Instructions: Trim the fat from the shoulder clod as needed. Poke around the meat with your finger, and if you find hard pockets of fat, remove with a knife. If the fat is think or spongy, it’s OK to ...

The conversation probably occurred sometime in the late 1960s, in a sweltering and smoky pit room attached to a former high school gymnasium, between two of the most famously stubborn men in Texas ...

Nina Schmidt Sells, who grew up in the ’50s, remembers when brisket wasn’t the king cut of beef in Texas that it is today. Her father, Edgar “Smitty” Schmidt, was a longtime employee of the legendary ...

Juniper’s Chef Alex Sze uses the flavorful Pat LaFrieda’s brisket mix—which is actually whole briskets, plus chuck, and the delightfully named “shoulder clod of American Black Angus beef.” Juniper’s ...

Also known as “Baja steak”, the petite tender is a boneless, cylindrical portion of a beef shoulder clod — the same area from which the top-blade or flat-iron steak is taken — and shaped like a ...

Smoked up a 23.5 pound beef shoulder clod smoked on the Yoder YS640 Pellet Smoker. Beef shoulder is half the price of brisket and yields about 75% or its original weight.

Juniper’s Chef Alex Sze uses the flavorful Pat LaFrieda’s brisket mix—which is actually whole briskets, plus chuck, and the delightfully named “shoulder clod of American Black Angus beef.” Juniper’s ...