Author: Wayne Holland

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Grilled Beef: Flavor, Techniques & Cooking Guide

Grilled Beef is used to cook at high and direct heat on a grill, which produces a smoky flavor and caramelized, seared crust. It results in...

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Sous Vide Beef: Cooking Method, Flavor, and Nutritional Value

Sous vide’ is a French term that means ‘under vacuum. In this method, beef is cooked in a vacuum-sealed bag which is placed at a controlled...

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Cured Beef: Characteristics, Nutritional Value & How to Identify

Cured beef is preserved using nitrates, salt, or other seasonings, and it is able to be dried, smoked, or cooked. This process of preserving beef enhances...

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Pasture-Raised Beef: Characteristics, Identification, and Nutritional Value

Pasture-raised beef is a product of animals residing on open pastures. They graze on natural grass and forage, and they spend their whole life without being...

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Free-Range Beef: Characteristics, Identification, and Nutritional Value

Free-range beef is beef produced by freely grazing cattle. These cows consume a natural grass and forage diet unlike the conventional cattle raised in feedlots. The...

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Organic Beef: Characteristics, Identification, and Nutritional Value

Organic beef refers to the beef of cattle raised organically. The USDA (2023) standards prohibit the application of antibiotics, synthetic hormones, and genetically modified feed. Cows...

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Grain-Fed Beef: Characteristics, Identification, and Nutritional Value

Grain-fed beef is produced by cattle that are fed 100% grain or corn or soy in feedlots. Research at Texas A&M and Texas Tech University (May 2012)...

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Grass-Fed Beef: Characteristics, Identification, and Nutritional Value

Grass-fed beef is produced from cattle entirely reared on grass and forage. They are not given grains at any point in life. The USDA-Clemson University study (2009)...

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Smoked Beef: Characteristics, Nutritional Value & How to Identify

Smoked beef is beef that is cooked slowly with wood smoke. It takes between 6 and 18 hours, depending on the cut. The Kansas State University...

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Corned Beef: Characteristics, Nutritional Value & How to Identify

Corned beef is the salt-cured beef derived from the brisket portion of beef. It passes through a drying process involving huge crystals of salt, referred to...

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Ground Beef: Characteristics, Nutritional Value & How to Identify

Ground beef refers to beef that has been minced with a grinder. It is no particular cut, but a combination of other beef portions. These segments...

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Wet Aged Beef: Characteristics, Nutritional Value & How to Identify

Wet aged beef is vacuum-sealed and stored at 0-3 °C for 7 to 28 days. This step allows the natural enzymes to break down the muscle...

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