Costco Brisket

Prime I believe. In the past I've always bought the flat cut at local grocery in 2-3 pound chunks (longer piece,sides parallel) versus point cut ( shorter piece with 1 end square,tapers to a point,has more waste) when choosing either plain brisket for the smoker Spring -Fall or the corned beef for the oven in early March.

But from now on will buy the whole brisket long as there's room in freezer.Being a tougher cut its best to cook them low/slow no matter how big they are of course,but I've heard of good results from marinating in fridge overnight then grilling a 2 pound chunk for an hour or so. Gonna see how that works in a few weeks.

 

interesting.....let us know

 

I verified the 2.89$ for prime brisket at Costco in Puyallup (Tacoma). I almost bought one to put in the grinder but the brisket had a huge amount of fat slab on it. Would be hard to trim too. I know I'm shooting for 15% but it seems the brisket cut is a fat monster!

 

Yes packer briskets always have a thick fat cap, need to trim it off before smoking them

 

Here's the east coast price of brisket at Costco. And it's only USDA Choice!

 

My local Costco had flats for about the same price. No packers. But then, they had nothing when I was there Sunday.

$2.69 for whole brisket at Walmart down the road.

 

yeah, they figure if they can take a full packer brisket and cut the flat off it they can then mark it up almost 3x the price. they probably get 3 of those 3lb flats out of a whole packer and grind the point into burger

 

Got one last week for $2.99, and this one is prime. Cooking it for thanksgiving to go with the little turkey they give me at work.

I'm a little nervous. Never 'cued a brisket before. Been doing lots of reading.

 

I was at Costco today and prime packer briskets were $2.69 per pound. That's the best I've seen here. 20 cents lower than our usual. Might pick one or two up.

 

get a big one