A meat product may include a plurality of whole muscle meat portions that
each have substantially opposite end faces. The plurality of whole muscle
meat portions may be consecutively disposed such that respective adjacent
end faces of the whole muscle meat portions substantially face each other
and have at least some regions that are attached. The meat product may
have a substantially elongated configuration in a direction extending
from a first whole muscle meat portion of the consecutively disposed
whole muscle meat portions to a last whole muscle meat portion of the
consecutively disposed whole muscle meat portions.