Kukowski et al. (2004) observed similar results to ours when consumers evaluated USDA Choice and Select LT and SV,where SV juiciness scores were greater than those for LT. However, consumers assigned greater juiciness scores to USDA Choice LT than SV in a separate study (Kukowski et al., 2005). In the Beef Customer Satisfaction study (Neely et al., 1998), consumers scored top loin juicier than top sirloin, which was in turn was juicier than top round based on in home steak evaluations. In the current study, however, LL and GM received greater juiciness scores than SM, but loin cuts did not differ within their respective quality grades when cooking method was controlled. Discrepancies could be partially explained by different cooking methods, which McKenna et al. (2004) reported can affect consumer ratings for juiciness.
Results fromtrained evaluations of juiciness vary fromthe current
findings as well as previous consumer work. Rhee et al. (2004) did not
observe any differences in juiciness between LL, GM, and SM; however,
McKeith et al. (1985) reported greater juiciness scores for LL compared
to SM and GM, which had similar scores for juiciness.