Coast of brisket.

[Jeremy Erwin]

I was at the big box store the other day and looked at an untrimed packer and it didn't look good at all. Excessive fat and not a lot of meat showing on the bottom side. It only cost a little over 2 dollars a pound. I went to my local butcher and found he had no fresh briskets but a few frozen. They had already been trimed and looked good. I got an 8.5lb brisket and it coast 4.59 lbs. Is that too much? It is also usda choice grade.

 

[Steven A]

I've been paying $2.30/lb. at the local restauant warehouse, and these are beautiful slabs of meat. They charge $2.50/lb. for Angus brisket

 

[Jeremy Erwin]

So I way overpaid.

 

[Dale Perry]

The coast is about $4 lb for select around here.

 

[K Kruger]

In Fla I buy from a butcher as packers are not available elsewhere. Fortunately they are in the original cryo so are not trimmed. I would not buy them if they were. ~$4. In Okla I can get them in the same condition but from any grocer pretty much. ~$3-3.50.

 

[Stefan B]

Last whole brisket i bought was 5$ per lb

 

[John Ford]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Jeremy Erwin:
So I way overpaid. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Don't have buyers remorse

Locally untrimmed whole briskets cost $2/lb
Trimmed flats cost $4.50/lb
Lots of waste in untrimmed whole briskets, but many people prefer the whole.
I cook both, when at hunt camp cook a whole , at home for 2-4 people cook a small or 1/2 big flat.

 

[James Trapp]

I prefer to pay less than $2 a pound but wil pay up to $3.

 

[Jeremy Erwin]

So I guess I didn't do too much. And I should really wait to see how it turns out for my first wsm smoke. But that also has alot to do with my skills. Thanks for the feed back everyone.
18.5 wsm, 18.5, 22.5 orignal kettles.