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Short ribs that have been cut from the beef chuck primal (ribs 1 through 5). They have plenty of meat and have less fat than short ribs from the plate.

Refers to a slab of beef short ribs, small pieces cut from the main portion of the ribs. Taken from the chuck primal, the Flanken-style Short Ribs consist of the first five ribs of the ribcage.

Beef ribs that are cut into 3 to 4 inch sections, consisting of meat, fat and bone. Short ribs are cut from the chuck and plate primal sections.

Refers to the ends of the ribs contained within the plate primal cut of beef (ribs 6 through 12). Usually only the flat ends of ribs 6 through 9 and are used for plate short ribs because the ends of ribs 10 through 12 have more fat than meat, so they are not as desirable.

1. The cuts of meat obtained from the rib cages of beef, veal, lamb, and pork. Back ribs are cut from the beef rib primal and short ribs are cut from the chuck and plate.

Pork ribs that are small and circular in shape, containing varying quantities of meat connecting the last five or so bones of the backbone.

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.