Hey there everyone! I bought a R-340 right before the pandemic. It served me well but I had not used it for like 10 months because I installed a mesh router at home and not having the Wifi available muted my enthusiasm. I was finally able to get it working 3 weeks ago. I’m back to grilling and finally I worked up the courage to buy my very first brisket. I got it at Costco since I hear good things about Costco briskets online. Today I will receive some Cutluxe slicing and carving knives from Amazon so I’m excited!
Anyway last night at my local WalMart I saw they had a brisket at $3.96/lb. I paid a little more than twice as much for the brisket at Costco! And here is the thing, the Costco brisket is clearly marked “choice”, but the WalMart one although it does not have the word “choice” on any sticker, the plastic bag it is in does have “choice” printed. I will say that the Walmart one has a crazy amount of fat that would need to be trimmed off anyway. My questions are:
1. Is the Costco choice brisket at $8/lb. crazy expensive even by August 2022 prices? I’m in Greenville, SC.
2. Is the Walmart brisket truly choice or does the marking included in the plastic not count for determining the grade? I ask because the label does not say choice, and I read online that WalMart mostly sells “select”. (See pictures)
3. Does the amount of visible fat factor into the price per pound set at the stores? I know it will matter for my own pocket of course, but do stores take the unusable fat into consideration when setting price per pound? For example even if the Walmart brisket is choice grade like the Costco, I will probably need to need to trim so much of it compared to the Costco one that in the end the price of USABLE brisket ends up being $9/lb for the Costco and $7.50/lb for the Walmart.
Thanks and looking forward to learning from this community.
Anyway last night at my local WalMart I saw they had a brisket at $3.96/lb. I paid a little more than twice as much for the brisket at Costco! And here is the thing, the Costco brisket is clearly marked “choice”, but the WalMart one although it does not have the word “choice” on any sticker, the plastic bag it is in does have “choice” printed. I will say that the Walmart one has a crazy amount of fat that would need to be trimmed off anyway. My questions are:
1. Is the Costco choice brisket at $8/lb. crazy expensive even by August 2022 prices? I’m in Greenville, SC.
2. Is the Walmart brisket truly choice or does the marking included in the plastic not count for determining the grade? I ask because the label does not say choice, and I read online that WalMart mostly sells “select”. (See pictures)
3. Does the amount of visible fat factor into the price per pound set at the stores? I know it will matter for my own pocket of course, but do stores take the unusable fat into consideration when setting price per pound? For example even if the Walmart brisket is choice grade like the Costco, I will probably need to need to trim so much of it compared to the Costco one that in the end the price of USABLE brisket ends up being $9/lb for the Costco and $7.50/lb for the Walmart.
Thanks and looking forward to learning from this community.