Category Cuts & Buying Guides

Understand every steak cut, how it’s butchered, and when to choose it.

Marbling 101

Raw ribeye with heavy marbling beside a leaner New York strip on butcher paper, illustrating differences in intramuscular fat.

How Intramuscular Fat Changes Flavor, Tenderness & Price If steak had a superpower, it would be marbling—those fine, white streaks of intramuscular fat woven throughout the meat. Marbling is the #1 predictor of a steak’s richness, juiciness, and perceived tenderness—and…