How Good Are Processed Steaks - Mechanically Tenderized

[@matthewfriday2979]

These reviews of glued meat and four meat slurry concoctions are my absolute favorite. Thanks Larry for risking it all so we don't have to!!

[@michelestellar7725]

I live here in farm world where row crops and beef are grown. I have never had a bad steak here except ONCE . Our local affiliated grocer got a batch of tough beef. Once in 35 years, not a big deal. Our grocery store still has butchers and will cut meat to order, and the prices are lower than the major chains that sell packed, gassed meats. I love food, good food that is, and am grateful to live in flyover country .

[@Quest723The]

Remember, when you get a mechanically tenderized steak they've run blades all the way through, severing all the connections. That's why it's drier, and why they had to add all that stuff. The important thing is all the bacteria that was on the outside gets shoved through to the other side/inside. So that "160 degree" thing is a little more important. If you're using a blade tenderizer on fresh beef from a good source you trust you don't have to nuke it like that.

[@lulubell31]

Cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@mgratk]

Yep. You saved me from saying it. Gotta destroy them with heat. But I suppose these steaks would be better if you just kept them on the grill until they were ash that could blow away in the wind.

[@Edsecondstocomply]

Why would a ribeye need to be "mechanically tenderized"? Ribeye is already a tender cut. That alone tells me it's a bunch of crap stuck together.

[@redstone5149]

Costco tenderizes their beef. Even Prime cuts.

[@concernedcitizen4031]

I've bought some ribeye that were tough. Some not.

[@lancerevell5979]

They "beat it like a prison snitch", as Larry would say. 😂

[@HonorableBeniah-A]

Meat should be made illegal. It’s doing harm to the earth.

[@forrest225]

Low quality ribeyes can definitely be tough.

[@MikeForce111]

Larry, this is by far one of the most entertaining reviews you've done imo since the "waterburgers" and Chefs Requested Foods drama. The contrasting opinions and flavor preferences between you and your wife are refreshing to see in your food reviews, and it gives a genuine second opinion feel to everything. This is probably one of your most underrated videos made yet. Keep up the good work! 🫡

[@valvenator]

If you use the adverb "facetiously" you also include Y which is sometimes used as a vowel. BTW, as you were laying them down on the grill I was wondering are those actually steaks or is that liver?

[@sheilam4964]

It is well known that even a bad review increases sales because people "just had to see for themselves" so I don't think the Company went under because of your single review. Thx for doing this, filming it and sharing it with us. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@mrrrks39]

Absolutely love your channel and your perfect voice

[@carlanchastain9989]

Brother I love your videos keep it up you're doing a great job and I look forward to every time you drop a new video

[@GMEOK]

The cost of food is outrageous. Hell, the cost of everything is outrageous. Thx for the info,

[@lancerevell5979]

There's a good reason for that, but we don't want to get political here. 😒

[@candyh9876]

This was by far one of my absolute favorite videos of yours I've watched fantastic 👍😃

[@FoulOwl2112]

Would have been interesting to weigh them before and after.

[@paulthomas1052]

I have really enjoyed all your films this year - all the best from UK for 2024 to you and your family !

[@desertodavid]

I looked up natural flavors the other day and you are correct it could be about anything. But mostly what's used or what stuck out of my mind are Oleo resins. Look that up.🤨

[@desertodavid]

What are Natural Flavors? The official FDA definition of a natural flavor is “the essential oil, oleoresin, essence or extractive, protein hydrolysate, distillate, or any product of roasting, heating, or enzymolysis, which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit, or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof, whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional.” Whew. That was a mouthful. And if your takeaway from that definition is that “natural flavor” could pretty much mean anything, I have to agree.

[@DaveF.]

A quick google for prices suggests a pure ribeye steak in the UK without the rub, but also with out the tenderisation or added water would cost ~$14. I wonder how much these cost.... Got there - and -wow - that's staggering. The only ribeye steak I could find in the UK that cost more than that in the supermarket I looked at was 35 day salt-dry aged Aberdeen Angus ribeye - which worked out at $22 / lb $19 would get you a pound of organic ribeye steak. Ooof.

[@BusStopProductions.]

I, Watched This Video While Zipped Up Inside A Sleeping Bag.

[@altaran]

Strange flex bro. 🤣

[@counterfan90]

Thats great for smelling your own farts

[@BusStopProductions.]

