Pectorial beef for chili

[growit]

Was in Costco and they had cubed stew meat, it looked pretty good. I asked the meat guy what cut it was from, he said it was a pectorial cut from behind the chuck. How do you think that compares to chuck to use in chili? I'm going to coarse grind it. Doing my first chili cookoff. Thanks in advance.

 

[MeatyOakerSmoker]

I thought brisket was the pectoral muscle.

 

[Lordkifar]

I thought brisket was the pectoral muscle.

what he said...

 

[Free Mr. Tony]

If my one experience is the norm, it cooks up nothing like Chuck roast. I was cooking a bunch of beef for a party, and found beef chuck pectoral from Gordon food service.



It was VERY lean. It cooked more like braised flank or round than Chuck. It didn't have any of the gelatinous quality that Chuck roast had. The meat turned out fine, but nothing like Chuck.

 

[growit]

Thanks for the info Mr Tony.