Where is a good place to buy beef brisket?

If you go to greensboro you could try Triad Meats
 
As far as I’m concerned, the guru of brisket is @Chdamn. I’d be buying where he buys.
 
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Unless you’re going to a restaurant supply house and price is no object, I’d just get it at Walmart. I got a 15lb from Walmart near Christmas for our work Christmas dinner and it turned out awesome. I think there’s a place called Gallimore Meat in Asheboro
 
DCGallim said:
The Butchers Block
30 W 2nd Ave, Lexington, NC 27292

I buy here every now and then. Awesome Oysters as well as beef, pork, and chicken.
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Did not know about this place. Looks like a great butcher shop. Heading down to High Rock this weekend, am going to check it out! Used to be some guys set up next to the ABC store selling seafood, called themselves "Fresh off the Boat" I would drop a hundred plus every weekend. Then they just disappeared.
 
Remshooter said:
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Did not know about this place. Looks like a great butcher shop. Heading down to High Rock this weekend, am going to check it out! Used to be some guys set up next to the ABC store selling seafood, called themselves "Fresh off the Boat" I would drop a hundred plus every weekend. Then they just disappeared.
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Last time I was in the guy was talking about opening up a shop in Clemmons and Salisbury. The pork chops I got there weren't better than the ones I get from Sandy Ridge Farmers Market but everything else have been top quality.
 
Jeppo said:
As far as I’m concerned, the guru of brisket is @Chdamn. I’d be buying where he buys.
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Honestly brisket is brisket. It's all in how you cook it.

I have bought them from Triad Meats, Sam's club and my local Stokesdale Bi Rite (which probably gets them from Triad Meats).
 
Costco is one of the best places. You can get USDA Prime whole packers for the price of choice.
 
Chdamn said:
Honestly brisket is brisket. It's all in how you cook it.

I have bought them from Triad Meats, Sam's club and my local Stokesdale Bi Rite (which probably gets them from Triad Meats).
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In my experience the piece of meat you start with contributes to the end result. You can buy a good piece of meat from a lot of places but the individual cut its marbling or lack of marbling etc make a difference. The better the starting product the better the results. For the most part if you know what you are doing you can make a good meal out of just about any cut but why put in all that work and have it come out just good. I also like to choose the cut depending on what I am going to do with it.

For BBQ I always try to get the best grade of meat I can. I like to do an entire packer vs just the flat or the point. This give you a nice mix of meats to satisfy both jack spratt and his wife. I often use the parts of the 2nd cut for sandwiches while the 1st cut is for pretty slices.

For a traditional Jewish brisket I use the 1st cut. Here I look for good fat cap because it is going to make the gravy/sauce much richer as it cooks. The veggies get that glisten to them that can only come from a nice fat cap. The meat of the Most of the time the avg grocery store is selling you the 1st cut or flat which makes for a better looking brisket on the plate because it will slice better.

For corn beef brisket I use the flat for the same reason I use it for traditional Jewish Brisket. Just make sure that you remove enough of the fat cap or it won't take on enough moisture.

Edit: Corrected my typos. Not enough coffee.

1st Cut = Flat which has less fat and makes for nice slices. I recommend it for Jewish Brisket and Corned Beef Brisket

2nd Cut = Point. This is going to be fattier and will IMHO be more flavorful but it is harder to slice. I use it for BBQ sandwiches!
 
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Sam's club or Costco

If you going to do corned beef, you only need the flat... however they often charge more per pound for flats only...might as well get the whole packer brisket and cut off the point to grill/smoke/ burnt ends... then use the flat for corned beef.

Btw
.homemade corned beef and/or pastrami is Amazing!!!!
 
Costco usually has the best selection IMO of brisket if you can get to one easily. They carry USDA Prime whole packers and USDA Choice flats. Their prime briskets are usually $3.49-$3.79 per pound. The choice flats are more expensive because they're trimmed.

Edit: If you're planning to make corned beef, try https://amazingribs.com/tested-reci...s/home-made-pastrami-thats-close-katzs-recipe
They walk you through the whole process.
 
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bspitt said:
Sam's club or Costco

If you going to do corned beef, you only need the flat... however they often charge more per pound for flats only...might as well get the whole packer brisket and cut off the point to grill/smoke/ burnt ends... then use the flat for corned beef.

Btw
.homemade corned beef and/or pastrami is Amazing!!!!
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I cooked a brisket at Christmas that was amazing. My next one will be a pastrami and should be even better.
 
Miss Lily said:
Wet brine. Recipe from Ruhlman & Polcyn's Book.

I have altered the spice blend a bit over the years (more bay leaves & clove).
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I have been doing a lot more dry brines these days but with corned beef it just seems wrong. LOL

I like Ruhlmans books. I always suggest to young cooks and those who might want to become chefs to read his Making of a Chef and then the late Anthony Bourdains Kitchen Confidential. You get a glimpse into two ends of the spectrum.

I also like his book with Eric Ripert. Le Bernardin is one of the best restaurants in the world. I am always blown away by it when I have eaten there.

Have you ever eaten at a Thomas Keller restaurant? I see he did the forward on that cookbook. I have eaten a Per Se in NYC and years ago when it first opened I ate at Bouchon in Vegas which is really his in name only. I want to go to French Laundry but it is such a trek and hard to get into.
 
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t-boss1776 said:
Costco usually has the best selection IMO of brisket if you can get to one easily. They carry USDA Prime whole packers and USDA Choice flats. Their prime briskets are usually $3.49-$3.79 per pound. The choice flats are more expensive because they're trimmed.

Edit: If you're planning to make corned beef, try https://amazingribs.com/tested-reci...s/home-made-pastrami-thats-close-katzs-recipe
They walk you through the whole process.
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@Inglis I was at Costco in Greenville today. They had a case full of these. Full USDA Prime Packers. $3.29 a LB. No way to beat that IMHO.

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Costco I corned my own briskets when the kids were growing up.
 
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