Title: How to Dry Age and Wet Age a Great Steak
Headings: How to Dry Age and Wet Age a Great Steak
How to Dry Age and Wet Age a Great Steak
Aging Your Meat Results in a More Tender and Flavorful Steak
Dry Aging
Wet Aging

Content: Aging takes about 11 days before you see much improvement in the flavor of the meat. After that, the flavor continues to intensify, but so does the loss of weight and the risk of spoilage. Eventually, the meat will be worthless so many fine restaurants who do their own aging will limit it to 20 to 30 days. Wet Aging
The less expensive alternative to dry aging is called wet aging. Meat is shipped from packing plants to butchers in vacuum packaging. Butchers can set this packed meat aside in their refrigerators and allow them to age. Since the meat is packed in its own juices the enzymes will break down the connective tissues and make it more tender. However, because there will be no fluid loss, the concentration of flavor that you get from dry aging won’t happen. You may be tempted to age beef at home. You could take a vacuum-packed primal cut (from which market cuts are taken) from the butcher and put it in the refrigerator for two weeks in hopes of producing a really tender piece of meat.