Episode 15 – Why Grass Fed Beef Makes The Best Steaks For Grilling

The best steaks for grilling are the ones that will return the best flavor and nutrition while retaining moisture and tenderness. To accomplish the best results, I always start with the best ingredients I can find.

Because grilling is direct, conductive, intense heat, it will never tenderize a steak during cooking. For the best beef meal, you need to start with the most tender and flavorful beef. You needn’t use heavy marinades or even long cooking times when you begin with the best ingredients. You don’t even have to worry if you have the best grill or not. Better ingredients are easier to cook, it’s a fact.

John Wood of US Wellness Meats is a 5th generation cattle rancher who has broken from traditional thinking and stopped feeding corn to his cows. The natural foraging diet returns a more flavorful steak that is higher in nutrition and even cooks faster!

This method of raising cattle goes back 100,000 years and is better for the animal, the land, and human beings. John’s pasture is separated into 36 paddocks, and the herd is moved from section to section to dine on fresh, nutrient rich clover and grasses.

“It’s cookies and ice cream time,” says John as the cattle hurry to the undisturbed pasture for an afternoon snack, “the energy in the grass is highest at 4pm, so that’s when we move the herd”.

To over-simplify, John Wood and grass fed beef farmers like him use the cow to convert grass energy into protein for human beings. Cows have 4 stomachs, the first is a fermentation stomach called the rumen. It breaks down the grass to digestible material.

Bacteria in the rumen help in this natural process that keeps the cows happy and healthy. However, most beef for slaughter in the US spends the last weeks of their lives being fattened with steroids and corn.

The bacteria in the rumen don’t like corn as well, causing sickness in the animal, causing the rancher to give it antibiotics and other un-natural elements. This is a vicious cycle that harms the animal, the planet and human beings.

The best steaks for grilling are the ones that will nourish your body and senses most completely. Grass fed beef farmers like John Wood are working hard to supply wholesome, natural food products that improve our health, not endanger it.

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