Index

A

AG

AGW (A Greener World) label

Akaushi cattle, 1.1, 2.1

alder, 6.1, 6.2

Alderspring Ranch, 1.1, 2.1, 8.1, bm.1

American Grassfed Association

Anchor Brewing Company

anchovies

Charred Jalapeño–Anchovy Compound Butter

Salsa Verde

Angus beef, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1

antibiotics

APL, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

apple wood, 6.1, 6.2

Arguinzoniz, Victor, 6.1, 6.2

Asador Etxebarri, 6.1, 6.2

aurochs, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

B

bacon

Twice-Baked Potato

Barber, Dan

Bateau

bavette, 3.1, 3.2

beef

age and, 1.1, 1.2

branded, 2.1, 2.2

flavor of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1

grading of, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1

grain-fed, 1.1, 1.2

grain-finished

grass-fed, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 8.1

history of

imported

local

organic

pasture raised, 2.1, 2.2

safety

See also cattle; dry aging; steaks; wet aging

beer

Bernet, William

Bern’s Steak House, 2.1, 3.1

beta-carotene

beverages, 9.1, 9.2

Big Green Egg (BGE)

binchōtan, 6.1, 6.2

Black Belly

Blue Hill at Stone Barns

bottles, plastic

Brahman cattle

branded beef, 2.1, 2.2

buckets

Butcher and Larder

butchers

in America vs. Europe

buying from, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1

competitions for

local

thrift and

Butler, Bryan, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7

butter

Charred Jalapeño–Anchovy Compound Butter

finishing steaks with

C

Caesar, Julius

Cargill, 1.1, 2.1

Carter, RC, 1.1, 1.2

Carter Country Meats, 1.1, bm.1

cast-iron pans

cattle

antibiotics and

breeds, 1.1, 2.1

feed for, 1.1, 1.2

history of

hormones and

temperament of

Char-Broil

charcoal

advantages and disadvantages of

grills using

history of

lighting, 7.1, 7.2

making

types of

charcoal chimneys, 7.1, 7.2

Chateaubriand

cheese

Twice-Baked Potato

cherry wood, 6.1, 6.2

Child, Julia

chine

Choice beef, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1

Chop Butchery & Charcuterie

chuck steak, 3.1, 3.2

Clove and Hoof, 2.1, 3.1

coconut charcoal

complexus, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

cooking methods

blast furnace, 8.1, 8.2

on the coals, 8.1, 8.2

by cut and type of steak, 3.1, 8.1

hot and fast, 8.1, 8.2

with oven

reverse sear

slow vs. fast

sous vide, 5.1, 5.2

stove-top

See also grilling

COOL (Country of Origin Labeling)

Cordier, Olivier, 2.1, 2.2

Coss, Tom

Cote

côte de boeuf, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

Country Cat

cowboy steak

Cream Co., 1.1, 1.2

Creekstone Farms, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1, bm.1

Crowd Cow, 2.1, 2.2, bm.1

culotte steak

D

Dai Due

dark cutter

Delmonico’s

Delmonico steak, 3.1, 3.2

Double Mountain

drinks, 9.1, 9.2

dry aging

benefits of, 4.1, 4.2

challenges of

cooking methods and

definition of

history of

at home, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

length of

mold and

popularity of

process of

thirty-month rule for

E

Edison, Thomas, 6.1, 6.2

El Capricho, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1

Elzinga, Glenn, 1.1, 2.1

Erickson, Renee

Etxebarri, Asador, 6.1, 6.2

F

The Fatted Calf

filet mignon, 3.1, 3.2

Firestone, Harvey

First Light, 1.1, 8.1

flank steak, 3.1, 3.2

Flannery, Bryan, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1

Flannery, Katie, 1.1, 2.1, 4.1

Flannery Beef, 1.1, 2.1, 4.1, bm.1

flat iron, 3.1, 3.2

Fleisher’s

Ford, Henry, 6.1, 6.2

44 Farms, 1.1, 4.1

4505 Meats

Franklin, Stacy

Franklin Formation, 7.1, 7.2

frenching, 3.1, 3.2

Fresh From OK

G

garlic

Garlicky Sautéed Mushrooms

Green Salad with Garlic Vinaigrette

gas grills, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1

Gordón, José, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1

grain-fed beef, 1.1, 1.2

grain-finished beef

grape vines, 6.1, 6.2

grass-fed beef, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 8.1

A Greener World

Green Salad with Garlic Vinaigrette

grill brushes

grilling

equipment for, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 7.1, 7.2, bm.1

