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Beef Allocator Diagram

Click at the number located on the diagram to display information in each part of the beef. The information consists of "suitable cooking type" and "suggest dishes"





 

International Meat Cuts

French cut American cut British cut

FRENCH MEAT CUTS

01 lower rib
02 rib
03 entrecote steak , rib steak
04 sirloin
05 fillet, loin steak
06 rumpsteak
07 tail
8 round steak, standing rump
9 silver side
10 topside, bottom round
11 middle part of round steak
12 lower part of round steak
13 shank,shin
14 aiguillette(top part of the eye)
15 prime cut of beef
16 flank
17 undercut of sirloin(colloquial)
18 under cut of  flank
20 middle rib, best rib
21 plate
22 lean shoulder
23 upper shoulder
24 shoulder of beef
25 front upper part of shoulder, false loin
26 front lower part of shoulder
27 knuckle and front shank
28 chuck shoulder

AMERICAN MEAT CUTS

01 chuck
02 flanken-style ribs
03 rib
04 back rib
05 short loin
06 Porterhouse steak
07 tenderloin
08 sirloin
09 round
10 boneless
11 round steak
12 hind shank
13 flank
14 flank steak rolls
15short plate
16 brisket
17 fore shank

BRITISH MEAT CUTS

01 neck and clod
02 chuck and blade
03 fore rib
04 thick rib
05 thin rib
06 rolled ribs
07 sirloin
08 rump
09 silverside
10 topside
11 thick flank
12 leg
13 flank
14 brisket
15 shin
Italian cut brazil cut  

ITALIAN MEAT CUTS

FRONT
01 cutlet ,chine
02 fore rib
03 thin flank
04 thin rib
05 thick rib
06 skirt
07 shank
08 brisket
09 shoulder
10 chuck
11 blade
12 neck

BACK
13 sirloin
14 fillet
15 upper rump
16 piece of loin from head of bone
17 tender cut from the lower head of bone & thick flank
18 tender cut of topside
19 round
20 shank
21 hind shank

BRAZILIAN MEAT CUTS

01 chuck
02 breast/brisket
03 shoulder
04 bottom sirloin
05 short ribs
06 eye fillet
07 striploin cap
08 sirloin
09 scotch fillet
10 boneless rumps
11 ruckle/red meat
12 silverside
13 topside
14 eye of round
15 muscle/leg of beef
16 muscle/hind quarter
17 skirt of tenderloin beef
18 trip tip/rump tail
19 rump cap
20 humpump
 




 

Beef Descriptions

Yearling, yearling steer          
Young beef, young steer        
Young prime beef, young prime steer     
Prime beef, prime steer      
Ox-male, steer               
Cow               

up to 18 months
up to 13 months
up to 36 months
up to 42 months
any age
over 42 months

 

   Cooking time scale for diffirent cuts

Type of cuts

Oven temperature     

Rare

Medium

Well done

Internal meat temperature

 

55-60 C

65-70 C

75 C

Rib eye/scotch fillet, rump
sirloin, fillet, topside

200 C

15-20min

20-25min

25-30min

Silverside, blade, round

160 C

20-25min

25-30min

30-35min

 

 

1a shin 1b fore shank 2 silverside 3 topside 4 round 13 skirt/flanksteak 5 rump 8 tenderloin 6 striploin & 7 t-bone 9 brisket/ short ribs 10 scotch filler/ rib fillet 11 blade 12 chuck