Costco Pork Belly shelf life?

[mrad]

My local Costco had $10 off of whole pork belly's so I picked up three of them. How long will they stay good when they are cryo-vac sealed? I've read the briskets can be aged 30 plus days when refrigerated. Is the same true for the pork belly's?

 

[chopsaw]

I've read the briskets can be aged 30 plus days when refrigerated. Is the same true for the pork belly's?

Pork won't be the same as beef in my experience . I track a lot of this stuff , mostly for pricing .
A common time frame I see on pork from a pack date to a sell by date is about 20 days for pork .
Some beef will be up to 40 days .
" Sell by " is not a freshness date , but used by stores for restocking , so you can get a few days past that , but not always . I personally don't go past with pork . I just bought some pork cushion that was at the sell by date , and it needed to be dealt with .

So if the pack date is on the bellies figure around 20 days stored at 38 degrees or below .

 

[smokerjim]

I agree with rich, wouldn't go past the date to much if any with pork. You can freeze it if the dates are close to expire date.

 

[SmokinEdge]

I agree with rich, wouldn't go past the date to much if any with pork. You can freeze it if the dates are close to expire date.

^^^^^This^^^^^ is exactly what I would do. Use it or freeze it. Then don’t thaw it until you are ready to use, don’t thaw it and leave it in the fridge a week, use it right away.

 

[motolife313-2]

Beef can go past 60 days in vacuum pack. Idk why Costco has 1 week sell by. The butchers tell you they can go 90 days tho