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August 25th, 2018 by Caitlin Postal • Read 5,614 times • 1 min read
Crowd Cow works because we sell the whole cow. The End of Summer Event is the perfect way for you to help us do that while enjoying new cuts! With Labor Day on the horizon, now is the perfect time to get the best deals on craft meat for your end of summer grill-cation. If you're still planning the perfect spread for your friends and family, be sure to add these cuts to your menu. Order today (August 25th) and you'll get the full spread in...
August 3rd, 2018 by Caitlin Postal • Read 12,292 times • 1 min read
Today is International Beer Day so Hoppy International Beer Day! Get it? Hoppy, like hops. Anyway, nothing pairs better with a crisp cool glass of your favorite beer than great-tasting beef of all shapes and sizes. It's best when the beer matches the profile of the meal, so balance heavier meals with darker beers and lighter meals with pale ales. We want to share some of our favorite pairings and tip you off to some new recipes so you can...
July 3rd, 2018 by Caitlin Postal • Read 10,627 times • 1 min read
Beef? Check. Grill? Check. Burger? Double check. A juicy burger on the grill is classic Americana. To celebrate Independence Day, we have a few tips and tricks to knock America's favorite grilling day out of the park. To start, grab some ground beef to form your patties. Ground beef comes from trimmed beef that wasn't cut neatly into a steak or wasn't the right shape and size for a roast. Whether you prefer lean or fatty ground beef, we...
November 20th, 2017 by Joe Heitzeberg • Read 133,713 times • 1 min read
Wondering whether to let those frozen steaks thaw or cook them straight from frozen? You're not the only one! We get this question a lot. You should cook your steak directly from frozen, every time. It's just better. That's our personal take after preparing countless steaks ourselves -- but don't take our word for it. Cook's Illustrated senior editor Dan Souza did an experiment with 8 frozen New York Strip steaks, cooking half straight...
August 30th, 2017 by Joe Heitzeberg • Read 6,343 times • 1 min read
This should give you something to ponder over Labor Day Weekend. Dare we even say it might help inform your burger endeavors? First, we asked some of our partner ranchers to paint us a picture of their perfect burger meal, complete with preferred cheese and optimal side dish. Becky Harlow Weed, Harlow Cattle Company, Spanaway, WA Becky Harlow Weed, the one-woman-show owner-operator of Harlow Cattle Company in Spanaway, Washington,...
August 11th, 2017 by Joe Heitzeberg • Read 7,341 times • less than one min read
Grill on a flat surface A cast-iron pan will catch all those meaty, umami juices instead of dripping them away into the sand (tear). You can put the pan directly on the grill, just make sure to use an oven mitt! Keep the patty nice and loose You want your burger patty to be packed so loosely it’s almost falling apart. If you pack it like a hockey-puck, it’ll taste like a hockey-puck. Salt generously I’ll say this: It’s really hard to...
August 2nd, 2017 by Joe Heitzeberg • Read 7,717 times • 1 min read
Last Wednesday, the Crowd Cow team closed the office early and drove out to Golden Gardens State Park, a beautiful stretch of beach on Seattle’s Puget Sound. We’d invited our friends and families to come taste-test beef from our partner ranches, try some new burger recipes, and star in an impromptu photoshoot. It had all the makings of the perfect Pacific Northwest barbecue: white sand, plenty of sun (no small miracle in Seattle), and...