@@counterfan90 Bruh, My Head Isn't Zipped Up Inside. 🤔

[@BusStopProductions.]

@@altaran But My Comment Got You To Take Time Out From Watching ReRuns of Hee Haw To Respond.

[@GMEOK]

WTF is a hee haw?!?@@BusStopProductions.

[@scottshep8978]

You sir are a braver person than I am. You deserve an award.

[@Jzwiz]

based on the legal requirements on ingreds, these arent meat glued but they are just mechanically tenderized which means a ton of needles stab the meat to break up fibers.

[@lucascady4992]

Here in Michigan, we have a Meat market that also Tenderizes there Steaks before flash freezing them.. Nothing beats a Fresh, properly aged Steak, They can be frozen and Tenderized.

[@loveistruth5713]

I miss going to the best steakhouse in getting Argentina ribeye cooked by the Greek chefs serve with Texas toast baked potato and salad. Delivered to your table piping hot full of grilled goodness😋

[@johnbaldwin143]

I enjoy you and your ladies recipes especially directed at the budget segment. As a suggestion would you be willing to build a PDF book? Would have to be word for word for the essence but I would happily give you some of my time to proof read. You could sell the end result as a PDF Book!

[@IAMDAVEREYNOLDS]

If you boil one of those steaks it would probably disintegrate into pulp within about 30 minutes. Normal beef will hold together and have texture and become shreddable but it will still be bound together by the natural proteins in the meat as opposed to a protein based glue or paste.

[@ramelchilds7416]

Selling people BS should cause the company to reevaluate their processes as opposed to placing the blame on you (the video creator). The false advertising should be shamed even if it doesn't involve people review bombing but I'm sure a lot of them have merit. I've watched your channel for a decade and I know for sure you have NEVER called on us to review bomb anyone. Keep up the objective work you do, for US the People!

[@andrewgnys6285]

Are all the steaks locked behind glass in the US? They are in my city in Australia to stop people stealing them.

[@mikeks8181]

I Have NEVER Seen Any Red Meat From Any Natural Animal Leak That Much Fluid after a Correct Processing! Added Flavor is Company Keeping their Secret Spice Blend Secret?!?! I'm Happy you did what I would not have after literally unpacking?! I Would have Thrown ALL that Away!

[@willabernethy4832]

Look up the USDA and FDA definitions of natural flavorings...you will see that "meat glue " is not listed. The hydrolyzed soy protein can sometimes be a culprit though. I'm not defending the company or their products, but the retail prices at Kroger in sw Virginia is usually 9.99 for a 16 Oz 4 serving package.

[@RedSoxFanatic4Life]

0:18 And “facetiously” gets you that sometimes “y” vowel in alphabetical order as well.

[@Robb403]

I think you really got taken on that meat. I remember now where I've seen it sold, Menard's. It was overpriced for what it is but more like 8 or 9 dollars a pound. I've also seen it sold by guys with a freezer in their rusty pick up truck. They'd stop in different public places to sell it and then disappear. It was like they drove a circuit going from town town selling crappy meat. You got it the most expensive way.

[@bensoncheung2801]

Oof, infinitely seedy things are afoot here.

[@ramelchilds7416]

I've stupidly bought those too until I got them home and they were mini saucers. I ate them only bc I couldn't find these schemers to return it

[@donnataylor980]

Y'all cooked them great they look really pretty. I don't like this type of meat. I like fresh steaks with just salt and pepper no seasoning whatsoever oh and a little butter to fry it in my cast iron skillet. I agree with you they taste rancy to me as well. I like to taste the meat not all those spices❤ y'all have a happy New Year see you in the next video❤😊❤ I'm going to watch the ending❤

[@TheEverydayShopperReview]

You brought down an entire camping by your KZbin videos that must make you the most powerful man in the world! Down with the beef suppliers

[@bensoncheung2801]

I’d never see myself buying this, but I’ll go ahead and take your advice on that.

[@jamescurrent8794]

So you're paying top dollar for dollar store quality steaks. Yeah, hard pass for those glued monstrosities.

[@stevenwoodward5923]

I'd rather buy a real steak and a Bottle of Bourbon for less money.

[@perry92964]

its the 1.25 store now so the quality is going to be 25% better......in theory

[@joeyhardin1288]

You paid that much?!?!, you do love us, The People. I don't eat steak that often but when I do, I'll get a 16oz. Happy New Year. Thank you. God Bless and stay safe.

