Was at Costco yesterday and brisket was $8.79/lb!
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Same in MI my friend. My local grocery store butcher won't even buy briskets to sell now since HIS cost is $9/lb! Can you believe it? Pretty soon the mail order ranches' prices will shoot up (they're expensive, but not as bad as YET). They ship from frozen so they're nearly thawed on delivery, so it's not really realistic even to stock up from them.
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One could make the argument that given that much of BBQ lore revolves around taking the tougher cuts of meat and making them tender by slow-cooking we should be more than capable of using the cheaper grades and performing some magic with just smoke (and no mirrors) with them.
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Good thought bo. I'm just not sure what cuts of beef a cheap right nowComment
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my local grocer is blowing out full bostons at $2.18/lb so I had to pick up 2 cases to be sure I had some for some upcoming smokes.Comment
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Ya'll got me concerned about meat prices... I did some checking at HEB (local grocer in San Antonio).
St. Louis spareribs (by Farmland): $2.97/lb.
Choice packer briskets: $3.48/lb.
"Super Trimmed" whole briskets: $5.28/lb.
Trimmed flats: $6.78/lb.
"Quarter Trim" split briskets: $5.28/lb. (looks like there's point & flat with a light trim)
Boston Butt: $2.68/lb.
Boneless Short Ribs (Choice): $4.58/lb.
I do remember getting packers for <$1 per lb in the not so distant past
Choice steaks are $5-$7 per lb.
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Originally posted by bocefuss View PostYa'll got me concerned about meat prices... I did some checking at HEB (local grocer in San Antonio).
St. Louis spareribs (by Farmland): $2.97/lb.
Choice packer briskets: $3.48/lb.
"Super Trimmed" whole briskets: $5.28/lb.
Trimmed flats: $6.78/lb.
"Quarter Trim" split briskets: $5.28/lb. (looks like there's point & flat with a light trim)
Boston Butt: $2.68/lb.
Boneless Short Ribs (Choice): $4.58/lb.
I do remember getting packers for <$1 per lb in the not so distant past Choice steaks are $5-$7 per lb.
My local butcher wasn't even sure what a whole packer was when I first ordered it. You're lucky to have so many brisket optionsComment
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I noticed today while shopping that HEB had trimmed Prime flats for $6.99/lb. Looked great... nice marbling. Today, I bought hatch pepper stuffed thick center cut pork chops, pork bellies to cure some more bacon and pork sausage with hatch peppers. It's hatch pepper season here in SA, TX. -
You're a lucky man bocefuss. My butcher informed me today they aren't even getting briskets anymore. They order them, but they don't come in on the truck. *sigh*
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I have a local butcher that says they have prime packers.... Going to check them out this weekend. It's a bit of a hike for me .Comment
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I usually go to Smith's for my meat, but if I want prime I go here (less than a mile away): http://www.johnmullsmeats.com
I have to admit that I'm not seeing prices anywhere near as high as the rest of you are reporting. Certainly not at Smith's, and Mull's is reasonable. It also seems that I always get more meat than the price/lb I pay would indicate. I got a brisket for $45 that weighed over 10lb last time. (That's what they call "small".)Comment
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Just looked at pork butts Mon a.m. they were $2.98/lb not on sale....today they're up to $3.09... for a stupid pork butt, bone-in. And I volunteered to do pulled pork for all of us helping move the mother in law Saturday. Good thing I get a fresh paycheck Fri Good news is beef spare (back) ribs are holding steady at $3.49/lb (same as pork spare ribs)...if you call that good news. We won't talk about the price of baby backs here.
EDIT: OK we will, they've officially crested the $4 mark, I think $4.06 or 4.09.... for meat that's half bones..... [head in hands, sobbing]Last edited by Huskee; August 6, 2014, 06:23 PM.Comment
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Time for an article on the economics of buying spare ribs and home butchering to St. Louis style and what to do with the excess.Comment
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Gotta go with trimming to SLT. Its not hard and I absolutely love the tips. -
I'm no expert having just finished my first spare rib cook, but I bought the spare rib and cut it down to StL style from a video I found on YT. There was no mention of what to do with the "spares". I cooked them the same way, hanging vertically in my new Pit Barrel Cooker, with the same time duration. They tasted delicious. In fact, I brought the smallest, thinnest piece in, left it on the counter. Went out to finish the cook, came back in and it was gone! SO telling me it was really good, too...
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Here's this months specials From HOBE MEATS Phx, AZ. Certified Angus Beef.
Prime Beef Tri-Tips $6.99lb
Angus choice Beef Briskets $3.99lb
Prime Flat Iron Steaks $6.99lb
Baby Back Pork Ribs $4.99lb
These specials are with printed coupon from their Web SiteComment
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Well I just found fresh baby backs (my bad)at a local farm market for 3.29 a lbs. I ordered a bunch. I'll get them next week. Better get some more food saver bags.Last edited by Jon Solberg; August 16, 2014, 08:54 PM.Comment
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One butcher near me has to pay $9/lb he says, and the other had been ordering briskets for months and they never come on the truck either he says. His supplier is in Detroit and someone there is buying them all up. I'm getting good at smoking chicken...Comment
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I was looking at the prices for meat by the case at Costco a couple of days ago. Pork was barely cheaper by the case. The real break for steaks was going from packs of individual steaks to whole cuts, by the case was only slightly cheaper:
Pork loin chops boneless: $2.89/lb
Boneless pork shoulder roast: $2.59/lb;
Boneless pork shoulder butt: $2.57/lb by the case
Pork shoulder country style ribs boneless: $2.69/lb
Pork St. Louis ribs (brisket bone removed): $3.19/lb; $3.00/lb by the case
Pork loin backribs: $3.29/lb; $3.18/lb by the case
NY Strip trimmed oxi (?): $7.19/lb by the case
Top Loin whole NY Steak: $7.39/lb @ 10 lbs
NY steak boneless: $8.39/lb @ 4 lbs
Rib Eye lip on (boneless): $7.58/lb by the case [butcher told me it was about 80 lbs per]
Rib Eye whole boneless: $7.69/lb @ 18 lbs
Rib Eye steak boneless: $9.99/lb @ 5 lbs
Brisket flats were $8.99/lb and they didn't have any cyrovac'd whole packer
So if I can learn how to break up those whole steaks or rib eyes (and get a proper knife for it), I may buy one. I just bought a Foodsaver.
I wish they had flap steak bulk or by the case. Had never heard of it before, but Googled while I was there - the "new bistro cut." Bought some and grilled it tonight and it was good (see my post in the recipes, etc. section). $7.19/lbComment
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