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Which is a better source for Brisket?

dstearn
dstearn Posts: 1,705
edited August 2014 in EggHead Forum
I have a local butcher in Naperville, IL that processes their own meat. For Brisket they tend to have pretrimmed 8-11 lbs packer cuts. Am I better off going through them since they process their own beef or thru a butcher that buys their brisket from a plant?
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  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 6,134
    We too have a butcher that processing everything in house. The quality of meat I get from them is definitely a "cut" above the rest. I buy most everything from them.

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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
    I'm certainly no expert but one thing I would check is just how much they trim them.  You want to leave some fat on the briskey.  You might also ask for an untrimmed briskey at a lower price. 

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  • Hi54putty
    Hi54putty Posts: 1,873
    I buy all mine at Walmart and have never gotten a bad one.Only down side is going to Walmart. 
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    Winston-Salem, NC 
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  • fljoemon
    fljoemon Posts: 757
    @Hi54putty, we have Neighborhood Wal*Marts that carry the full packer here in Orlando, FL and shopping there is a little bit easier that going to the full blown Super Wal*Mart.
    LBGE & Mini
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  • dstearn
    dstearn Posts: 1,705
    shtgunal3 said:
    We too have a butcher that processing everything in house. The quality of meat I get from them is definitely a "cut" above the rest. I buy most everything from them.

    They (Casey Foods) offer trimmed and untrimmed. For some reason they always question mw when I ask them to trim off the fat on the bottom of the brisket and just leave the fat cap on the top. They are more pricey, but the briskets are well marbled. My question is why they do not carry larger briskets, smaller cows perhaps?
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