[@kswck]

Chef's Requested needed a scapegoat and YOU were convenient Larry. ONE person does not put an entire company out of business.

[@twocvbloke]

Back in the 90s here in the UK when I was a kid, the mother used to buy frozen "steaks" that were blatantly just glued together meat pieces, with a layer of fat down the one edge that had a zig-zag shape between meat and fat, which definitely was not natural, and they had to be cooked from frozen, presumably so they stayed glued together as well as keeping unintentionally added bacteria from growing, but then we had the BSE scandal and beef became a rare (no pun intended) thing to have for some years in our house, and I never saw those "steaks" again...

[@borrellipatrick]

The rancid flavor makes me think of Hershey's chocolate. There's an acid that most of us that gotten used to and dont notice. Tourists mainly from Europe would buy a Hershey bar and get confused and ask why our chocolate taste like barf. So thinking the odd flavor with the 1st steak might've been an ingredient added for shelf life 🤔

[@twocvbloke]

Butyric Acid, it's the one that is found in cheese, rancid milk, vomit and stinky feet (seriously!); apparently due to the long journeys that milk had to take across north america to chocolate factories in the days before portable refigeration was accessible, it was pre-soured so that nobody would notice it had actually soured on the journey, and they just stuck with it, adding that awful taste to their chocolate, it's unique to them, and the rest of the world, well, we taste vomit every time we sample it, as I did when I first tried Hersheys, it was vile... :S

[@jeffth205]

I always thought afectiously was the only word that used all the vowels in order. My brother told me of affectiously.

[@chip6515]

I've heard they list serving sizes like that to keep the translation below .49g per serving. so they can claim it is transfat-free.

[@shanidar]

A,E,I,O,U and sometimes Y. You would need to use the word "facetiously" Thanks for what you do.

[@Bobrogers99]

I was given a selection of "steaks" from a nationally-known mail order steak place, and the "filet mignon wrapped in bacon" proved to be little pieces of meat held together by the bacon. The "filet mignon in pastry" proved to be mostly pastry with a dollop of meat fragments in gravy. I'm on good terms with my supermarket meat manager and get good steaks for less than $10/lb. No mail order ripoffs.

[@jasondouglas152]

I fell for these when I was 17, never again.

[@theoldgrowler3489]

The new definition of "Bravery."

[@stuckinaloop6637]

I miss the old Wolfe Pit before you got famous and became a millionaire.

[@datacipher]

But he was always a snob when it comes to processed products. A diva really - oooh it’s rancid! Meanwhile his wife is like: huh? Tastes pretty good…. 😂😂

[@stuckinaloop6637]

🤣🤣🤣

[@shuji808]

When raw, good for raw foods dogfood? BARF (bones and raw food)? lmk mahalo

[@bettyschnauber8238]

Shoe leather... has flavor?

[@rickdaystar477]

After seeing the steaks getting poked and the feel is mushy I might suggest that the meat has been soaked in papain, a product i believe is extracted from pineapple and the enzymes can dissolve a brick. Lol

[@twocvbloke]

That one comes from papaya, it's a Protease enzyme which breaks down proteins, a form of which is also in pineapple (Bromelain) which is indeed used as a meat tenderiser...

[@rickdaystar477]

@@twocvbloke Thank you for the info. I vaguely remember but didn't know about papaya.

[@twocvbloke]

@@rickdaystar477 I mostly remembered the papaya bit from that simpsons episode where Homer went off to work for a Bond-esque supervillain that gave them a fruitbasket and went on about papaya having papain in it, and then had to google it to confirm what it was, but it is basically the same thing as what's in pineapple so you aren't wrong really... :)

[@wallywest4274]

Stoney Creek Farms is a KZbin channel, this is Stoney Fork Farm steaks. Not to be confused with Stoney Ridge farm steaks... which is also KZbinrs. 😉

[@IAMDAVEREYNOLDS]

The strong sulfurous fart smell you experience was as a result of the enzymes which are added into the meat combined with the fact that they vacuum seal them immediately and then they are partially digested by those enzymes so when the meat defrost and you open the package the resulting gas that is emitted smells like a fart.

[@williamharris8367]

In addition to the 20% water content, there is a _lot_ of fat on that steak. I know that "fat = flavour", but I am not going to consume large chunks of unrendered fat, so we can further deduct that from the 8 oz. serving size.

