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Damn you Costco!!!!!!

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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,528
    Hey Tiki - did you freeze those before bagging? For rib eyes, I slice onto a baking sheet (spray with a little PAM) slide in the freezer and when mostly frozen, bag and seal. Not near as messy and you can save a bit on the bags. 
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  • tikigriller
    tikigriller Posts: 1,389
    Skiddymarker said:
    Hey Tiki - did you freeze those before bagging? For rib eyes, I slice onto a baking sheet (spray with a little PAM) slide in the freezer and when mostly frozen, bag and seal. Not near as messy and you can save a bit on the bags. 
     No. I take everything right out of the packaging and seal. The ribeye caps, are sealed and sitting in the fridge for dinner Saturday Night. 

    How would freezing first save on bags?  Should I be freezing first?  I didn't get the rib eye roast, so everything was already sliced. 
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  • Toxarch
    Toxarch Posts: 1,900
    I need to start buying the ribeye roast and cutting it up myself.

    For those wondering about prime brisket from Costco:

    Aledo, Texas
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    KJ Jr.

    Exodus 12:9 KJV
    Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    edited October 2016
    YEMTrey said:
    This thread epitomizes everything both beautiful and dangerous with this hobby.
    I have 5 prime briskets in the freezer.

    It was odd, the last trip to Costco Prime briskets were 2.89/ pound. The choice briskets at Costco were 4.55/ pound. How does that even make any sense?

    The piles of prime brisket in the Louisville Costcos, is ridiculous. I have to sort through 10-12 to find the one I want. Customer service isn't what it used to be, I guess. The strain on my back, having to lift and inspect the 14-18 pound packages, is just awful. I guess there is a price to pay for having delicious brisket readily available, in quantity, whenever you want it. I must endeavor, I suppose.
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    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • XLentEGG
    XLentEGG Posts: 436
    tikigriller said
    Skiddymarker said:
    Hey Tiki - did you freeze those before bagging? For rib eyes, I slice onto a baking sheet (spray with a little PAM) slide in the freezer and when mostly frozen, bag and seal. Not near as messy and you can save a bit on the bags. 
     No. I take everything right out of the packaging and seal. The ribeye caps, are sealed and sitting in the fridge for dinner Saturday Night. 

    How would freezing first save on bags?  Should I be freezing first?  I didn't get the rib eye roast, so everything was already sliced. 
    It's not that you save on bags. The pre freeze will help keep the juices from flowing into the sealing area. I used to pre freeze , but now I just cut the steaks and wrap them in plastic wrap and into the bag they go. However, I do poke a few holes in the wrap with a fork to let the air get sucked out. Works for me....
    More meat please !! :-)
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  • Shiff
    Shiff Posts: 1,835
    YukonRon said:

    It was odd, the last trip to Costco Prime briskets were 2.89/ pound. The choice briskets at Costco were 4.55/ pound. How does that even make any sense?

    @yukonron Could those choice briskets be just flats?  Our Costco doesn't carry packer briskets, but the flats usually cost about $4.50 per pound.
    Large BGE
    Barry, Lancaster, PA
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  • tikigriller
    tikigriller Posts: 1,389
    We talked about this in another thread. It is strange they charge more for choice. Why would a flat. E more than a packer?  Is it because it is trimmed so the weight is all meat and not so much additional fat that is going to come off before cooking anyways?
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  • Acn
    Acn Posts: 4,490
    tikigriller said:
    We talked about this in another thread. It is strange they charge more for choice. Why would a flat. E more than a packer?  Is it because it is trimmed so the weight is all meat and not so much additional fat that is going to come off before cooking anyways?
    I don't think it is so much the loss from trimming as it is having to pay somebody to do the trimming and repackaging.  Same general idea that ground chuck is more expensive than a chuck roast.

    LBGE

    Pikesville, MD

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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    Shiff said:
    YukonRon said:

    It was odd, the last trip to Costco Prime briskets were 2.89/ pound. The choice briskets at Costco were 4.55/ pound. How does that even make any sense?

    @yukonron Could those choice briskets be just flats?  Our Costco doesn't carry packer briskets, but the flats usually cost about $4.50 per pound.
    They are full packers.
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    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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