re: Poor Man’s Brisket

I used to feel that way about brisket until I had some legit TX BBQ... most of the crap served around LA sucks.

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Chuck is better than brisket.

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Brisket was $2.77lb in Frisco, TX last week. Obviously up 30-40% from a year or so ago but still cheap enough to not eat a worse cut.

I've done this before and it's good. It's not brisket, but it's good. Works well in tacos, but I think that it's a better use of a roast to cook it in a traditional manner or use it to make birria tacos or quesadillas.

I tried to do Poor man brisket once and it took on too much smoke and some of it dried out. I think its because the cuts are across the grain and a little uneven.

Costco had prime packers stacked almost shoulder high for 3.99 earlier today, the chuck was closer to $5. If I have chuck I'll stick with debris, beef stew, or burgers.

Smoked a chuck roast yesterday because of this thread. It was on the pit at about 225-250 for 8 hours. I wrapped it when it was about 160F and had a nice bark. I pulled it at around 198F.

Overall, it came out excellent. Wasn't dry. It's a nice alternative to brisket...it sucks that you don't have a fat cap to get a consistent level of fat in each piece. Also, there were a few pieces where the fat was in the middle of the piece and didn't render well.

If you have a costco near you you can get prime brisket for 3.99 lb. I bought one a few weeks ago for $36. It was a small packer but turned out really good.

I've done poor man's burnt ends with roast. Was good, but brisket burnt ends it was not.

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I just paid $70 for a 15lb prime brisket at Sams this past Friday. Where you shopping?

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I never went out shopping for briskets. My main grocery store is Publix and they rarely have have full briskets, just flats, and they want around $40 for them. Never looked at the per pound price.

The $100+ ones I saw were at the local Piggly Wiggly but they source them from some fancy butcher. Snake River Farms or something like that. The one I saw in the case was huge. I saw the price and didn’t inspect further before putting it down.

I’m sure I can find reasonable priced ones around town, but the other issue is even a smaller one is too much meat for me and my family, and I’m the only one that really eats leftovers, so good chance some of the at meat goes to waste.