Steak: Reviews

Updated June 2008
 

Best steak overall, but expensive

*Est. $53/lb. for strip steak Compare Prices
 
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Cook's Illustrated Magazine: Editors test nine tenderloins in this review. Lobel's is among the mail-order meats that they consider.

Cook's Illustrated Magazine: Editors taste-test six dry-aged, prime porterhouse steaks. Lobel's Dry-Aged American Wagyu Porterhouse Steak and Lobel's Natural ...

The Wall Street Journal: Charles Passy orders fresh porterhouse steaks from seven companies. Lobel's "juicy," "tender" steak is declared best overall. A ...

ConsumerReports.org: Consumer Reports has a team of tasters sample eight filet mignon steaks. Steaks are listed in order of preference; interestingly, ...

Cook's Illustrated Magazine: Reviewers test eight strip steaks in order to answer the question, "Can you buy a better steak through the mail?" Two Lobel's ...

The Wall Street Journal: For this article, Passy ordered New York strip steaks from five companies. Lobel's was "the steak of our dreams" that "could have ...

Kiplinger.com: Editors pitted Lobel's of New York against Niman Ranch of California in a head-to-head taste test. Lobel's "rich, nutty and ...

CNNMoney.com: The top finisher in this review with a single tester is Lobel's never-frozen beef, and its Kobe beef is "meltingly tender, with a ...

SeriousEats.com: Veteran food writer Ed Levine recommends Lobel's and Peter Luger beef. Lobel's Wagyu is "absurdly expensive but worth every ...

 

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Best value, hormone-free steak

Coleman Natural *Est. $15/lb. for strip steak Compare Prices
 
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Cook's Illustrated Magazine: Cook's Illustrated tests nine strip steaks in this review -- seven available via mail order and two found in the supermarket. The ...

Cook's Illustrated Magazine: Editors pit six USDA Choice strip steaks against six similar steaks from Coleman Natural, which does not use hormones or ...

TheNibble.com: The Nibble tests five specialty skirt steaks. The Coleman Natural product is veined with fat and cooks up tender and juicy. It's ...

 

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Best grass-fed steak

*Est. $23/lb. for strip steak Compare Prices
 
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Slate.com: Grass-fed beef from Alderspring Ranch wins this tasting of five steaks of various types, from wet-aged to dry-aged to "natural." ...

 

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