[@ryancraig2795]

The pricing on this crap is nuts. I bought top quality Angus strip loins for Christmas at my local meat market for less than that per pound. And they were really good steaks.

[@SteveHerrick-yi4md]

I buy a half cow at a time from a friend of mine it is great beef and i know what it eats and where its from

[@deshaefromarounthawayricha7324]

I had some last night and it was delicious!

[@ExtraFungus]

My son, a 6 year old that loves steak said "it didn't have Buc-ee's steak seasoning on it, that's what's wrong with it" I've tried some frozen mechanically tenderized steaks that just weren't good.

[@davidhudson5452]

I will rush out and get some when Hell freezes over Happy New Year

[@Ootgreet1]

These "steaks" don't even look wholesome out of the wrapping. They look slimy and disgusting. You're a brave man, Larry! 😎

[@brandonburras5869]

I think this that steak you buy off a frozen food truck, that is pretty much roast, kinda made to look like cuts of steak

[@TheFLOMAN76]

Sometimes, shit comes wrapped in a $1.25 crappage. I mean package.

[@sneer0101]

The fact they sell you this over there is actually insane

[@mamabear1260]

Walmart here in Kansas is one place they dont grind hamburger or cut there own meat anymore. It comes into the store prepackaged now. Just ask the butcher or who ever is sticking the shelves. Beef or pork or chicken It's all pre~packaged now. If I buy any meat I always let it air out and hope the chemicals dissipate from the meat. God help us.

[@zwordsman]

I'm fine with meat glue and such... if the price was reasonable. but not for mroe than a store of a good one I'd want it for discount fried rice steak

[@susancatterson9422]

Go all White Castle 😂 hahahaha. One of my favorite to watch lol

[@KrisSchwarz98]

Aww damn RIP Mr Wolfe, I felt bad for your grill they had to feel those abominations touching and poisoning it up with that shit on that very fancy grill and that your doggo "Belle" 🐕 didn't know any better about those inedible shitty steaks of such low quality and just will eat anything due to their behavioral nature but personally I don't agree with you on the white castle video because I love those little sliders for when I sesh (smoke/vape weed oil for my conditions) and need munchy food but besides that, I hope you're all good and hope the grill is alright, but seriously tho, that poor goddamn grill and I hope your Doggo is okay! Happy New Year 🎊

[@seankane8628]

Had 2 of the Dollar Tree ribeye steaks for lunch, not much difference between them and the American Steak House steaks

[@kenhill3230]

To be honest I was kind of retching just from looking at the texture of them before cooking.

[@perry92964]

same, im pretty sure if your meat has slime on it its rotton

[@androidtexts6948]

That's called "utility beef" old milk cows and bulls and cancer cows.. The lowest legal grade allowed in the US. You'll never get the water out stuff like this is usually put into a pressurized drum with water and flavor and tumbled for an hour then run through a needle machine to inject more flavor and break the muscles. We used to call the tumbler the instant profit machine.

[@messerschmitt3725]

Here in Germany we used to have a lot of canned pork, we all grew up eating that for breakfast along with mashed potatoes, what my Momma used to do was, she removed the content, throw the liquid away, rinse the chops, dry them and then she added her own condiments, was delicious!! now everything here is Halal😞... and is very hard to find those delicious pork chop cans..

[@Ivo--]

Everything here is halal. Give me a break... You can't shake a stick without hitting a pork schnitzel or haxe in Germany.

[@HonorableBeniah-A]

TBH, you’d be better off eating only Halal. Much healthier.

[@eaglevision993]

German here, unless you are in Berlin, I wonder where you are to find only halal food. I can´t even remember when I have seen a halal product where I am from. Here in the south, we still have real food.

[@messerschmitt3725]

@@eaglevision993 Kreuzberg...😖

[@eaglevision993]

@@messerschmitt3725 Oh....I am very sorry you have to endure to live in this part of Germany. Stay safe, tomorrow is New Years Eve and we all know what will take place in Berlin again....

[@billcore6295]

I used tp buy these steaks all the time and they were pretty good but I knew thet were really processed. This was 10 plus years ago and the steaks didn’t cost more than $10 per package

[@markmailander9571]

So, expensive dog food? If one had a kitchen scale, it would be instructive to know what the weight of the m..., product, was after cookjng.

[@markgaudry7549]

I'm surprised that you didn't point out the soy protein in the broth that was injected.

