. >> chef and owner ron larson shows us what makes the best cut for your taste in this week's cleveland cooks. >> cleveland cooks given the week. we are out in avon. everybody on the west side says strip steakhouse has the best steak on the west side. >> this is chef ron larson. you will give us schooling. what are we doing? >> we will show you our meat. between cleveland's favorite restaurants and your kitchen table and what makes the difference between what you buy at a restaurant and grocery store. >> awesome. >> let's start with the rib section of the cow. the rib section is the rib eye most prominent demon woe. this is waygu. this is imported through customs. we search out the best meat in the world. steak. this is stir fried black angus beef. it is prime usda see the marbling in here people call it fat, this is fuelly what creates a flavorful part of the meat. >> we take our rib eye one step rib eye. it is a center cut. it is eliminating the bone, back gristle area. it is perfect section of the rib eye. that section there. >> reporter: this is a puzzle i like. >> these are chef's

. >> reporter: for modern small scale miners like ron larson, the most effective tool is a fairly newntion known as the hydraulic dredge. >> locked and loaded. >> a hydraulic dredge is essentially a floating platform with a power plant that supplies air and power to move water over a riffle box, to sort out the heavy material. gold is heavier than any other mineral in the stream and the only way to get the gold is to remove what is called overburden. >> reporter: to strip away this layer of rock and sediment, miners are equipped with diving gear and a high-powered underwater vacuum. also known as suction dredging, this method allows miners to go through as much as forty times more sediment than non-motorized mining. but growing concern over possible environmental impacts, has caused lawmakers in california, oregon and idaho to take action to restrict it. that leaves washington as one of just a few western states to allow dredging in most of its waterways, setting up a key battle between small scale gold miners. >> there's a dredge right over here. >> oh yeah. >> reporter: and the acti