{"id":6277,"date":"2022-09-22T12:23:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T12:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/?p=6277"},"modified":"2023-10-09T11:59:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T11:59:48","slug":"most-expensive-steak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/most-expensive-steak\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s the Most Expensive Steak in the World?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The most expensive steak in the world is the A5 Kobe Wagyu Steak. Keep in mind that steak prices can vary by your location, the time of year, and where you buy it from.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I came across Kobe Wagyu in cooking school, and I’ve cooked up plenty of it. It\u2019s incredibly tender and rich in fat. Today, I\u2019ve done the hard work for you, researching the most pricey cuts of Wagyu on the planet. I\u2019ll share what I found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, we’re not talking about steak recipes<\/a>. Instead, we’ll look at the holy grail of steaks \u2013 the most coveted beef at the butcher counter – Wagyu beef.<\/p>\n\n\n

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What is the Highest Quality Steak in the World?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Authentic A5 Wagyu Kobe steak is considered by many to be the highest quality and the most expensive steak in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not something you come across often, even at top steakhouses. It’s the rarest grade of Japanese Wagyu beef steak. This is a type of Wagyu steak that comes from Kobe, a region in Japan. So, while all Kobe beef steak cuts are Wagyu, not all Wagyu steaks are from Kobe steer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A5 refers to the steaks grading. These steaks are graded on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hype surrounding the tender meat<\/a> with rich buttery flavor isn’t new. It’s many years old, and the hype has taken the steak world by storm. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can get wagyu steaks imported if you’re willing to pay big bucks for them. But authentic Japanese Wagyu is still extremely uncommon in butcher shops in the U.S. Access to Wagyu cattle is intentionally restricted by the Japanese to limit supply and increase demand. <\/strong>This helps keep prices for Wagyu high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

American Wagyu vs. Japanese Wagyu<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Authentic Wagyu comes from Japan and is 100% Japanese cattle. American Wagyu can be found in restaurants and grocery stores, but it comes from American cattle bred with Japanese cattle. If you find Wagyu in the States, it\u2019s likely American Wagyu. <\/strong>Ask your butcher to know for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

American Wagyu beef has its history from the ’70s when Washu cows were imported to the US and bred with Angus cows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japanese wagyu is incredibly marbled with thin strands of white fat. American Wagyu is also richly marbled, but not as much as its Japanese counterpart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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There are only <\/strong>eight restaurants<\/strong><\/a> in the entirety of the US that sell the Kobe Wagyu as of this writing. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American wagyu steaks and other variants (like Australian) are often called wagyu-style because it isn\u2019t real Wagyu. It’s definitely not Kobe because that can only come from the Japanese prefecture of Hyogo near the capital Kobe. American Wagyu is delicious – some find Japanese Wagyu to be too fatty and rich. They think American Wagyu hits the \u201cGoldilocks zone\u201d – just right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Makes Wagyu Kobe Beef the Most Expensive Steak?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First, the cost of raising Wagyu Cattle is typically what has elevated Kobe beef steaks to be one of the most expensive steaks around. Raising Wagyu cows costs up to 10 times what it takes to raise regular cows. More expensive raising conditions means more expensive meat.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve given more reasons why Wagyu beef is expensive in another post. So read more to find out<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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