[@tyklink]

All the huffing and puffing at the grill... you can tell he was not happy grilling these 😂

[@lenalyles2712]

I bought 4 lbs of ribeye steaks yesterday at my meat market for $32.59.

[@annahgibbus8]

That's around $8.15 a lb great deal as long as they are the real ones & not the mechanically tenderized kind.

[@rhunl]

@3:50 Don't go and attack this company... That's certainly not going to trigger anyone. I kind of feel like this would be illegal in the UK, but this product feels yuck.

[@gaeshows1938]

I think “flavor” is just MSG

[@n0madEJ8]

man, thought it was a $1 store type of food review in the beginning.

[@MavrikUSMC]

Every veteran is familiar with this "steak" 😂

[@redstone5149]

Those steaks are GREAT! Had them several times!

[@jameschainey2343]

I have heard you talk about White Castle before what I like to know I haven't ever heard your conversation so what the h*** do you have a guess White Castle🤔???.

[@molnarclay]

Been to several of steak chains whose steaks have obviously had moister added to them.. Always feel cheated.. Doubt there is any 'meat glue' in the steaks.. More trouble and labor than its worth with ribeye.. With tenderloin another story.. Large parts of of a tenderloin are too small to make a steak or need to be butterflied and mushed together to make a pretty steak.. Meat glue would help there.. If they specify USDA Choice or better I would just not spend my money at a store..... Of course buying from a farmer is another story.. But most people cant do that.. Lord help the people that buy meat from the guys driving around town selling door to door in trucks :).

[@IamJay02]

Thank god you got chefs requested off store shelves idek how they were allowed to sell that "food"

[@johnn3542]

Got a normal one as a treat for my dog, was actually a decent little peice of meat

[@zwordsman]

flavored water is tasty water.

[@DaveF.]

Wow - just confused as to what sort oif ribeye steak needs 'tenderizing' . A properly marblled bit of ribeye is amongst the bet cuts of steak and is fanstically juicy when cooked. And this one is 20% water? WTF. .

[@UBADD2]

I got a box. Not great but pretty good for strak and eggs

[@KahlestEnoch]

I have found that the meat glue can make the meat taste off

[@CeeTee-12345]

There's no way I'd ever buy that product. That's not steak, that's not even beef. Thanks for taking one for the team. Thank God you only ate a bite..

[@alexanderstordeur9434]

Maybe it's meant to be fan fried with butter.

[@madmh6421]

Cooking a steak to 160 should raise a red flag! What a ripoff. Thanks for being so brave!

[@crimm7597]

Nah I'll do what I want and call them out on their socials you can't stop me bro

[@joeperkins4309]

I'm not sure about a dog not eating bad food, but my dogs won't eat turkey lunch meat so I no longer purchase it.

[@rickdaystar477]

Joe, One word... Cheetos! I live in the country have chickens, Geese, dogs and cats and one pot belly pig. Not even the pig will touch Cheetos. Can't explain it but that was reason enough to not buy them anymore.

[@haggis525]

I'm from Montreal and I highly recommend that the city of Montreal sue these charlatans for defiling the name of my beloved city!

[@jrr3787]

Why'd you burn it?

[@astuteandy]

How do you figure they're burnt? 😂

[@jrr3787]

Look at it. @@astuteandy

[@dannyhartwig7595]

here you get beef... incredients are : BEEF. i buy my meat at local butcher/farmer. i get 2 pounds flank steaks for 13.50 euro in fantastic quality

[@JustinPinedaMedia]

I wonder how old that meat was?

[@perry92964]

pretty sure those steaks were worth 2 dollars but by putting an insane price on them people will buy it expecting them to be great. given a choice i think i would eat $1.25 store steaks before i shelled out that much for the same thing

[@jrr3787]

16 oz is one serving.

[@FoulOwl2112]

Any company that suggests a Ribeye be cooked to 160° is going to get red flagged by me!

[@jdwono]

Mystery meat,like a box of chocolates you don't know what you're going to get 😜😁😱😀

[@lancerevell5979]

At least the chocolates taste good. 😊

[@dy9278]

Who knew- glued meat? At least now I have a clue!

[@ruobe1]

we should get guga to dry age these steaks

[@notavailable9919]

Never once have I thought a properly cooked ribeye needed to be tenderized, all they ever need is some salt, pepper, and garlic powder.