Reason for not smoking a lot of brisket lately!

[liquordealer]

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• liquordealer
• Sep 4, 2014

 

[seaham358]

I would love to see a packer even at that price.

 

[wade]

Hi Liquordealer

I am not sure if your point is the price or the nutrition values to the left of it...

If it the price then you should think yourself lucky - In the UK that would be really cheap.

If it was the nutrition values then at a quick glance it is hard to make any sense of them and they look easy to misinterpret. The eye is drawn to the  %age of the "Daily Value" for each. Is the fact that  a 4oz serving of raw Brisket contains 55% of your recommended daily intake of fat bad? By the time it is trimmed and then slow smoked for several hours a lot of this fat will have rendered out and I would expect the final serving values to be a lower %age of recommended daily dose than stated on the label. I guess it would depend on how much water was also lost during the cooking.

A similar portion of raw belly pork is likely to provide over 80% of your daily recommended fat intake !!!

I wish we could get briskets of the US quality and size over here. I have to order large briskets from my butcher a week or so in advance and even then he can struggle to get them any decent size.

 

[padronman]

I'm pretty sure he was pointing out the price. 

 

[noboundaries]

Wow, USDA Choice for $3.68/lb!!!  I'd be maxing out the credit cards and filling the freezer!  Choice in my neck of the woods is $7.99 to $8.99/lb on a GOOD day.  USDA Select I can get at that $3.50/lb price, give or take 10 to 20 cents. 

 

[foamheart]

 
Wow, USDA Choice for $3.68/lb!!!  I'd be maxing out the credit cards and filling the freezer!  Choice in my neck of the woods is $7.99 to $8.99/lb on a GOOD day.  USDA Select I can get at that $3.50/lb price, give or take 10 to 20 cents. 

Everyone knows you left coast folks are all rich movie stars that have beach parties and eat arugula.

 

[padronman]

 
Everyone knows you left coast folks are all rich movie stars that have beach parties and eat arugula.

Well yeah!!   But we still don't like to overpay for Brisky

 

[damon555]

The "cheapest" cut on the entire cow and they are charging ridiculous prices for it....I won't be paying that price for a brisket.....ever.

 

[wade]

 
I'm pretty sure he was pointing out the price. 

You guys are lucky at $3.68 per pound, Over here even the basic rolled brisket in our supermarkets it is usually £3.50 per pound - that is about $5.80.

 

[noboundaries]

 
Everyone knows you left coast folks are all rich movie stars  Somebody forgot to tell me!

that have beach parties  Okay, there is that

and eat arugula. I think I just upchucked in my coffee.

 

[trigus]

That is a good price. I paid $6.75 a pound for the Brisket I m smoking tomorrow.

 

[caribou89]

God I love being in texas. Paid 1.97/lb for choice on a labor day sale. Bought 5 briskets in the last 2 months. Never paid more than $2.10/lb.

 

[oldschoolbbq]

And in DFW area , that's amazing! I grew up in Cen-Tex and had Brisket a lot , Paw was a carnivore and I am too, but here in Toledo area , it's the same. I see them at $4+ and can't save enough for one. Unless Trish says OK.

have fun and . . .

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Wow, USDA Choice for $3.68/lb!!!  I'd be maxing out the credit cards and filling the freezer!  Choice in my neck of the woods is $7.99 to $8.99/lb on a GOOD day.  USDA Select I can get at that $3.50/lb price, give or take 10 to 20 cents. 

That's what it is here too. I was going to do the throw down but when I saw the price I decided NO WAY!!! I'm going to wait for the Arugala throw down, I get that free out of my garden!!!! I'll save enough to head south and visit the Beach Parties where it's warm!

 

[dcarch]

That's what it is here too. I was going to do the throw down but when I saw the price I decided NO WAY!!! I'm going to wait for the Arugala throw down, I get that free out of my garden!!!! I'll save enough to head south and visit the Beach Parties where it's warm!

Sorry. The next throwdown will be "Kobe Beef". :-)

Not too many stores here (NY) sell briskets. If you can find them, they are $9.50 to $15.99 a lb.

dcarch

 

[wade]

 
Sorry. The next throwdown will be "Kobe Beef". :-)

Not too many stores here (NY) sell briskets. If you can find them, they are $9.50 to $15.99 a lb.

dcarch

Wow - I take back what I said about brisket in the UK being expensive!!!

 

[red dog]

I'm doing a 15lb choice packer today. My butcher ordered it for me at 4.00 lb.

 

[liquordealer]

Ya'll's Social Security check must stretch a whole lot farther than mine!

 

[ynot2k]

In Seattle today...

[h2]STAR RANCH ANGUS BONELESS BEEF BRISKET[/h2]	Until 9/14/2014
#03108	Unit:	5/14LB AVG	$3.55 / lb  $3.29 / lb

 

[seaham358]

I've been looking for the past couple weekends and finally found one on Sunday and it was 4.89lb for a packer, wife wanted it so we got the smaller of the two at 9lbs..