aka "Watch the sell-by date". I bought and cooked a brisket last week, and I noticed that the sell-by date was 8/23, so on 8/23 I stopped by to check and, sure enough, they had been reduced by about $2 a pound so I bought another one and put it in the freezer. Today I was in the store again, so I checked and found a rack of ribs marked down to half price, so it's in the freezer with the brisket. And literally as I was typing this post I got a text from my daughter that said my 7- year-old grandson "says he wants to try ribs, the kind all hooked together with the bones in them." So when the time comes he's going to help me rub them and put them on the smoker, then take them off (and eat them) when they are done. I couldn't have planned it better. š