Primal Cut Planner

Companion to Primal Cut Sheet

Your share is in the freezer. Let’s make sure none of it gets lost in the back.

You did the hard part — found a farmer, filled out the cut sheet, loaded the chest freezer. Primal Cut Planner helps you thaw on time, cook with a plan, and host without oven wars. Practical tools for people who buy beef by the share, not the tray.

Card, Lightning, or on-chain Bitcoin via Zaprite. Early beta — thanks for kicking the tires.

What it does

Freezer inventory

Log the share once — searchable pick-list with NZ, AU, US, and UK names — so you know what is still in there.

Weekly thaw plan

What to pull tonight so you can cook it later this week. Patience will be rewarded; big roasts need a head start.

Cut guides

How to cook each cut, with notes from the newsletter and USDA-safe temps beside every tip. The thermometer always wins.

Hosting mode

Pick a serve time and work backwards. Several dishes, oven and grill contention, calendar export when people come over.

Snap your cut sheet

Photograph the butcher’s sheet. Review what we read. Load the freezer.

If you’re overwhelmed by what you see on a cut sheet, that’s perfectly understandable. Snap a photo, check the rows, fix anything we misread, and add it to inventory. Free accounts get one scan so you can try it; subscribers get more.

How it works

  1. Enter the share. Snap the cut sheet or pick cuts from the searchable list — once, not every Sunday.
  2. Plan the week. Get a thaw-and-cook schedule so Friday’s roast isn’t still a brick on Thursday.
  3. Cook with a guide. Open the cut, read the method, hit the safe temp. Honor the animal by executing well.
  4. Host without chaos. Work backwards from serve time. Export a calendar file when the guest list grows.

Simple pricing

US$29 / year

Unlimited inventory, scans, weekly plans, and hosting timelines — less than a good steak at the fancy butcher.

  • Pay by card, Lightning, or on-chain Bitcoin
  • Checkout powered by Zaprite
  • Cancel anytime in Zaprite; access runs through the year you paid for

Primal Cut Sheet readers

Paid PCS subscriber? It’s free.

Sign in with the same email you use on Substack. If you’re on the paid list, the Planner is complimentary — thank you for already supporting the work.

FAQ

No. Paid Primal Cut Sheet subscribers get the Planner complimentary. Sign in with the same Substack email — if you’re on the paid list, you’re in.