PaulstheRibList
Full Fledged Farker
We use Sysco for our wholesaler, and we've been running into more and more problems in getting consistent brisket supply. Apparently, Sysco uses "Buckhead Beef" as a source, in Georgia. Sysco has their house label, and is also a CAB dealer. We've been using CAB Choice some, and CAP Prime a lot (when we can get it).
But since I'm not ordering the same amount every week, I don't get a "slot" and I get shorted regularly. I'm up for getting a slot, but I want a slot with the packer we like. We're getting busier and busier, cooking between 20-50 briskets a week, as we ramp up to opening our restaurant later this year and doing catering orders.
Here are the packer's we've used for Sysco/Buckhead/CAB in the order of our liking:
National Beef - more consistent sizing and trim is usual
IBP - has had irregular sizing (6 pound briskets in the case with 14's)
Excel - not as great, sometimes a ton of fat cap
Previously, I've used 1855 in Choice. It was good. Sometimes we would get funky trims, with this extra on the nose from the neighboring cut that ended up as waste.
I'm learning that maybe Sysco just isn't a big player in the Prime Brisket world, at least in my area. I find this surprising, they are a huge company, but here I am, unable it seems, to get anyting past these three?
MY QUESTION: What are your top packers for upper-quality briskets?
Mr. Franklin has made Creekstone Farms famous.
What other packers (and the wholesalers attached) are your using?
Have used?
Ones to avoid?
Best to cook?
Best value?
But since I'm not ordering the same amount every week, I don't get a "slot" and I get shorted regularly. I'm up for getting a slot, but I want a slot with the packer we like. We're getting busier and busier, cooking between 20-50 briskets a week, as we ramp up to opening our restaurant later this year and doing catering orders.
Here are the packer's we've used for Sysco/Buckhead/CAB in the order of our liking:
National Beef - more consistent sizing and trim is usual
IBP - has had irregular sizing (6 pound briskets in the case with 14's)
Excel - not as great, sometimes a ton of fat cap
Previously, I've used 1855 in Choice. It was good. Sometimes we would get funky trims, with this extra on the nose from the neighboring cut that ended up as waste.
I'm learning that maybe Sysco just isn't a big player in the Prime Brisket world, at least in my area. I find this surprising, they are a huge company, but here I am, unable it seems, to get anyting past these three?
MY QUESTION: What are your top packers for upper-quality briskets?
Mr. Franklin has made Creekstone Farms famous.
What other packers (and the wholesalers attached) are your using?
Have used?
Ones to avoid?
Best to cook?
Best value?