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Favorite size Brisket

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JMCXL
JMCXL Posts: 1,524
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Wanted to know what is your favorite size brisket to cook??

I have the best luck with bigger ones (18-22#). I live in Northern NJ and choice is about all I find (easily) at a good price. A choice goes for almost $5 a pound.

so what do you have the most success with?
Northern New Jersey
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  • GoooDawgs
    GoooDawgs Posts: 1,060
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    Agree with you - bigger the better!
    Milton, GA 
    XL BGE & FB300
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
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    The best one I’ve made was a 20 lb one from my local butcher. It had the thickest flat I’ve ever seen.
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  • JacksDad
    JacksDad Posts: 538
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    JMCXL said:
    Wanted to know what is your favorite size brisket to cook??

    I have the best luck with bigger ones (18-22#). I live in Northern NJ and choice is about all I find (easily) at a good price. A choice goes for almost $5 a pound.

    so what do you have the most success with?

    Look for the Costco Business center in Hackensack (on River road). Prime packers for $3.29/lb! Changed my egging forever... I was paying a butcher $8+ for choice! 


    Large BGE -- New Jersey

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  • JMCXL
    JMCXL Posts: 1,524
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    JacksDad said:
    JMCXL said:
    Wanted to know what is your favorite size brisket to cook??

    I have the best luck with bigger ones (18-22#). I live in Northern NJ and choice is about all I find (easily) at a good price. A choice goes for almost $5 a pound.

    so what do you have the most success with?

    Look for the Costco Business center in Hackensack (on River road). Prime packers for $3.29/lb! Changed my egging forever... I was paying a butcher $8+ for choice! 


    this will be a game changer for me. Thanks for the advise...
    Northern New Jersey
     XL - Woo2, AR      L (2) - Woo, PS Woo     MM (2) - Woo       MINI

    Check out https://www.grillingwithpapaj.com for some fun and more Grilling with Papa (incase you haven't gotten enough of me)

    Also, check out my YouTube Page
    https://www.youtube.com/c/grillingwithpapaj

    Follow me on Facebook 
    https://www.facebook.com/GrillingPapaJ/

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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 9,846
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    I seem to do better with 15+ pounds.  Haven't done a 20 pounder.  Hmmmm.

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • ibanda
    ibanda Posts: 553
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    I look for 14 to 16# and they fit on my Large BGE. I know I can make a choice turn out great, and CAB choice is easy to find at $2.89/lb. Oklahoma is solidly beef country, but prime brisket is really hard to find here. I have to buy a case at a wholesaler of 4 or 5 briskets to get prime.
    "Bacon tastes gooood, pork chops taste gooood." - Vincent Vega, Pulp Fiction
    Small and Large BGE in Oklahoma City.
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  • TEXASBGE2018
    TEXASBGE2018 Posts: 3,831
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    I typically look for 11-12lb Primes at Costco and typically remove a pound or so of fat. Just because we are family of 4 and never really host a lot of parties. We typically use the Brisket for 2 or so meals after we eat the initial 1st day so that size is perfect. I have never attempted any Brisket over about 14lbs pre trimmed before. I just don't need it and don't want to bother with the extra cost.


    Rockwall, Tx    LBGE, Minimax, 22" Blackstone, Pizza Party Bollore. Cast Iron Hoarder.

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  • TexasisBestest
    TexasisBestest Posts: 122
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    Consistently 20# at Costco   3.29 for prime is best I see and special occasions  (like right now) they have AMERICAN wagyu for 4.99/lb. Briskets all day long.....
    Dallas Texas.
    2 x XLBGE 1 x LBGE.
    Tech:  EggGenius and Thermoworks Smoke w Gateway
    Lump: Rockwood/Fogo
    Wood: Cherry, Apple, PostOak, Pecan
    Meat: Costco, Deep Cuts
    Rubs: Meat Church, HardcoreCarnivore, John Henry's
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  • unoriginalusername
    unoriginalusername Posts: 1,065
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    Whatever brisket I have in front of me lol .... today it’s a small one that will be going into chili 

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