7 Costco Secrets Butchers Use to Find High-Quality Beef UNDER $5/LB

📗 Get My Complete Kitchen Guides Here: https://margretmillerkitchen.com/ If every steak at Costco costs $12, $15, $20 a pound, you've probably been walking right past that beef case. I spent 53 years behind the block, starting at 19 in my father's butcher shop, and I know where the good meat hides when the price is low. In this video I walk through 7 secrets I use to find high-quality beef at Costco for under $5 a pound — buying whole pieces instead of cut steaks, when prime is actually worth it, and how to read a chuck roast package in 10 seconds. I also cover the cuts nobody buys, eye of round for sliced roast beef and shank for braising, plus why stew meat only makes sense when it's cheaper than chuck. The big one is the chuck eye. It's the same muscle as a ribeye, sitting inside an ordinary chuck roast at the chuck roast price, and two cuts with a knife gets it out. If ribeye runs $15 and chuck runs $5, that's about $10 saved per steak. At the end I cook those two steaks in cast iron so you can see what comes out. This is for anyone staring at rising beef prices who still wants a good steak on the table. CHAPTERS: 00:00 – Two Steaks From Chuck 01:26 – The Seven Secrets 02:50 – Read The Price Per Pound 04:08 – Whole Pieces Worth Buying 05:56 – Choice Versus Prime 07:01 – When Prime Is Nearly Free 08:35 – Not All Chuck Is Equal 09:58 – Seams, Eye And Thickness 11:26 – How I Braise Chuck 12:44 – Eye Of Round Roast Beef 13:53 – Beef Shank Like Osso Buco 14:54 – The Stew Meat Warning 16:11 – Ring The Bell 16:52 – Pack Date, Liquid, Color 18:28 – What Butchers Really Think 20:09 – The Steak Inside Chuck 21:32 – Two Cuts With A Knife 22:19 – Doing The Arithmetic 23:19 – Flat Iron And Denver 24:42 – The Price You Eat 25:29 – Portion And Wrap It 26:31 – Freezer Rules That Work 27:38 – One Costco Trip Planned 28:28 – What I Got Wrong 29:48 – Costco Or Local Butcher 30:38 – Cooking The Chuck Eye 31:31 – All Seven Secrets Recap 32:18 – Why This Matters #Costco #CostcoBeef #ChuckEyeSteak #Butcher #ButcherTips #CheapBeef #MeatBuying #BudgetMeals #GroceryTips #SaveMoney