Just purchased my first full packer, (I hope).

[RonB]

Someone posted in another thread here that Walmart carried both select and choice packers. All I had seen there was selects, so I stopped by there today, and they had one choice packer - I bought it. And it was $5 + less than the local grocery.
So is this a full packer? I was expecting to be able to see the fat layer between the point and flat, but I don't - maybe I'm not looking in the right place.
It has a "sell by" date instead of a processing date, so does anyone have an idea if I should age it, or how long?

I guess I have to go back and reread all the stuff I've read about briskets, and rewatch all the videos.

[jharner]

That is a packer brisket. You should be able to tell the difference between the point and flat once you get it out of the bag and begin trimming. I personally trim most of the fat between the two, almost to the point of separating the point and flat. As far as aging I really don't. I my buy one several days before cook but it stays in the bag until 48 hours before the cook. Then I remove it from the bag do my trimming, salt it, wrap it and put back in the fridge.

[boftx]

Looks like a packer to me. Once you get that bad boy trimmed up you'll see the point and flat a bit better.

[Jerod Broussard]

By the blue ink on the bag you got a CHOICE full packer. Sweeeet.

[Breadhead]

We know you are unquestionably the "King of Briskets" if you can judge the grade of a brisket by just the color of the text on the packaging.👌 Bowing to the King.😎

[RonB]

Thanx all for the comments.

Jerod Broussard - so what are the colors for select and prime?

[SlushDeezey]

The USDA CHOICE stamp is also what the FBI would call a clue 😄

[Jerod Broussard]

I'm on my phone with no glasses colors mean everything.

[SlushDeezey]

I tried to read a bottle of bathroom cleaner yesterday and couldn't do it. I like to snap a picture of small print with my phone and then zoom in on the pic to read it when that happens. Somehow I think my eye appointment this month isn't going to go as good as it has in the past.

[DWCowles]

Trim that baby up and get it in the smoker

[Oso21]

Hey Robb, good looking brisket
I've wet aged mine for up to 3.5 weeks with fantastic results.

[CeramicChef]

I'd cook that bad boy this weekend and enjoy the ever livin' daylights out of it! Nice score!

Jerod Broussard - So blue ink is CHOICE, huh? What are the colors associated with the others grade of meat? Thanks in advance!

[Jerod Broussard]

Black- Select. Red- Prime.

Once I got a Choice at Walmart that had black ink. I saw Choice when it was in the bin, and never realized the black ink until I was checking out and about freaked out.

Sam Kane's will have red ink on some of their stuff, and it ain't Prime, much less graded.