LAFAYETTE, Colo. — A new tenderness test developed by scientists at the US Meat Animal Research Center (MARC) is being marketed by Frontier Beef Systems, LLC. The name of the new test is TenderGENE.

Steak lovers know that each cut has something to offer, but some cuts are much tougher to work with, literally and figuratively. My first time working with a chuck cut was disastrous because I didn’t ...