Filet mignon is cut from the beef tenderloin, a long, cylindrical muscle that runs along the spine from the short loin to the sirloin. It's not a weight-bearing muscle and doesn't get much work ...

People often confuse T-bone and porterhouse steaks—and even experts disagree on how to distinguish the two. Both have prominent T-shaped bones and are cut from the short loin. And both actually ...

Source: Williams-Sonoma SHORT LOIN: Top Loin Steak, T-Bone Steak, Porterhouse Steak, Filet Mignon. The short loin cut of beef has the most popular cuts around, including porterhouse, T-bone ...

Both cuts are from an area at the back of the cow between the short loin and the round ... and leaner and can appear as tri-tip, flap steak or under the general label of "sirloin steak." ...