sudsandswine
Quintessential Chatty Farker
- Joined
- Jun 23, 2012
- Location
- Kansas City
My local Sam's Club has been under remodel for a couple months now. They put a large walk in produce area similar to Costco, rearranged the meat department, and built a big counter/display case for meat. This weekend was the first weekend the coolers were stocked with meat and oh man...Costco doesn't even compare anymore**
The "fresh meat" counter has heritage pork (berkshire), lamb and veal, lots of fresh fish, and a variety of grass fed and prime beef.......and the star of the beef was their "Kobe" ribeyes for $35/lb. Obviously, this is not actual Kobe beef but it looks like nice Wagyu to me. I picked up a couple ribeyes weighing in at 1.5 lbs and will be cooking them tomorrow.
I'm pretty stoked about this. I've been liking Sam's meat department better than Costco for a while now, because Costco has reduced the number of beef cuts they stock - they used to have tri-tip, skirt, and some other things and stopped carrying those. Sam's still has it, and more (like my new fav, "Angus" cowboy ribeyes). **I still like Costco's prime briskets better than Sam's, but I'm pretty happy with Sam's "Angus" choice briskets.
The cherry on top was finding a 6 burner Weber Genesis at Home Depot for $749, marked down from $1299. My dad had been in the market for a new grill for a while and this one was just too good to pass up, so he went up there and helped me load it into my truck and it's "new grill day" for him.
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The "fresh meat" counter has heritage pork (berkshire), lamb and veal, lots of fresh fish, and a variety of grass fed and prime beef.......and the star of the beef was their "Kobe" ribeyes for $35/lb. Obviously, this is not actual Kobe beef but it looks like nice Wagyu to me. I picked up a couple ribeyes weighing in at 1.5 lbs and will be cooking them tomorrow.
I'm pretty stoked about this. I've been liking Sam's meat department better than Costco for a while now, because Costco has reduced the number of beef cuts they stock - they used to have tri-tip, skirt, and some other things and stopped carrying those. Sam's still has it, and more (like my new fav, "Angus" cowboy ribeyes). **I still like Costco's prime briskets better than Sam's, but I'm pretty happy with Sam's "Angus" choice briskets.
The cherry on top was finding a 6 burner Weber Genesis at Home Depot for $749, marked down from $1299. My dad had been in the market for a new grill for a while and this one was just too good to pass up, so he went up there and helped me load it into my truck and it's "new grill day" for him.
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