Linda Morten of Katy, Texas, captured the “Best of Beef” grand prize of $50,000 at the National Beef Cook-off, held this week in Rapid City, South Dakota.
   
Cut #1         :11          Outcue: "...it was just exciting."

Morten took the grand prize with her recipe for Blazin’ Colorado Steaks, which she says is an easy recipe for anyone to make.
  
Cut #2         :29          Outcue: "...minutes to prepare."

Her recipe features the Flat Iron Steak, one of the Beef Value Cuts developed through muscle profiling research funded by the Beef Checkoff Program. Morten says more and more people are discovering the Flat Iron.

Cut #3         :25          Outcue: "...those cuts of beef."

She thanked the American National CattleWomen for putting on the National Beef Cook-off, which is funded in part by the Beef Checkoff Program and sponsored by Albertson’s supermarkets.

Cut #4         :12          Outcue: "... they’re great people."

To learn more about all the winning recipes and the Cook-Off, visit www.beefcookoff.org.  

The national Beef Checkoff Program is administered by the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board, a group of 108 beef producers appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture.  They represent producers from coast-to-coast and volunteer their time to help identify programs that can help increase beef demand.  The checkoff was created in the 1985 Farm Bill, with oversight provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The checkoff assesses $1 per head on the sale of live domestic and imported cattle and a comparable assessment on imported beef and beef products. States retain up to 50 cents on the dollar and forward the other 50 cents to the Cattlemen’s Beef Board, which administers the national checkoff program, subject to USDA approval.