Question: Ask the Rabbi - Is a Steamship Round Cut of Beef Kosher?
Dear Rabbi,
We keep kosher, and have invited a large crowd to a barbecue. Is a Steamship Round cut of beef a kosher cut? If this is not kosher, can you suggest a kosher cut that is similar?
Thank you. The Levines
We keep kosher, and have invited a large crowd to a barbecue. Is a Steamship Round cut of beef a kosher cut? If this is not kosher, can you suggest a kosher cut that is similar?
Thank you. The Levines
Answer: Dear Levines,
Thanks for writing. The cut to which you refer is the hind quarter or rear leg. It is not a kosher cut, and no reliably kosher butcher would provide it.
I use brisket, beef short ribs and lamb ribs for my bbq, with a dry or wet bbq rub/spices on all meat. With brisket, I use both the first cut and the second cut known as the dekel (more fatty and often not served by caterers). The dekel in particular can be braised for a long time and then made into a kosher "pulled beef" with a bbq sauce and served on a kaiser roll. I bbq all meats, including chicken, using slow, low, reflected heat.
Sorry to tell you that Steamship Round cut is not kosher.
Rabbi Dov
Thanks for writing. The cut to which you refer is the hind quarter or rear leg. It is not a kosher cut, and no reliably kosher butcher would provide it.
I use brisket, beef short ribs and lamb ribs for my bbq, with a dry or wet bbq rub/spices on all meat. With brisket, I use both the first cut and the second cut known as the dekel (more fatty and often not served by caterers). The dekel in particular can be braised for a long time and then made into a kosher "pulled beef" with a bbq sauce and served on a kaiser roll. I bbq all meats, including chicken, using slow, low, reflected heat.
Sorry to tell you that Steamship Round cut is not kosher.
Rabbi Dov
