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    Doing my first brisket and was thrown a curve. Trimmed whole brisket at Costco? I’ve attached a pic. From the looks it doesn’t have enough fat. But on the other side it does. Thoughts? Clearly there is a premium 💰 for trimmed.
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    The Costco near me will occasionally sell them, they are mislabeled as "whole" but its a point. That one does look a bit lean for Prime. I attached a pic of one I used recently for burnt ends, had much better marbling. I think I had 4 to choose from, and this one was clearly the better one, see if they have others hiding around somewhere.
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      #3
      It looks perfectly well marbled and should hold up well, especially if you wrap after the bark sets.

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        #4
        Thanks for the reply. Not much better on the others.
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          #5
          Thanks JeffJ. I’m going to go with it. Make it a little easier for my first go at it.

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            #6
            Those are perfectly trimmed Prime briskets from Costco. You should remove the fat and silver skin on the top as they have correctly done. Just make sure there is about 1/4" of fat cap left on the bottom however.

            At $9.99/lb though, I think I'll pass. I can do a lot of trimming and save most of that for sausage and whatnot for $3.50/lb !!

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            • Steve R.
              Steve R. commented
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              Kind of what I'm thinking. Even if you trim aggressively like I do, that trimmed one comes out to more than double the price per lb before trimming when you do the math.

            • texastweeter
              texastweeter commented
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              HEB has great beef prices. They should be near you bud. I use their prime briskets all the time.

            • Troutman
              Troutman commented
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              HEB? How’s across the street from my subdivision??

            #7
            Thanks Troutman. Good to know. I agree on the premium price. I’ll get the first cook behind me then work on the trim next few times.

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              #8
              Trimmed right, just too pricey besides you don't have any fat to grind for sausage or render for tallow.. .

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