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Shoulder Clod (Global Beef Cut Guide)

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Shoulder Clod (shoulder clod) is A large, lean muscle group from the outer shoulder. Contains the flat iron (infraspinatus) and petite tender (teres major) as sub-cuts. Often sold as shoulder roast or clod steaks. It sits on the chuck primal (Upper shoulder, above the arm and outside the blade).Often compared to Chuck Blade (chuck roast (blade)).

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What is Shoulder Clod?
Shoulder Clod (shoulder clod) is A large, lean muscle group from the outer shoulder. Contains the flat iron (infraspinatus) and petite tender (teres major) as sub-cuts. Often sold as shoulder roast or clod steaks.

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Where does Shoulder Clod come from on the cow?
Shoulder Clod sits on the chuck primal at Upper shoulder, above the arm and outside the blade.

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What primal is Shoulder Clod?
Is Shoulder Clod the same as Chuck Blade?
No—shoulder clod differs from chuck roast (blade); compare the two hub pages.

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How is Shoulder Clod different from Chuck Roll?
Different muscle and primal: Shoulder Clod is chuck; Chuck Roll follows its own canonical spec.

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What is shoulder clod called in Brazil?
See the names-by-country list on this page for Brazilian retail synonyms mapped to Shoulder Clod.

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Is Shoulder Clod tender?
Tenderness varies by exact muscle and preparation; A large, lean muscle group from the outer shoulder. Contains the flat iron (infraspinatus) and petite tender (teres majo…

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