RJ_Make
Knows what a fatty is.
- Joined
- May 6, 2017
- Location
- Annapolis MD
Oh and that was for choice..
swift - i purchased a 2 3 packs of stl cut spares from costco ... never again. they were still bleeding after removing the membrane. Thats a result of poor treatment of the carcass ...
Thers's been an interesting development at my local Costco. They stopped carrying prime packers, but today Imchecked out the case, and found prime beef short ribs (chuck) in cryovacs! Got me a twin pack today and will be cooking one tomorrow!
Glen Burnie MD 5.88/pound Flats only.. Crazy:shock:
no way in hell is a commodity prime brisket worth more than ground beef. I'll never agree with that price. I'll happily smoke selects or choice provided they arent from excel or swift.
looking at the examples found in our 2 regional costcos (lafayette and baton rouge) - the quality of the actual cut has gone way down.. noticeably down. In the past it was very infrequent to find the hard white cap fat...or even skin on a packer... its now on nearly every single one from swift..ive even seen cow hair on a couple. And the amount of pink slime along with pools of blood ... yuck.
That tells me the commodity packers are throwing these out as fast as possible.
swift - i purchased a 2 3 packs of stl cut spares from costco ... never again. they were still bleeding after removing the membrane. Thats a result of poor treatment of the carcass ...
the IBP brand seems to be 2nd most consistent after Blue Ribbon Angus... as far as commodity goes. You can have all the rest. My costco wont even offer me the other brands anymore.
Which Costco?
Full packers at the Columbia/Elkridge MD Costco for 2.79 per pound yesterday. First time I have seen full packers in Costco in MD in years.
Choice or Select?
and thanks!
Thers's been an interesting development at my local Costco. They stopped carrying prime packers, but today Imchecked out the case, and found prime beef short ribs (chuck) in cryovacs! Got me a twin pack today and will be cooking one tomorrow!
Oh my ! Did Costco run out of prime brisket ?
I wanted one for a 4th of July cook only to find they were out and a restock was soon on the way. Well , I stopped in today and it the first time in 3 weeks that they had a cooler full of packers but it was CAB and not the usual Prime grade.
What's your local Costco have in stock ?
I won't cry too much as 2.79 for CAB seems fair but having access to prime was pretty sweet .