Steak: Reviews

Cook's Illustrated Magazine: Editors test nine tenderloins in this review.

Cook's Illustrated Magazine: Editors taste-test six dry-aged, prime porterhouse steaks.

The Wall Street Journal: Charles Passy orders fresh porterhouse steaks from seven companies.

ConsumerReports.org: Consumer Reports has a team of tasters sample eight filet mignon steaks.

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 products, the Boneless Strip Steak and the Wagyu (Kobe-Style) Boneless Strip Steak, are considered.

The Wall Street Journal: For this article, Passy ordered New York strip steaks from five companies.

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

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 distinctive meat tang."

SeriousEats.com: Veteran food writer Ed Levine recommends Lobel's and Peter Luger beef.

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.

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

TheNibble.com: The Nibble tests five specialty skirt steaks.

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." The grass-fed beef was the instant winner, with testers raving about its flavor "that bursts out on every bite."