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A beef roast cut from the top round muscle, which is the inside muscle of the upper portion of the rear leg.

The beef bottom round is the outside muscle of the upper leg. The bottom round roast can be used as an oven roast if it is of the best quality, but it can become very tough and chewy if it is roasted too long.

A beef roast cut from the top loin muscle, which is the largest muscle of the short loin. The top loin roast is lean, very tender, and quite expensive.

Thinly sliced beef that has been smoked, salt cured, and then cut into round or rectangular slices. It is most often served as either an appetizer to complement crackers and baked goods, or as a meat ingredient for beef and gravy dishes, such as Chipped Beef and gravy.

A beef roast that is basically the same cut as the standing rib roast only the meat is detached from the bones, rolled and tied.

Commonly referred to as hamburger, ground beef is produced from grinding and blending together various cuts of beef including meat from the chuck, brisket, plate, sirloin, and/or flank.

Hearty and quite filling, this savory soup can be be served as a main meal for lunch due to the quantity of ingredients typically added to the soup.

Also commonly known as pulled beef, this method of preparation typically involves longer cooking of beef cuts to create individual strands of tender meat for various food dishes.

A beef roast cut from the round primal, above the back end of the hipbone. A rump roast that contains the bone is known as a standing rump roast.

A beef roast cut from the top butt muscle, which is one of two main muscles of the sirloin. The top butt is a bit better in quality than the bottom butt and is very suitable for oven roasting if it is not overcooked.

A slice of beef, cut from various areas of the beef carcass, ranging in thickness between one-half to one inch and of a size intended to be one serving (many steaks can easily feed two people).

A term used to describe beef that has not been graded by the USDA. Beef carcasses graded by the USDA have a grading stamp rolled on the exterior fat of the carcass to identify the grade of the meat.

Originally, oxtail referred to the skinned tail of an ox, but over time the definition has changed and is now used to reference the tail meat of beef or veal.

A crosscut steak from the beef sirloin. There are several different sirloin beefsteaks and each is given a different name depending on the shape of the piece of hipbone that is contained within the steak: 1) pin bone, which is a crosscut from the front section of the hip, next to the Porterhouse, and is the most tender of the bone-in sirloin steaks; 2) flat bone, which is another crosscut from the front section of the hip; 3) round bone, which is a third crosscut steak from the front section of the hip; and 4) wedge bone, which is the least tender of the four because of its proximity to the rump.

The arm roast, which is cut from the beef chuck primal, is one of the most popular pot roasts. It is also known by the following names: arm pot roast, arm chuck roast, and round bone pot roast.

A crosscut beef roast from the shoulder blade portion of the chuck primal. It gets its name from the crosscut of bone within the roast that is shaped like a "7".

A cut of beef taken from the area that lies between the tender short loin and the tougher round. The sirloin is generally cut into steaks and roasts, with the cuts nearer the short loin being more tender than those taken closer to the round.

A traditional French stew prepared with beef that is slowly braised in red wine for several hours in a covered dish used to cook the stew, which is also referred to as a "daube" by the French.

The area of a steer that extends from the neck to the fifth rib of the chest cavity. Included in the Beef Chuck is the meat extending from the shoulder to the arm most often described as chuck roasts, pot roasts and short ribs.

A steak cut from the beef tenderloin, which is the inside muscle of the short loin. It is among the most desirable, tender, and expensive cuts of beef.