About HEB. Their normal price for JBS pork bellies right now is 3.79 a pound. Costco JBS pork bellies CASE PRICE last time I checked was 4.19 a pound. Probably the pork butts were priced cheaper and he was cleaning up.
I spoke to the meat department manager just a little while ago - I think they are going to limit how many pork butts a random inconsiderate shopper can purchase at one time - especially in light of the supply chain problems the Country is having.About HEB. Their normal price for JBS pork bellies right now is 3.79 a pound. Costco JBS pork bellies CASE PRICE last time I checked was 4.19 a pound. Probably the pork butts were priced cheaper and he was cleaning up.
LOL, nope they're not paying $150. per brisket.I still like you too John! Wasn't trying to make light of it, I believe you know I don't condone theft and more than you. Nobody got hurt, and I doubt the owner was paying $150 per brisket. RAY
I hear ya there.Well I was hoping to one day venture there for the experience, novelty, and food. Some things you just can't put a price on, but the costs do have their limits and at $34/lb., that's beyond my limit...
I heard the T-shirts are $90!I bet half of us here can smoke most BBQ just as well as Franklin and the rest of the big Texas names.
But if I was on vacation I'd probably wait in line at Franklin and pay the big money, just to say I'd eaten there. Definitely would want a T-Shirt.
Nah, $24. We went there 11-12 years back, the Salt Lick too. I ever get back that way I'll go to Robert's house, I like beef ribs more than brisket. RAYI heard the T-shirts are $90!
Can I steal one ifNah, $24. We went there 11-12 years back, the Salt Lick too. I ever get back that way I'll go to Robert's house, I like beef ribs more than brisket. RAY
Black Franklin Barbecue T-Shirt
Signs of a good T-shirt: It’s subtle as a nod, yet firm as a handshake. It’s got the material of a soft embrace, which all men need sometimes. It has a couple grease stains. It’s the first shirt you wear out of the dryer. That’s your golden boy. This is a decidedly good T-shirt, the mark of...shop.franklinbbq.com
Me too, I would rather be a guest at a Robert AKA tx smoker house for a cook than any BBQ place.Nah, $24. We went there 11-12 years back, the Salt Lick too. I ever get back that way I'll go to Robert's house, I like beef ribs more than brisket. RAY
Black Franklin Barbecue T-Shirt
Signs of a good T-shirt: It’s subtle as a nod, yet firm as a handshake. It’s got the material of a soft embrace, which all men need sometimes. It has a couple grease stains. It’s the first shirt you wear out of the dryer. That’s your golden boy. This is a decidedly good T-shirt, the mark of...shop.franklinbbq.com
Doing that in December while seeing friends in Austin. This was planned for 2020 and finally happening. More for the novelty than anything else.I bet half of us here can smoke most BBQ just as well as Franklin and the rest of the big Texas names.
But if I was on vacation I'd probably wait in line at Franklin and pay the big money, just to say I'd eaten there. Definitely would want a T-Shirt.
Yeah, I don't like him either.filled his basket up - elbowed his way to the case and everything just like Alec Baldwin would... Real p.o.s. with no consideration for anyone but himself
I tried it 1 time the last day I was working in the Austin area a few years ago.I bet half of us here can smoke most BBQ just as well as Franklin and the rest of the big Texas names.
But if I was on vacation I'd probably wait in line at Franklin and pay the big money, just to say I'd eaten there. Definitely would want a T-Shirt.
Like I said, I'd try Franklin's just to cross it off the list and say I'd BTDT.I tried it 1 time the last day I was working in the Austin area a few years ago.
Best brisket I have ever eaten for sure.
With that said, my brisket is not very far off from the best. Also other really good back yard brisket I've eaten, is not that far off either.
To give a measurable comparison his is 70yd field goal in football where mine is a 62yd field goal :)
I feel like if I bought the highest quality beef briskets in the land (from best raised and best breed cows), highest quality spices in the land, and maybe obsessively fine tuned a few things here and there, that I could make up that gap quite a bit.
Will I do that? Nope! I and I'm sure many of us make damn fine brisket and love what we make with no need to go messing it up or go to extremes for minor gains.
Now I can say that the whole experience, and eating the best brisket in the world is worth it 1 time.
I would also recommend that if u go there, be sure to get the chopped brisket sandwich, it is ridiculously under priced, overloaded, and OMG soooooo goood! I feel like the turkey and the sausage can be skipped there. Which is a shame because in Texas sausage is like a stable for bbq and you can get amazing smoked/bbq turkey in many places.
Here is a big writeup i did on my visit if u ever care to prep for a visit yourself :)
First Time at Franklin's BBQ, What I Learned
Let's start with the pics of what I ordered and then I will make a way too long post with way too many details for you to skin through :) The Order 3/4 pound Fatty/Moist Brisket1/4 pound Lean Brisket (buried under turkey and hardly visible peaking out on left side from under turkey)4 Pork ribs...www.smokingmeatforums.com
That kind of price for a good Smoked Brisket Sammie is about par the course anywhere I've been in the last couple of years.I just can't give my money to anyone that comes off as a snob - which, in Arron's case, equates to an arrogant price for a sammich, just because a small segment of a community is foolish enough to pay it, thereby flipping-off anyone that cannot afford to throw their money around like Ralph Cramden found a bag of money...
It is a human characteristic that I despise.
I used "sammich" as a sarcastic metaphor. I would not pay what I consider an exorbitant price anywhere, for anything, based on mystique. I'm not saying his brisket is bad, I'm just saying it isn't worth the asking price, to me, and I am certainly not waiting on or in line (depending on your bias) in the heat here in the 9th circle of hell for the "honor" of eating his over-priced brisket.That kind of price for a good Smoked Brisket Sammie is about par the course anywhere I've been in the last couple of years.
I'm surprised it's not more what with food inflation the last year.
Is it expensive? Sure it is, but a lot of time goes into decent Q.
Good Gosh! What I just spent today at Costco and Publix shopping for an extravagant meal menu for Saturday in celebration of my favorite sister-n-law visiting.