Participants also found the main effect of cut to have an effect on overall like responses as shown in Table 1. The RE and VC did not differ in overall like,meaning the VC could be a less expensive replacement for the RE. Consumers in the study conducted by Kukowski, Maddock, Wulf, Fausti, and Taylor (2005) rated the longissimus as the highest for overall like and the SV as least acceptable. They concluded that the cooking method was not controlled because it was an in-home study, which may have influenced their scores for SV. Cooking method was controlled in the present study in order to standardize eating experience for consumers participating in the study.