Alt Names: Pastrami Navel, Beef Belly, Beef Navel.

It is the same cut as pork belly only bigger. This monster cut is beautifully layered with fat and meat. When you smoke beef belly the fat melts into the meat tenderizing it and keeping it moist. It is so flavorful.

There's so much fat that melts out of a beef belly, the cut just below the beef plate short ribs, that it took eight slices for a proper sandwich.

Beef Plate is also known as “short plate,” this is from the front belly of the cow, just below the rib cut. The short plate produces types of steak such as the skirt steak and hanger steak, as well as short ribs.