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Costco Brisket Tracker

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  • logchief
    logchief Posts: 1,426
    edited October 2017
    $10.99 for tri-tip is crazy.  You can get trimmed prime tri-tip at Costco for a lot less than that.  If you watch the local grocery store sales you can get untrimmed choice tri-tip in a 2 pak or by the bag for under $3 p/lb. on a regular basis.
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 18,200
    logchief said:
    $10.99 for tri-tip is crazy.  You can get trimmed prime tri-tip at Costco for a lot less than that.  If you watch the local grocery store sales you can get untrimmed choice tri-tip in a 2 pak or by the bag for under $3 p/lb. on a regular basis.


    Must be nice. 
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  • Woody
    Woody Posts: 125
    Picked up a Prime Brisket for $2.99 last night.  Checked out a store further from home as I was out playing golf with some buddies in the area. 
    Doubled up as I shot a 38, my low round ever, usually more like 44.
    Woody in Northville, MI
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  • windnsea26
    windnsea26 Posts: 159
    That's alot for tri tip.  Right now in San Diego it's $2.88lb for choice at our local Vons.  Costco sells prime for about $6.99lb.
    San Diego, CA
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  • DieselkW
    DieselkW Posts: 909
    Indianapolis has 3 Costco Warehouses and they all have Prime whole packers in various sizes ( I buy the ones with the smallest portion of point) for $2.99/lb

    I have 10 lbs cooked and portioned in vacuum bags in the freezer right now. 

    Indianapolis, IN

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  • bkhooegger
    bkhooegger Posts: 30
    Costco at Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia had prime packers ranging from 9 to 16lbs for $2.89/lb. this past weekend. It was the first time I have seen anything but flats there.
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,177
    Costco here sitting at $2.99/lb last week-down from around 6 weeks ago.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • Star_TrEGG
    Star_TrEGG Posts: 111
    bkhooegger said:
    Costco at Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia had prime packers ranging from 9 to 16lbs for $2.89/lb. this past weekend. It was the first time I have seen anything but flats there.
    Glad the DC metro area is finally getting prime packers.  I also saw prime packers at the Glenarden, MD location on the east side of the beltway.  $2.89/lb is not bad at all.  Smoked one of the two packers I bought a couple days ago and it turned out great!
    BGE Large, MiniMax & Mini; Weber Summit Charcoal Grilling Center, Weber Smokey Mountain 18.5" & E-310 natural gas; CyberQ Cloud; Flame Boss 200; ThermoWorks Smoke & Thermopen Mk4
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  • anton
    anton Posts: 1,813
    edited October 2017
    Costco Hayward California,prime full packers for $2.99 lb.
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  • kweitz
    kweitz Posts: 305
    Winchester, VA Costco today. Finally down to $2.99 so I bought 2 of the 4. 

    Charles Town, West-by-God Virginia

    Sazco large Casa-Q

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  • dsrguns
    dsrguns Posts: 421
    I can only source choice packers in Hagerstown. I might have to join costco and road-trip to Winchester.
    Winchester, VA Costco today. Finally down to $2.99 so I bought 2 of the 4. 

      
    XL BGE
    MD
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  • Chelnerul
    Chelnerul Posts: 153
    I noticed that my local Costco in Fairfax intermittently gets a box of prime packers, but according to the meat manager they don't know when they get them or how many. And they can't order them (I asked). Weird, it's apparently luck and timing if they have them in or not.

    Anyone know if Leesburg or Winchester Costco regularly carries packers now? I bought a chest freezer to store some venison and have room for some packers...
    Manning our FOB in occupied Northern Virginia...
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  • kweitz
    kweitz Posts: 305
    I bought 2 from Costco in October. Thawed one out over the weekend. Trimmed probably 5# of hard fat off. Egged it for 13 1/2 hrs. Once finished, the drip pan had almost 1 1/2" of fat in it. Upon slicing it up, this "prime" brisket was mostly fat. This was a colossal waste of time and money.  Not sure I even want to bother with the one still in the freezer. Is there any way I could have known that this one was a dud?

    Charles Town, West-by-God Virginia

    Sazco large Casa-Q

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  • Woodchunk
    Woodchunk Posts: 911
    I like their flats, pretty much trimmed up.
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  • mgoblue0484
    mgoblue0484 Posts: 148
    @kweitz I noticed that too. I was at the Costco in Fairfax, they had some yesterday, but notice the fat cap was as thick as the meat. Great price, but I passed.

    GO BLUE!

    Fairfax, Va

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  • KiterTodd
    KiterTodd Posts: 2,466
    Wow, our Costco in Gaithersburg does not have anywhere near the prices they do elsewhere.  I looked this week and Beef Brisket Flat was $5.89/lb

    My local Wegmans was at $6.99/lb, though.

