Ingredient

Beef

Beef is on 207 plates at 31 of the kitchens we read. The entree section holds 99 of them, and most often it is served as a burger, on 55.

In the neighbourhood: Beef and the grill

From 40 menus · beef is on 207 plates · How we read them

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Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →

Beef, grilled or fried

Our reading of the menus lists it grilled at eighteen kitchens, fried at twelve, and both at ten: Assateague Crab House, Atlantic Hotel Berlin, Bad Monkey, Blacksmith Bar & Restaurant, Bull on the Beach (94th St), Coconuts Beach Bar, Seacrets (Jamaica USA), Sneaky Pete's, Surfin' Betty's Burger Bar (127th St), The Hobbit.

On both sides: Assateague Crab House, Atlantic Hotel Berlin, Bad Monkey, Blacksmith Bar & Restaurant, Bull on the Beach (94th St), Coconuts Beach Bar, Seacrets (Jamaica USA), Sneaky Pete's, Surfin' Betty's Burger Bar (127th St), The Hobbit.

How it comes

The forms it turns up in, most first.

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Where on the menu

The menu sections the dishes sit under, most first.

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How it's cooked

How the kitchens cook it, counting the word on the component as well as the plate.

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The journey of beef

The same 207 plates read outward from the middle: how the kitchens cook it, how it then arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. A wedge too narrow for its word carries it in the table underneath.

