
    Wetumpka, Alabama
    LBGE and MM
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  • saluki2007
    saluki2007 Posts: 6,354
    Thanks for sharing. After butchering a pig myself I could only imagine what it takes to do a cow. 
    Large and Small BGE
    Central, IL

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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,227
    Thanks @saluki2007.  We had originally hoped for a larger gathering and a whole cow, but COVID numbers are rising, so we cut it back to just 2 families.  

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,818
    totally getting the meat sweats!  =)
    aka marysvilleksegghead
    Lrg 2008
    mini 2009

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    I said to my wife, 'Where do you want to go for our anniversary?' She said, 'I want to go somewhere I've never been before.' I said, 'Try the kitchen.'
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,227
    loco_engr said:
    totally getting the meat sweats!  =)
    Yeah.  We had that conversation this morning. 

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    Bring me that belly. 
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    Mighty fine, Fog. Y’all did some work. 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • RyanStl
    RyanStl Posts: 1,050
    Looks like a great time and great meal.
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Epic, Dan!
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,227
    RyanStl said:
    Looks like a great time and great meal.
    It was @RyanStl.  I didn't even get a pic of the smashed potatoes that we cooked on the BGE under the beef ribs (after the two lower racks had come off and were in the warmer) - but they were awesome.  Or the tenderloin on the grill. 

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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