Brisket sale, good deal?

Plano_JJ

Local meat shop has packers, 2.79lb. Is this a good price? This is a place with top notch meat here in town that is usually pretty pricey. Going pick up two tri tips there tomorrow and maybe a brisket if this is a good price.

SmokeyPitt

Seems pretty good.  The pricey meat joint near me charges $3.99/lb when it is on sale.  

Central_Bama_Egger

Wally here in town has them at 2.58. Large amount of fat.

Eggcelsior

Sigh...... 4.99/lb around me...... #:-S

Cuda1965

That's a pretty good price. Local grocery store had briskets for $4/lb. 

tays44

http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateN&navID=MarketNewsAndTransportationData&leftNav=MarketNewsAndTransportationData&page=DailyBeefReports

Just go here, can see the market reports on beef.  Click on the daily cut out sales.  Updates twice daily and gives you both Choice and Select low, high, and average trading.  So last Friday close, Select Deckle Off briskets averaged $2.08/lb.  So your $2.79 isn't bad given current market, but no way to know what briskets were trading at when your grocer made his buy. 

Actually comparing market to retail can be depressing at times, so view with caution.

 

CajunEggHead

What I've teen around here is some pretty rough Briskets, they have a huge fat cap and a whole lot of fat inside. You can hardly bend them. When you finally get them all trimmed up there is about 2 to 3 pounds of fat to throw away

TexanOfTheNorth

Don't throw the fat away... use it to make beef love.

travisstrick

I get choice packers for $1.99 a lb 365 days a year.

If yours are choice, it's a good deal.

henapple

I've been waiting to do one. I'm going to skip the famed "travisstrick method" and do the Centex style. (sorry T). What's the smallest packer? I don't want 18lbs of brisket.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

henapple said:

I've been waiting to do one. I'm going to skip the famed "travisstrick method" and do the Centex style. (sorry T). What's the smallest packer? I don't want 18lbs of brisket.

they start around 8. 10-12 lbs is pretty good size. should yield you 6 lbs of good meat

Griffin

henapple said:

I've been waiting to do one. I'm going to skip the famed "travisstrick method" and do the Centex style. (sorry T). What's the smallest packer? I don't want 18lbs of brisket.

I usually try and go with 10-12 lbers. Bigger than that seems to yield poorer results. Hold it up from one end and see if its bends. The  more "bendy" it is, the better. If it doesn't bend,its gonna be tough.

EddieK76

Man you all are lucky with those prices for brisket.   

henapple

275 indirect. Start checking at 190. Cook till tender. Ftc and set out till 160 degrees then carve.???

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henapple said:

275 indirect. Start checking at 190. Cook till tender. Ftc and set out till 160 degrees then carve.???

Sounds good to me. Use oak for the wood and bad Byron's if you want the Salado brisket.

Griffin

Don't listen to @The_Cen-Tex_Smoker. Mesquite should ALWAYS be used with brisket.

Shiff

Central_Bama_Egger said:

Wally here in town has them at 2.58. Large amount of fat.

Are the meats at your Walmart injected with a water solution?

chris123stock

Griffin said:

Don't listen to @The_Cen-Tex_Smoker. Mesquite should ALWAYS be used with brisket.

Are you kidding? I just got 20 lbs of white oak. He recommended it on a thread. Crap  :((

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chris123stock said:

Griffin said:

Don't listen to @The_Cen-Tex_Smoker. Mesquite should ALWAYS be used with brisket.

Are you kidding? I just got 20 lbs of white oak. He recommended it on a thread. Crap  :((

oh man, I meant mesquite. I must have been in the Woodford 

henapple

Hickory? @plano_JJ, didn't mean to hijack your thread

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henapple said:

Hickory? @plano_JJ, didn't mean to hijack your thread

Dude- Oak. Period.

hapster

Sounds like a good price. Best I've done around here was $3.29lb I think. It was for choice...

Plano_JJ

henapple said:

Hickory? @plano_JJ, didn't mean to hijack your thread

Dude post away, I aint worried about nothin like that. Gonna cook that brisket I bought on this sale this weekend. All this talk about salt and peppa got me goofy. Oak is awesome by the way. I use it when I am not using the likes of apple and cherry for some burds. I am going to work some Pecan into my mix though and see how that turns out.