What is revben?
Quick Answer
revben is a regional beef-cut name for the beef back ribs, on the rib primal (Upper rib bones (dorsal side), removed from the ribeye).
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What is revben in simple terms?
What is revben called in the United States?
US retail labels for beef back ribs appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is revben on the cow?
revben refers to beef back ribs located at Upper rib bones (dorsal side), removed from the ribeye on the rib primal.
Is revben steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still beef back ribs anatomically.
Is revben the same as Prime Rib?
How do I translate revben for travel?
Use translation URLs from the list on this page, or open the Back Ribs hub.
What is another name for revben?
“revben” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Back Ribs (rib primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
The curved rib bones left after the ribeye is removed. Less meaty than short ribs but tender and flavorful. Popular in American BBQ (baby back ribs are pork; beef back ribs are larger). It is part of the rib primal (Upper rib bones (dorsal side), removed from the ribeye).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Prime Rib, and Short Ribs.
What it's called in other countries
- Albania: back ribs
- Andhra Pradesh: back ribs
- Argentina: back ribs
- Australia: back ribs
- Austria: back ribs
- Belarus: back ribs
- Belgium: back ribs
- Bolivia: back ribs
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: back ribs
- Brazil: back ribs
- Bulgaria: back ribs
- Canada: Back ribs
- Chile: Costillas arqueadas
- China: back ribs
- Colombia: back ribs
- Costa Rica: back ribs
- Croatia: back ribs
- Czech Republic: back ribs
- Denmark: back ribs
- Ecuador: back ribs
- Egypt: back ribs
- El Salvador: back ribs
- Estonia: back ribs
- Ethiopia: back ribs
- Finland: back ribs
- France: back ribs
- Germany: back ribs
- Goa: back ribs
- Greece: back ribs
- Guatemala: back ribs
- Honduras: back ribs
- Hungary: back ribs
- Indonesia: back ribs
- Iran: back ribs
- Ireland: back ribs
- Israel: צלעות
- Italy: back ribs
- Japan: back ribs
- Karnataka: back ribs
- Kazakhstan: back ribs
- Kenya: back ribs
- Kerala: back ribs
- Latvia: back ribs
- Lithuania: back ribs
- Maharashtra: back ribs
- Malaysia: back ribs
- Mexico: back ribs
- Montenegro: back ribs
- Morocco: back ribs
- Netherlands: back ribs
- New Zealand: back ribs
- Nicaragua: back ribs
- Nigeria: back ribs
- North Macedonia: back ribs
- Norway: back ribs
- Panama: back ribs
- Paraguay: back ribs
- Peru: back ribs
- Philippines: back ribs
- Poland: żeberka
- Portugal: back ribs
- Qatar: back ribs
- Romania: back ribs
- Russia: рёбра
- Saudi Arabia: back ribs
- Singapore: back ribs
- Slovakia: back ribs
- Slovenia: back ribs
- South Africa: back ribs
- South Korea: back ribs
- Spain: back ribs
- Sweden: revben
- Switzerland: back ribs
- Taiwan: back ribs
- Tamil Nadu: back ribs
- Telangana: back ribs
- Thailand: back ribs
- Turkey: back ribs
- UAE: back ribs
- Ukraine: ребра
- United Kingdom: back ribs
- United States: Back ribs · Beef back ribs
- Uruguay: back ribs
- Uzbekistan: back ribs
- Venezuela: back ribs
- Vietnam: back ribs
Cooking methods
Typical methods include high-heat searing or grilling for steaks, resting before slicing, and cutting across the grain when the muscle is fibrous. Because this cut sits on the rib primal (Upper rib bones (dorsal side), removed from the ribeye), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Canada → Albania (back ribs)
- Canada → Andhra Pradesh (back ribs)
- Canada → Argentina (back ribs)
- Canada → Australia (back ribs)
- Canada → Austria (back ribs)
- Canada → Belarus (back ribs)
- Canada → Belgium (back ribs)
- Canada → Bolivia (back ribs)
- Canada → Bosnia & Herzegovina (back ribs)
- Canada → Brazil (back ribs)
- Canada → Bulgaria (back ribs)
- Canada → Chile (back ribs)
- Canada → China (back ribs)
- Canada → Colombia (back ribs)
- Canada → Costa Rica (back ribs)
- Canada → Croatia (back ribs)
- Canada → Czech Republic (back ribs)
- Canada → Denmark (back ribs)
- Canada → Ecuador (back ribs)
- Canada → Egypt (back ribs)
- Canada → El Salvador (back ribs)
- Canada → Estonia (back ribs)
- Canada → Ethiopia (back ribs)
- Canada → Finland (back ribs)
- Canada → France (back ribs)
- Canada → Germany (back ribs)
- Canada → Goa (back ribs)
- Canada → Greece (back ribs)
- Canada → Guatemala (back ribs)
- Canada → Honduras (back ribs)
- Canada → Hungary (back ribs)
- Canada → Indonesia (back ribs)
- Canada → Iran (back ribs)
- Canada → Ireland (back ribs)
- Canada → Israel (back ribs)
- Canada → Italy (back ribs)
- Canada → Japan (back ribs)
- Canada → Karnataka (back ribs)
- Canada → Kazakhstan (back ribs)
- Canada → Kenya (back ribs)
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