Good eats for lunch at the office today!

[Habanero Smoker]

Looks like a nice plate of food.

I would think the cuts from the chuck would be more comparable to the Boston butt of a hog. But you can't always go by the label. These days it seems that butchers, meat cutters and supermarkets like to create their own names for cuts of meat.

[BuyLowSellHigh]

Yep HabS, you would think the names would reflect similar anatomical origins.  But in butt that's not the case.  Butt in beef is from the sirloin and pork butt is from the shoulder, all per USDA's institutional meat purchase specifications (IMPS).  Each cut has an IMPS number and a name.  Beef butts are in the 180's and pork butts are in the 406's.  Here's a link to the IMPS webpage.

[Habanero Smoker]

Thanks for the link. I'll take a look at it later.

[ArnieM]

I get really annoyed with the local supermarket "butchers".  I figure they get a few hours of training on that's meat, that's a cleaver and that's a band saw.  Try not to hurt yourself.

Where's the sirloin roast you have on sale?  Right here.  No, that's top round (as labeled)  - close.  Naw, it's the same thing.  Not quite.

I know a lot of you go to Sam's or Costco for 'deals'.  Probably worth it.  But there's nothing like a local butcher that'll take you into the cooler, show off the carcasses and ask what you want.  Sure, it costs a little more.  I'd rather have more expensive chewable steak than - dog meat.

We had hot dogs tonight  ;D ;D ;D