The journey of beef: 207 plates, 32 ways of cooking them, drawn as three rings — how it is cooked, how it arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. Every wedge is listed with its count in the table below.Beefgrilled — 54 plates (33%)grilledfried — 17 plates (10%)friedroasted — 9 plates (6%)broiled — 8 plates (5%)barbecued — 7 plates (4%)smoked — 7 plates (4%)shaved — 5 plates (3%)blackened — 4 plates (2%)other ways — 52 plates (32%)other waysburger — 16 plates (10%)burgernot stated — 14 plates (9%)not statedsandwich — 6 plates (4%)entree-plate — 5 plates (3%)salad — 5 plates (3%)platter — 2 plates (1%)side — 2 plates (1%)wrap — 2 plates (1%)breakfast-plate — 1 plate (1%)small-plate — 1 plate (1%)burger — 7 plates (4%)not stated — 5 plates (3%)platter — 1 plate (1%)salad — 1 plate (1%)sandwich — 1 plate (1%)side — 1 plate (1%)wrap — 1 plate (1%)entree-plate — 2 plates (1%)not stated — 2 plates (1%)sandwich — 2 plates (1%)bowl — 1 plate (1%)buffet — 1 plate (1%)side — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 4 plates (2%)entree-plate — 2 plates (1%)buffet — 1 plate (1%)platter — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 5 plates (3%)buffet — 1 plate (1%)sandwich — 1 plate (1%)burger — 2 plates (1%)not stated — 2 plates (1%)buffet — 1 plate (1%)raw-bar — 1 plate (1%)sandwich — 1 plate (1%)dip — 1 plate (1%)entree-plate — 1 plate (1%)pasta — 1 plate (1%)sandwich — 1 plate (1%)wrap — 1 plate (1%)burger — 2 plates (1%)salad — 1 plate (1%)sandwich — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 13 plates (8%)not statedkids — 2 plates (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)entree — 8 plates (5%)entreenot stated — 6 plates (4%)entree — 4 plates (2%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)entree — 5 plates (3%)appetizer — 3 plates (2%)not stated — 2 plates (1%)entree — 2 plates (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)entree — 2 plates (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 5 plates (3%)entree — 2 plates (1%)entree — 2 plates (1%)not stated — 2 plates (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)entree — 2 plates (1%)entree — 2 plates (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)entree — 3 plates (2%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)entree — 2 plates (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)entree — 3 plates (2%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 2 plates (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)
The short reading: the commonest step at each ring, everything else totalled. The full table is underneath.
RingCommonestPlates
How it's cookedgrilled54
How it comesburger16
Where on the menuentree8
Other107 other steps, added up284
Not statedthe menu never printed that detail75
Every wedge, as a table
207 plates carrying Beef, cooked 32 ways. A plate cooked two ways is counted under both, so the wedges can total more than 207. “Not stated” is a plate whose menu never printed that detail.
CookedArrives asCoursePlates
grilled54
grilledburger16
grilledburgernot stated13
grilledburgerkids2
grilledburgerentree1
grillednot stated14
grillednot statedentree8
grillednot statednot stated6
grilledsandwich6
grilledsandwichentree4
grilledsandwichappetizer1
grilledsandwichnot stated1
grilledentree-plate5
grilledentree-plateentree5
grilledsalad5
grilledsaladappetizer3
grilledsaladnot stated2
grilledplatter2
grilledplatterentree2
grilledside2
grilledsideappetizer1
grilledsidenot stated1
grilledwrap2
grilledwrapentree2
grilledbreakfast-plate1
grilledbreakfast-platenot stated1
grilledsmall-plate1
grilledsmall-plateappetizer1
fried17
friedburger7
friedburgernot stated5
friedburgerentree2
friednot stated5
friednot statedentree2
friednot statednot stated2
friednot statedappetizer1
friedplatter1
friedplatterentree1
friedsalad1
friedsaladappetizer1
friedsandwich1
friedsandwichentree1
friedside1
friedsideappetizer1
friedwrap1
friedwrapentree1
roasted9
roastedentree-plate2
roastedentree-plateentree2
roastednot stated2
roastednot statedentree2
roastedsandwich2
roastedsandwichentree1
roastedsandwichnot stated1
roastedbowl1
roastedbowlnot stated1
roastedbuffet1
roastedbuffetentree1
roastedside1
roastedsideentree1
broiled8
broilednot stated4
broilednot statedentree3
broilednot statednot stated1
broiledentree-plate2
broiledentree-plateentree2
broiledbuffet1
broiledbuffetnot stated1
broiledplatter1
broiledplatterentree1
barbecued7
barbecuednot stated5
barbecuednot statedentree3
barbecuednot statedappetizer1
barbecuednot statednot stated1
barbecuedbuffet1
barbecuedbuffetnot stated1
barbecuedsandwich1
barbecuedsandwichentree1
smoked7
smokedburger2
smokedburgernot stated2
smokednot stated2
smokednot statedappetizer1
smokednot statedentree1
smokedbuffet1
smokedbuffetnot stated1
smokedraw-bar1
smokedraw-barnot stated1
smokedsandwich1
smokedsandwichentree1
shaved5
shaveddip1
shaveddipentree1
shavedentree-plate1
shavedentree-plateentree1
shavedpasta1
shavedpastanot stated1
shavedsandwich1
shavedsandwichentree1
shavedwrap1
shavedwrapentree1
blackened4
blackenedburger2
blackenedburgerentree1
blackenedburgernot stated1
blackenedsalad1
blackenedsaladappetizer1
blackenedsandwich1
blackenedsandwichentree1
other ways52
creamed4
marinated4
slow-roasted4
cajun-rubbed3
folded3
glazed3
griddled3
raw3
smashed3
baked2
battered2
cured2
jerk2
seared2
stuffed2
wrapped2
beer-battered1
braised1
carved1
country-fried1
deep-fried1
poached1
pulled1
scrambled1

Travels with

What shares a plate with it, counted inside a course and never across one. A partner marked distinctive turns up together far more often than chance.

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Dishes

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Egg, hollandaise and poached come up more here than elsewhere on our list.

Griddled, chip and egg come up more here than elsewhere on our list.

Egg, omelette and hollandaise come up more here than elsewhere on our list.

Smoked, cornbread and picked chicken come up more here than elsewhere on our list.

Correct a plate here

In the family

Where it sits in the ingredient lexicon.

One entry is all the menus we read give this. Everything on the entree menu

Where on the island

The 31 kitchens above, by district. Counted off the menus we read, in order up the island — not a ranking of neighbourhoods.

Beef at 31 kitchens across 7 districts. Each row opens the finder with that district set.
DistrictKitchensSide of the island
Downtown / Inlet & Boardwalk1boardwalk
Lower Midtown7bayside · inland
Midtown6bayside · inland · oceanfront
Uptown4bayside · inland
North OC4inland
West Ocean City6harbor
Day-trips ring3harbor · inland