Found a brisket deal!

[Tye R.]

Not top quality, but for the price I couldn’t pass this up.

 

[Brett-EDH]

Not top quality, but for the price I couldn’t pass this up.

I’d smoke that. Very fair price for choice.

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

Great deal! Kick that right on the smoker!!

 

[Mark Silver]

Gas is expensive in Idaho. Brisket is not. You got a great deal!

 

[Tony-Chicago]

Great deal

 

[Teddy J.]

Screaming deal. Nice find.

 

[George P]

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

Get THREE! Freeze a couple for later.

 

[MartinB]

My local grocery store sells choice brisket everyday for $3.99 and occasionally put some on sale for $2.99. and honestly I've started just using choice because I think it is better than prime. Prime tends to come out with the points still too fatty in the ones I've cooked, and I don't want to go through the hassle of making burnt ends out of that I just want to chop it up and eat it.

Got one almost done right now that I paid $3 a pound for yesterday. Costco prime was okay when it was 2.50 a pound but at 5.50 a pound they can keep their meat. The one I'm cooking right now was a 12 lb which is the smallest I've ever bought, but I also probably trimmed about a half a pound of fat off it only, I have trimmed 3-4 lb of fat off some big brisket before.... And at $5 a pound that kind of do make me mad

 

[John K BBQ]

My local grocery store sells choice brisket everyday for $3.99 and occasionally put some on sale for $2.99. and honestly I've started just using choice because I think it is better than prime. Prime tends to come out with the points still too fatty in the ones I've cooked, and I don't want to go through the hassle of making burnt ends out of that I just want to chop it up and eat it.

Got one almost done right now that I paid $3 a pound for yesterday. Costco prime was okay when it was 2.50 a pound but at 5.50 a pound they can keep their meat. The one I'm cooking right now was a 12 lb which is the smallest I've ever bought, but I also probably trimmed about a half a pound of fat off it only, I have trimmed 3-4 lb of fat off some big brisket before.... And at $5 a pound that kind of do make me mad

I'm with you on the brisket trimming - it's always disappointing to pay a lot of money for a big chunk of meat, then take it home and remove 3 to 5 lbs and throw it away. I know you're "supposed" to make tallow with it but there's a slim chance I'd ever use much of it.

 

[MartinB]

Lunch is ready.....

Took 12 hours and only used about 1/3 of my coals in the wsm. I like the cowboy charcoal I think it's a winner. Is the closest thing I've seen to the Weber charcoal. In fact I think I'm going to go by 20 bags of it from tractor supply and stock up in case it disappears. I use big charge of coall's with my extended basket because I don't have to go fudge with the coals due to ash build up during the night that way. In the pic my heater meter was ramping the set point down after it reached 204 to hold it at 160 in case I overslept, which I did a little. You can see how the temperature gets a little more unsteady as the ash builds up on the coals. But with the amount I use I never have to mess with it over the course of a brisket or butt. Using the standard Weber ring, after about 6 or 7 hours it's time to knock ash down.

This little 12 lb brisket got as much meat as some 14 to 18 lbers I've cooked. Cooked at 270 wrapped at 164. This time the alarm actually got me up at 3:00 a.m. to wrap it, I've slept through that a few times and wrapped late and got a little bit more bark than I was looking for

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

I picked up one for $3.99/lb. Friday!

 

[Grant Cunningham]

For those with a Chef's Store in the area, they have brisket at $2.99/lb through 7/03.