Goodbye Choice Briskets...Yum

[darita]

So I only do a few brisket cooks a year and most times I do Choice, just because they're cheaper. Fairly recently I decided to splurge on a Costco Prime and results were far above any of my previous Choice briskets and the thing is, they're only really a few dollars more, if that. Case in point, yesterday I smoked a Costco Prime that ran around $3.50/lb. I did an overnighter in my MAK2 on this one and results were great. This was my second Prime brisket and I don't think I can ever go back to Choice.

 

[Itsdone]

I agree. For a long time Choice was the best i could get for a reasonable price. So i pulled all the stops to make good briskets with what was available to me. When Sams finally carried Prime in my area, it was like night and day. It felt impossible to screw up. It was like the difference between a select brisket and a pork butt. I thought to myself, how can anyone screw up a prime brisket. I just laugh to myself when i see someone post a prime brisket fail.

 

[Get’n Smokey]

Nice work man!

 

[Fooball]

Prime for $3.50 at Costco? Sam's here in Fl. is $4.29 for prime, not sure about Costco.

Your brisket looks great, can't believe even California is beating us with brisket prices. Crazy.

 

[rwalters]

WOW, you knocked that brisket out of the park! Nicely done

 

[Stingerhook]

Beautiful!

 

[frognot]

Mighty fine brisket right there!

 

[Big George's BBQ]

That looks really good to me

 

[jzadski]

Congrats on the brisket nail. It's amazing how much better going up in grades make

 

[K80Shooter]

I also just picked up one at Costco, here in Georgia they are 3.49lb.

I'll be cooking it Saturday.

 

[jbounds286]

prime is def the way to go! just got a few primes for 3.49/lb at costco today!

 

[pjtexas1]

Killed it!

I can remember when there weren't really any grades. That's what I learned to cook. But they were stupid cheap. That being said. I really like the American "fake" wagyu briskets.

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