Brisket with lots of fat

[Fueling Around]

Looks mighty fine Dave.

Its tasty and tender for sure. Low yield as I feared. 18lb raw, 12lb trimmed, 5.25lb cooked.

Well worth it tho. roughly $20lb cooked. Gonna make a lotta brisket tacos!

That's why I haven't bought a brisket in a couple years. When the prices started going up I noticed the fat trim went way up.
Same happened to the tri-tip I get in Florida. I lose about a third of the weight to trim.
I wish pork loins would include more fat as they were years ago.

 

[Quiganomics]

The trim was endless, removed nearly 6LB of fat. Ten years ago I would have saved it and made tallow. But thats off the table now. Nearly $36 of fat. Cant imagine how many pounds of fat were on the rock hard ones. Is what it is, get what you get.

You see 6 lbs of fat, I see an opportunity to replenish some tallow.

Glass half full.

 

[JLinza]

Looks great Dave