NEED FOR MEAT
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Your Meat Guide Starts Here
At Need For Meat, we go beyond simple recipes. Here you’ll find pro cooking tips, tested meal ideas, step-by-step recipes, and unbiased kitchen gear reviews. Everything a true meat lover needs.
Meat Tips
Learn expert techniques, from steak doneness to seasoning secrets.
Meal Ideas
Simple, flavorful dishes you can cook any day of the week.
Meat Recipes
Step-by-step guides for beef, pork, chicken, lamb, and more.
Kitchen Gear
Honest reviews of knives, grills, and tools that make cooking easier.
Featured Posts
10 Best Meat Cutting Knives
A guide to the most useful knives for slicing, boning, and butchery. Tested in real BBQ and kitchen scenarios to help you choose tools that make cutting meat easier and cleaner.
5 Things Vegans Get Completely Wrong About Meat
This article debunks common myths around meat and explains why responsible meat-eating can be both nutritious and sustainable.
4 Overrated Steaks That Aren’t Worth Your Money
Some steaks look fancy but fail to deliver on flavor or value. Here’s a breakdown of cuts you should probably skip if you want the best steak experience.
The 7 Best Beef Steaks Ranked by Flavor, Tenderness, and Value
A ranking of the most popular beef steaks from ribeye to hanger, with a focus on taste, texture, and price to help you pick the perfect cut.
Meet the Guy Behind Need for Meat
I’m Petar Dzaja from Dubrovnik, Croatia. I started cooking when I was 18, not because I dreamed of being a chef, but because I had to. Over time that survival cooking turned into a passion, and today meat is at the center of most meals I make.
I created Need For Meat because I couldn’t find a place online that really speaks to people who just love cooking and eating meat. Not extreme diets, not complicated recipes with a long shopping list — just honest food, simple tips, and meal ideas you can make your own.
I’m not a chef. I’m an experienced home cook who enjoys trying new recipes and collecting way too many pans and knives. I cook almost every day, and I like to keep things simple: good ingredients, real flavors, no food snobbery.
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