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DeSantis2024 posted...

Prime Rib I feel is the one exception. All the other cuts are definitely cheaper to buy from a grocer and make your own, but with Prime Rib you need to buy a whole rib roast to make it properly which can easily cost around $100.

Nah, prime rib is just a ribeye roast, and you can often get whole roasts fairly cheap (was 6.99 recently at safeway a pound). A 4 pound Rib eye roast is generally $30 or less, you often can't even get 1 steak for that price most places.

Even at full price (no sale) they are about $10-11 a pound, and you can get 3-4 pound roasts...so yeah, even if you wanted 2 pounds for yourself and 2 pounds for a friend, it would be WAY cheaper to buy and make yourself even at full price.

I personally usually cut up a roast and bbq individual steaks. A 4 pound roast for $28 for instance, cuts up into 4 very nice ribeye steaks, all costing about $7 each. That is 4 very yummy meals for me and even adding in potatoes/brocolli etc...it's under $10 a meal. Similar price today out would be $30 and it wouldn't be nearly as good (and I'd have to drive into town etc).