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Arby's is causing brisket prices to skyrocket!

WoodsDog
WoodsDog Posts: 48
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http://www.tmbbq.com/brisketisback/

I had the sandwich, to was alright. Didn't have any idea prices would go up for brisket.
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  • jlsm
    jlsm Posts: 1,012
    Not such great news.
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  • Miked125
    Miked125 Posts: 481
    I can only get briskest from a butcher, it's $4.25/lbs, last year was $3.99/lbs so not a bad increase
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  • Spaightlabs
    Spaightlabs Posts: 2,349
    edited May 2014
    Like I've always said, eff Arby's. That crap is disgusting. Guess I better wander down to Walmart and grab a few packers for the summer before they start getting Snake River prices for regular old brisket. I blame you guys and Aaron Franklin for the increased popularity of brisket...
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,682
    A couple of months ago I told @cazzy I thought brisket had passed a tipping point nationally.  He thought I was nuts.  I think he still does.  He might be right.  
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,528
    JohnInCarolina said:
    A couple of months ago I told @cazzy I thought brisket had passed a tipping point nationally.  He thought I was nuts.  I think he still does.  He might be right.  
    Well, Cazzy maybe right about you being nuts, but as far as brisket passing the tipping point, you were/are smack on. Local butcher tells me he used to see one or two requests for brisket a month, now he sees at least two or thee every week. 

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  • Terrebandit
    Terrebandit Posts: 1,750
    My Walmart has choice packers for $1.67 per pound. I'm not worried.
    Dave - Austin, TX
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  • travisstrick
    travisstrick Posts: 5,002
    Terrebandit said:

    My Walmart has choice packers for $1.67 per pound. I'm not worried.

    Where?
    Be careful, man! I've got a beverage here.
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  • Spaightlabs
    Spaightlabs Posts: 2,349
    Picked up a couple nice ones at Whole Foods today for $3.99 which is cheap for them...but that makes it half the price of Snake River, and Wagyu is worth the up charge.
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,682
    Spaightlabs said:
    Picked up a couple nice ones at Whole Foods today for $3.99 which is cheap for them...but that makes it half the price of Snake River, and Wagyu is worth the up charge.
    That is cheap for WF.  My WF is typically charging around $6 a lb for whole packers.  
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,387
    Dang. I wish I still lived in TX. Too hard and expensive to find a decent packer here.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,451
    Spaightlabs said:
    Like I've always said, eff Arby's. That crap is disgusting.

    About a year ago Arby's bombarded the local airwaves with some beef sandwich and I finally tried it - what a letdown and I never went back. Then a few months ago they did it again with their new deli style Reuben sandwich which was horrible! I picked the meat and cheese out of that sandwich - wiped the sauce off and ate what I could, but the bread and all else went in the trash! After 2 strikes I assume this brisket sandwich would be strike 3 but I don't intend to even find out!
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Spaightlabs
    Spaightlabs Posts: 2,349
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Spaightlabs said:
    Picked up a couple nice ones at Whole Foods today for $3.99 which is cheap for them...but that makes it half the price of Snake River, and Wagyu is worth the up charge.
    That is cheap for WF.  My WF is typically charging around $6 a lb for whole packers.  

    8.99 a pound for a flat, 3.99 for packer...go figure...
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  • Terrebandit
    Terrebandit Posts: 1,750
    travisstrick said:
    My Walmart has choice packers for $1.67 per pound. I'm not worried.
    Where?

    I snagged three of them last weekend at the Walmart in Sunset Valley (290 and Mopac). Went back today and they were back up to 2.44, which is their normal price.
    Dave - Austin, TX
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  • travisstrick
    travisstrick Posts: 5,002
    I got three at my Heb. Choice for $2.75
    Be careful, man! I've got a beverage here.
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  • KennyLee
    KennyLee Posts: 806
    edited May 2014
    JohnInCarolina said:
    A couple of months ago I told @cazzy I thought brisket had passed a tipping point nationally.  He thought I was nuts.  I think he still does.  He might be right.  
    I had the same thought when I saw my hipster animal rights activist cousin chowing down on what was some pretty damn good brisket and loving every bite at a wedding reception last fall. Totally went against that meat is murder mantra, but she didn't seem to care.

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