    Looks like I'll still get my next one at the Amish market which is usually $4.99, but I haven't checked recently.
    LBGE/Maryland
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  • Nature Boy
    Nature Boy Posts: 8,687
    Chelnerul said:
    I noticed that my local Costco in Fairfax intermittently gets a box of prime packers, but according to the meat manager they don't know when they get them or how many. And they can't order them (I asked). Weird, it's apparently luck and timing if they have them in or not.

    Anyone know if Leesburg or Winchester Costco regularly carries packers now? I bought a chest freezer to store some venison and have room for some packers...
    YES on Leesburg
    Just picked up 4 beauties yesterday for our brisket class on Saturday! They said they have a ton of them.
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  • Woodchunk
    Woodchunk Posts: 911
    KiterTodd said:
    Wow, our Costco in Gaithersburg does not have anywhere near the prices they do elsewhere.  I looked this week and Beef Brisket Flat was $5.89/lb

    My local Wegmans was at $6.99/lb, though.

    Looks like I'll still get my next one at the Amish market which is usually $4.99, but I haven't checked recently.
    That's what the flats cost here, but I don't have to trim several pounds of waste off them. 
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  • Webass
    Webass Posts: 259
    Costco in Knoxville has had prime @2.89 for several weeks.  Yesterday I was in and checked the meat case.  It was full of choice @2.99. I dug down and found 2 primes at the 2.89 price.  Needless to say they went home with me. 

    Lenoir City, TN -  Bama fan in Tenn Vol's backyard. 

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  • Chelnerul
    Chelnerul Posts: 153
    Thanks Chris. I will start going there.

    Separately, I too have noticed 2/3 of the prime packers that I've seen at both Fairfax and Fredericksburg are laden with hard fat. Way more than I've seen before this year.
    Manning our FOB in occupied Northern Virginia...
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  • evie1370
    evie1370 Posts: 506
    Picked up a 13 lb Brisket this afternoon for $2.99 lb. Costco in Tri County/Springfield Pike  in Cincy.

    Medium BGE in Cincinnati OH.

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  • SSQUAL612
    SSQUAL612 Posts: 1,186
    One of my Buddies that moved to TX a couple years ago sent me this pic yesterday.   He’s outside of FW. 
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  • CarolinaQ
    CarolinaQ Posts: 81
    Costco in Charlotte, NC had a bunch sitting out yesterday.  $2.99/lb, smallest was just north of 14lbs.  I think the price is fair, but the prime does have more fat on it, so the trimmed weight offsets some of the cost savings IMO.
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  • Dobie
    Dobie Posts: 3,455
    Jacksonville FL finally  =)
    Jacksonville FL
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  • baychilla
    baychilla Posts: 387
    edited February 2018
    Not in your area, but Novato California sometimes has them (and then again, sometimes not).  But they've been ~ $8.99/lb.  Thats for a full brisket.  Most places in the county only stock flats.
    Near San Francisco in California
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  • Shiff
    Shiff Posts: 1,835
    I was just at our Lancaster, PA, Costco and saw that they had Prime Packer briskets.  Never seen them before.  I didn't buy one this time but will give them a try in the near future.

    Large BGE
    Barry, Lancaster, PA
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  • dsrguns
    dsrguns Posts: 421
    Picked up a 14.5# prime packer at Costco in Winchester, VA. They only had 4 out but the one I chose seemed to be well trimmed and "squishy". This will be  a big part of my July 4th cookout. 
      
    XL BGE
    MD
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  • pescadorzih
    pescadorzih Posts: 926
    Shiff said:
    I was just at our Lancaster, PA, Costco and saw that they had Prime Packer briskets.  Never seen them before.  I didn't buy one this time but will give them a try in the near future.

    Hopefully they show up at ours in Sanatoga.
    SE PA
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  • logchief
    logchief Posts: 1,426
    I was just a Costco here in Clovis last Thursday and picked up another one (got three in the freezer)  Meat manager told me that in a few weeks they will not be getting anymore because they will be going to the mid-west.  I'm going back and get another one or two tomorrow.  Just braised a flat I cut of today with wine, beef stock and mirepoix that was superb.  But I guess it was in my dreams cause no pics.
    LBGE - I like the hot stuff.  The big dry San Joaquin Valley, Clovis, CA 
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  • KGilma2018
    KGilma2018 Posts: 120
    Hairless_Hand said:
    I smoked a choice flat from Franklin, TN Costco this past weekend. I look for Prime brisket every time I go in there and I wish they would carry them. I am also interested in locating stores that carry prime brisket flats or packers.  I travel regularly along I-40 from Virginia to Oklahoma. 

    Its not Costco but the Franklin Sam's had a 2 whole prime briskets today for $3.48 lb.
    Franklin, TN
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