🇺🇸 United States · Approximate
Ribeye
Grumpy Butcher ribeye steaks (4 pack)
Rib cap is the traditional name in United States. Elsewhere, butchers sell the same piece — or a close cousin — under a different name.
Substitutes for Rib cap that can be delivered rather than hunted down at a counter.
🇺🇸 United States · Approximate
Grumpy Butcher ribeye steaks (4 pack)
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On a whole prime rib roast, the rib cap is the outer ring around the eye. Increasingly butchers separate and sell it as a stand-alone premium cut.
Anatomically attached — the rib cap is the spinalis dorsi muscle that sits on top of the longissimus dorsi (the main ribeye muscle). On a bone-in roast or whole ribeye it's part of the same cut; sold separately, it's the prized outer crescent removed from the eye.