re: Costco Prime Whole Brisket on sale

They will taste the same but the prime with the higher fat content will be mo juicy

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Got it home and trimmed it up and made my brine to soak it in for about 2 weeks and will make corned beef with some of it and pastrami with the rest.

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Can you post what it is you are doing to achieve this? It is something I have been wanting to try my self.

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i defy someone to taste a bit of difference after both have been on the smoker for 15 hours.

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Harry Soo and 4 You-tubers did a cook of wagyu, prime, choice, and select. They then did a blind taste test and ranked them.

The rankings varied. Some ranked wagyu first, and one guy ranked it last. Only one guy ranked them perfectly in order of grade.

But the average showed wagyu and prime tied for first, then choice, then select. Harry said there is a lot of variation among prime, and the one they cooked was "probably one in a hundred" quality. So the grades proved relevant on average, albeit among a small test group.

Video Ranking starts around 18 minute mark.

I've cooked many choice, and they were good, but the absolutely best brisket I ever smoked was the first prime I ever bought from Sam's. People raved about it, and it was damned good. It wasn't that much more expensive, so I get the prime now when available.