What's your price per pound for brisket?

the butcher shops in my area are 3.99-5.99 a pound just depends on grade.  I also have the largest Wagyu breeder in my area, and he's $19 a pound I believe. 

Legume said:

$3.49 for prime packer at Costco in Austin this week and they're all huge.

You going to the north or south store?  I bought a 10 pounder at the north Austin store last week and they had several in the 10-12 pound range. 

YEMTrey said:

evie1370 said:

I have been seeing briskets for about 7.99-9.99 a lb., way too high IMO. I have not bought any in about a year because of this. If I could find anything around the price point you all are getting I would gladly purchase. Even Costco is high at about $7.99. These are all 'flat' prices, packers are extremely hard to find.

@evie1370  , I'm also in Cincinnati and you can sometimes find full packers at GFS for around $3.89/lb.  You can also join KCBS for $20/year and get an annual membership to Restaurant Depot.  I was just there this weekend and packers were $3.19/lb.

Thanks for the tip! I am going to try that, really great savings there! I will start with GFS, though have been thinking of joining RD for awhile so that will happen too!

Carolina Q said:

...On top of which, and I never noticed this before, it had 16 g of saturated fat! In a lousy 4 oz serving! That's 79% of the recommended limit for the day, so I wouldn't eat it anyway. Sodium's good though, until you add the 50/50 salt and pepper rub. Last time I bought a brisket, I didn't have to pay attention to that kind of stuff. Now, doc says I do.

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Isn't a lot of that fat lost when you trim and cook the brisket?  All that cutting and rendering should drop the percentage a good bit.

Can't argue with the sodium though...we'll slather it with salt. 

I'm a BGE newby....  Perhaps I'm doing it all wrong.  I've purchased trimmed brisket at a local butcher shop for $10/lb   What's a packer?? 

Trixie_Belle said:

I'm a BGE newby....  Perhaps I'm doing it all wrong.  I've purchased trimmed brisket at a local butcher shop for $10/lb   What's a packer?? 

A brisket has 2 parts.  The flat (lean meat and easily dries out) and the point (fatty but lots of flavor).  A packer has both of these and cooks better than just a flat.

Three great sources of brisket cooking information are:

http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/1996/03/brisket.html

and

http://bubbatim.com/Bubba_s_Brisket.php

and

http://amazingribs.com/recipes/beef/texas_brisket.html

Shiff said:

Trixie_Belle said:

I'm a BGE newby....  Perhaps I'm doing it all wrong.  I've purchased trimmed brisket at a local butcher shop for $10/lb   What's a packer?? 

A brisket has 2 parts.  The flat (lean meat and easily dries out) and the point (fatty but lots of flavor).  A packer has both of these and cooks better than just a flat.

Three great sources of brisket cooking information are:

http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/1996/03/brisket.html

and

http://bubbatim.com/Bubba_s_Brisket.php

and

http://amazingribs.com/recipes/beef/texas_brisket.html

Thanks so much!!  I have lots to learn...

Walmart in Lubbock has choice packers for 2.18 a lb.

Nice meat @KareemOliverDiaz

KareemOliverDiaz said:

north carolina cruse meat ....not a brisket but cheap for a whole tenderloin

Hey, speaking of tenderloin, have you guys seen this sausage billboard?

original link

6.47/lb

I got a $7.99/lb pre trimmed whole brisket in the fridge right now.

I just got back from a tour around Little Rock looking for some flats, which I couldn't find.  Edwards had prime angus packers at $5/pound, Walmart had choice at $3, and Kroger only had the little corned beef packages.
Walmart did have tri-tip, which I hadn't seen around here previously. It was $7 per pound.