What is the difference between ground chuck and ground beef?

Answer 1

Beef

Answer 2

Ground Chuck comes from the front shoulders of beef only Ground beef is a random mix of leftover pieces from cutting the beef into steaks and roasts and blending them together before grinding into burger. In other words Chuck is a specific cut and the other could have come from several different cuts. While the above is true, you should ask if it is real ground chuck. Many places sell ground chuck that is really just 80% lean ground beef.

Answer 3

"Round" is a cut from a particular spot on the cow, it is often cut for steak "round steak" or for roast" - "ground round" is a more expensive blend, if I remember correctly it is not particular fatty.

"Ground beef" if just that - beef cut from anywhere, it can have fat added or come from a fatty area making it 80% or 90% fat by weight/volume (or more, or less depending on the fat content).

Answer 4

They are actually about the same in terms of calorie count.

Answer 5

ground chuck is from the shoulders in beef, ground chuck is a specific cut and ground beef there is alot of different kinds of cuts.

Answer 6

They are from different parts of the animal

Answer 7

Pork is from a pig and beef is from a cow

Answer 8

Ground beef.