i hear Smithfield has something big in the works
Primes have become paper thin and scarce here. Full spares are 4.1-4.5lbs loaded with shiners, stl cuts weighing 2.7 average.
Maybe they will ignore the bacon market and give us a line with consistently thick trim.
I cooked injected Primes this week, mine were in the 3.3# range, but all three slabs were trimmed to bone on width. I can't remember ever having more than one slab I didn't need to narrow up. 3.3 on a real STL trim is a pretty meaty slab.
I cooked the ET's for a few contests and did OK, but for whatever reason the end product does not seem as consistent as I get with Primes. Injecting is more work, but I like being able to control the time the meat is exposed to the 'brine'.