Butts at Costco - What else should I get?


 
Alan F said:
Nobody mentioned Kirkland bacon? Their bacon is considered very good.
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The foot long hot dogs and polish dogs are awesome too.

I think once you go through the store once, you'll find that your shopping cart fills up pretty quickly. I recommend using one of their flatbed carts
 
check out the marinated tri-tip roasts, Morton's of chicago, I think. The Ann Arbor costco only carries them in spring and summer, unfortunately. but they do freeze well, they are shrinkwrapped.
 
I'm a huge fan of Costco's meat. I think their steaks are by far the best steaks you can buy around Boston, including many of the higher end butcheries I've been to. They are also fairly cheap at picking up 4 or so ribeyes for ~30 bucks (I think around 6-7.99 pound?).

Otherwise, their fish is really good, the lake county cheese is delicious.

Otherwise, hit it up around 12-3 for prime time sampling and enjoy!
Daum
 
Regarding the tying of Costco's Boston Butts: Jim Minion, one of our great members who knows his way around grills and smokers told me a few years ago that he doesn't tie boneless butts - he just seasons them and smokes them open so there is more surface area for seasoning and smoke. I tie mine to conserve space in my 18" WSM, since I do 4 of Costco's butts at a time, sometimes 6 depending on size. If you are tying, be careful about seasoning the interior so that you don't wind up with pockets of seasoning that don't blend into the meat during.

Sometimes it takes more twine than other times. One time, I swear I used half a pound of twine because so many pieces kept escaping the ties. The meat, though, smokes up very well and very tasty and juicy.

Rita
 
Now I'll have to check the next time I go,
I haven't bought butts from Costco (too cheap other places when on sale) but I could swear the ones sold here are bone-in.
 
Costco's butts are boneless in the Atlanta area, at least as of today. I would prefer bone-in, though, like most of us.

Rita
 
Rita Y said:
Regarding the tying of Costco's Boston Butts: Jim Minion, one of our great members who knows his way around grills and smokers told me a few years ago that he doesn't tie boneless butts - he just seasons them and smokes them open so there is more surface area for seasoning and smoke. I tie mine to conserve space in my 18" WSM, since I do 4 of Costco's butts at a time, sometimes 6 depending on size. If you are tying, be careful about seasoning the interior so that you don't wind up with pockets of seasoning that don't blend into the meat during.

Sometimes it takes more twine than other times. One time, I swear I used half a pound of twine because so many pieces kept escaping the ties. The meat, though, smokes up very well and very tasty and juicy.

Rita
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that's how I do mine too. I try to position them so they're as closed as possible but I don't tie. I do tear chunks off for quality control every now & then

....Costco butts around me have always been boneless for at least the last 7-8 years....
 
Tri Tip and Sirloin are fantastic. Ribs and Pork Tenderloin good deals too. I buy small and large foil pans and small lids in bulk to use for prep. Also buy the xlarge heavy duty foil in 2 packs.

I buy my butts at Sams Club since they are bone in. Also, Sams carries more selection of ribs and BBQ meats in the Summer since they began their BBQ competition sponsorships a few years back. I figured it was worth another $30/year to have both :) Sometimes Costco just has baby-backs when I want spares for instance. Beef is always better at Costco than Sams.
 
You can get bone in butts at the Costco Business Centers, but it may be hard to find one depending on where you are
 
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