If you find yourself dining at a top-tier steakhouse, you might be confronted with terms like wagyu and Kobe - but what's the difference between the two?

Wagyu beef is a gourmet meat from farms that must adhere to strict feeding and rearing standards, with its highest grade, A5, meeting even higher quality requirements, making Wagyu cuts the most ...

Kobe Beef, Fact and Fiction Food professionals often say the greatest beef in the world comes from Kobe, Japan. Legend has it that the cattle are hugely pampered -- given massages, taken for walks ...

But high prices—Sun sells authentic Kobe striploins for $375-a-pound from his online retailer, Pursuit Farms—and the incredibly rich, fatty nature of high-grade Japanese beef don’t ...

In Japan, wagyu beef is graded on the Japanese BMS (Beef Marbling Standards) 3-12 for minimal to full marbling. Your best bet is to ask your butcher or restaurant server what kind of grading ...