Brisket Sell By Date

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• Jul 25, 2017

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Picked up a brisket last week, (Costco Prime) with intentions of cooking it last weekend, which never happened. Has a sell by date of July 25. Is it good until Saturday if I want to cook it then? I have always cooked them before the sell by date, or froze them...thanks.

 

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• Jul 25, 2017

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Here's some good reading.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/441979-can-you-eat-meat-after-sell-by-date/

 

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• Jul 25, 2017

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A little wet aging won't hurt anything. To accurately wet aging you need to technically know the packing dates the box, but that being said I've gone close to 70 days in the fridge on one I picked up out of the meat case.

Had a Costco prime that I left in the fridge for 30days until I finally found a weekend to cook it. If the cryo is broken or you start to see a lot of air bubbles in the cryo then I'd freeze.

 

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• Jul 25, 2017

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On the same topic, does brisket suffer any quality loss from being frozen?

 

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• Jul 25, 2017

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I am putting one on the smoker this weekend dated July 1.

 

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I have frozen and cooked dozens.....did not notice any discernable drop off of quality.

 

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• Jul 25, 2017

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It's the sell by date, not use by date. There is time to allow the consumer to cook.

I've been over by two weeks with no issues, just make sure you keep it in the coldest spot of the refrigerator.

 

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• Jul 26, 2017

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A few weeks ago, I cooked a Costco prime brisket that I put in the freezer in March 2016. It was good, but I think I detected a tiny amount of freezer age in its flavor, even after the smoke. One reviewer commented that "this brisket is off the hook!" I took this to be a good thing.