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Brisket vs Corned Beef Brisket pricing

GASGUY
GASGUY Posts: 111
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Can anyone explain why a corned beef brisket cost so much less then a regular beef brisket. In my area a flat goes for around $7 lb, but corned beef briskets average $4lb, especially around St Paddy's Day. They seem to come well trimmed and packaged, only apparent difference is they have been prepped to be corn beef.......

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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,584
    corned beef is usually boiled til tender, i believe they can get away using alot of select cut. the red generic stuff here ive seen as low as 99 cents a pound and the good handmade stuff at the real butcher shops right now are 8.99 a pound
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  • 500
    500 Posts: 3,184
    I would say it's "what the market will bear" kind of thinking.  Brisket used to be cheap.  Was corned beef brisket even cheaper back then too?  Why is Filet Mignon pricier then Chuck Roast?  When you buy a cow, you buy the whole animal, at one price per pound.
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  • E-ville Egg
    E-ville Egg Posts: 100
    Corned beef is about 40% water weight 
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  • DieselkW
    DieselkW Posts: 915
    ^^^
    Bingo. What @E-ville Egg said.

    "Corned" beef is brisket that has been brined - so yeah, it's $4 a pound, but it's 30% water you're buying inside that cryo-vac.

    Buy a 5lb corned beef, at 190f when it's finally tender enough to eat, you'll have about 3 lbs. of meat.

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  • jtcBoynton
    jtcBoynton Posts: 2,814
    What's the weight loss from cooking a normal brisket?  30-40%?  
    Southeast Florida - LBGE
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  • Shiff
    Shiff Posts: 1,835
    I definitely agree that the pre-prepared corned beef is full of water.  I have cured my own briskets and made them into corned beef and pastrami (Montreal Smoked Beef) and the yield has been significantly better than ones I used to make from the St. Patricks Day specials.  Also, like others have said, I can make it from USDA Choice instead of the Select that is used for the pre-prepared ones.  Plus, briskets are usually less than $4/pound at Restaurant Depot.
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,584
    except some are dry cured, thats what im cooking this weekend, dry cured and grey(it cooks up darker brown, no red)
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