setups for, 7.1, 7.2

starting fire for, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

See also individual grills

grill marks

Gwen Butcher Shop

H

hanger steak, 3.1, 3.2

HeartBrand Beef, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1

Heitzeberg, Joe, 2.1, 2.2

Hereford cattle, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1

Heritage Foods

hibachis, 5.1, bm.1

hybrid

hickory, 6.1, 6.2

Highland cattle, 1.1, 1.2

Holstein cattle, 1.1, 1.2

Holy Grail Steak

hormones

J

Jalapeño–Anchovy Compound Butter, Charred

James, Paul

JBS

JFC

Joto Sake

Joyce Farms

Jureskog, Johan

K

kamado cookers

Kansas City strip

Kingsford, Edward, 6.1, 6.2

Knife, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 9.1

knives

Kobe beef, 2.1, 2.2

Kosmidis, John, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4

L

Lang, Adam Perry, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

Lee’s

Legako, Jerrad, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Le Severo, 9.1, 9.2

Live Oak

Ljungquist, Klas

longissimus dorsi, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

Long Meadow Ranch

Lowry, Ethan, 2.1, 2.2

lump charcoal, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

M

Maillard reactions, 4.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

mail-order meat, 2.1, bm.1

Mallmann, Francis

marbling, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1

McCann’s Local Meats

McGee, Harold, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 8.1, 8.2

McLaughlin, John

The Meat Hook

Meigs, Hilton

mesquite, 6.1, 6.2

mezcal, 9.1, 9.2

Miyachiku

Mody, Ketan

mold

Moody, Scott

MTC

Mushrooms, Garlicky Sautéed

N

National

New York strip

Niman Ranch

O

oak, 6.1, 6.2

oil, finishing steaks with

Olivier’s, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1

Omaha Steaks

Oregon Country Beef

The Organic Butcher

organic meat

oven, finishing with

P

Parker, Robert

pasture-raised beef, 2.1, 2.2

pecan wood, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

pepper steak

PK Grill, 5.1, bm.1

Pollard, Cliff

Porter, Valerie

porterhouse, 3.1, 3.2

Porter Road

potatoes

Home Frites

Twice-Baked Potato

primal cuts

Prime beef, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1

Prime Foods Distributor, 4.1, 4.2

prime rib

“Product of the USA”

Publix

Purely Meat Co.

R

Rancher’s Reserve, 2.1, 2.2

resting

reverse sear

ribeye, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

rib roast

Rivière, Olivier and Katia

Ross, Betsy, 1.1, bm.1

Runkle, Ben, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

S

safety

Safeway, 2.1, 2.2

sake

Salad, Green, with Garlic Vinaigrette

Salsa Verde

salt, 8.1, 8.2

Salt & Time, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

Santa Maria grills, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, bm.1

Sappington, Adam

Schatzker, Mark

Scotch

seam butchery

Select beef, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

sheet pans

shovels

Singer, Nate

sizzle platters

skirt, 3.1, 3.2

Smith, Steve

Smith & Wollensky

Snake River Farms, 1.1, bm.1

sous vide, 5.1, 5.2

spinalis dorsi, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2

Stafford, Orin

standing rib roast

Steak Cookoff Association

steaks

bone-in vs. boneless

with butter

buying, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, bm.1

color of

crust of

cuts, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

doneness of

flipping

frozen

labeling of, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

marbling in, 2.1, 2.2

with oil

resting

salting, 8.1, 8.2

temperature of, before cooking

thickness of

See also beef; cooking methods; individual cuts

strip, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

subprimals

T

tannins

Taylor’s Market

T-bone, 3.1, 3.2

tenderloin, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

tequila

Tesar, John, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 9.1

thermometers

Thornhill, Taylor

three-zone setup, 7.1, 7.2

tomahawk steak, 3.1, 3.2

Tomatoes, Raw

tongs

towels

tri-tip

trowels

two-zone setup, 7.1, 7.2

Tyson, 1.1, 2.1

U

USDA grades, 2.1, 2.2

V

Vegetables, Grilled

Vine Connections

W

Wagyu beef, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 9.1

wet aging, 2.1, 4.1

whiskey, 9.1, 9.2

Williams, Allen, 1.1, 1.2

wine

pairing steak and, 9.1, 9.2

Perky Red Wine Sauce

wood

advantages and disadvantages of, 6.1, 7.1

choosing

cutting

fire, starting

seasoning

setup for grilling with

sourcing

types of

World Butchery Challenge

World Sake Imports