Hello everyone, finally got a full packer from Costco and went with Prime grade over Choice. Seems very flexible in the vacuum pack so hopefully that's a good sign?! Anyway, it was bought with a pack date of 9/26 and "use by" date of 10/3. I'm hoping to wet brine a bit longer until my son's bday party around 10/15 - 10/16. So far I see no punctures or holes anywhere in the packaging. I'm holding it in basement fridge where it does not get disturbed much at all. I've been reading the package surface temp with my Thermoworks IR gun and it typically reads about 32-35 degrees based on where I shoot it. It's not frozen so my guess is I'm above 32.
Have seen lots of posts in various areas saying not to let it go more than a week or so past use by date, but the brisket recipe here on the site talks about people holding them in the plastic pack for 50 days or so. Based on what I've stated, do you think I should be ok holding out another 10-12 days?
Is there anything I can be looking for when I check the meat along the way? I assume if I open it up I'll know for sure if it's bad by the smell and/or color? Looking for some advice as I hate to waste this one as it looks good and is a nice size at 15 lb. But, I also want to try and wait to cook it for our party. Thank you!
-Nick
Have seen lots of posts in various areas saying not to let it go more than a week or so past use by date, but the brisket recipe here on the site talks about people holding them in the plastic pack for 50 days or so. Based on what I've stated, do you think I should be ok holding out another 10-12 days?
Is there anything I can be looking for when I check the meat along the way? I assume if I open it up I'll know for sure if it's bad by the smell and/or color? Looking for some advice as I hate to waste this one as it looks good and is a nice size at 15 lb. But, I also want to try and wait to cook it for our party. Thank you!
-Nick
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