Prime grade at Sam's club

[thesmokist]

I was in sams club today and discovered they are now selling prime grade meat. They had packers, whole ribeyes and sirloin. I picked up a prime packer for $3.46 a lb! Came out to about $46. Its going in the ok Joe pellet cooker with some oak pellets tonight! Glad I didnt pay for that Costco membership just to get some prime briskets.

 

[Bearcarver]

That's Great to hear!!

Bear

 

[hardcookin]

I picked up 2 prime briskets at my local Sam's club. But have yet to smoke any yet.
Be interested to see how your brisket turns out.

 

[uncle eddie]

I picked up Prime Ribeye's last week...

 

[thesmokist]

I picked up 2 prime briskets at my local Sam's club. But have yet to smoke any yet.
Be interested to see how your brisket turns out.

I have a brisket in the smoker that I'm gonna take out in about a half hour. I'll do a review!

 

[thesmokist]

Just pulled it out of the smoker to wrap and put in a cooler to rest! Temp was 187 and it was soft and juicy. I put it in the pellet cooker at about 8:30 last night and then moved it to the electric at 11:30 to finish it off, no sense in wasting pellets.

 

[SmokinAl]

With my Sam's it's hit & miss.
They have Prime ribeyes quite often, and briskets once in a while.
It's a 1 hour drive each way for me, so I can't keep checking to see what they have.
It's like Christmas morning when I go there & they have Prime packers!
Al

 

[thesmokist]

With my Sam's it's hit & miss.
They have Prime ribeyes quite often, and briskets once in a while.
It's a 1 hour drive each way for me, so I can't keep checking to see what they have.
It's like Christmas morning when I go there & they have Prime packers!
Al

Yeah I was happy to see they had the prime packers cause I was debating going with a buddy to Costco which is about 45 min from me and stocking up.

 

[wbf610]

My Sams just started carrying them as well. I have a 12 lb prime packer going on tomorrow.

 

[Bearcarver]

My Sams just started carrying them as well. I have a 12 lb prime packer going on tomorrow.

I'd be over for some, but Weis had Clams this week, and this Bear is Packed!!!

Bear

 

[texomakid]

Our local Sam's had Prime on my last trip last week. I think the whole packers were about the same price range. It caught my eye but I didn't buy anything but I may be back there soon.

 

[Jonok]

Sams here has always had prime packers only, and it tickled me pink that the trimmed flats (usually select, but occasionally choice) were always at least $2 more a pound.

 

[wbf610]

I'd be over for some, but Weis had Clams this week, and this Bear is Packed!!!

Bear

You are Welcome anytime, you can learn me a few things I’m sure.

May do hot/fast early Monday morning with it to take to a friends.

 

[thesmokist]

I tell ya what I've cooked a lot of briskets and this prime one from Sam's was hands down the best! A friend of mine had cooked a wagyu a couple weeks ago and I think this even topped that both texture and flavor. I rubbed it with onion and garlic powder and coarse black pepper and then did a light dust of of a brisket rub that I found at rural king and decided to give a try. The flat rested for longer than I wanted but it ended staying hot for a long time but it worked out cause was hot and juicy with a killer bark. So yeah give the prime briskets from Sam's a try!

 

[RiversideSm0ker]

Yeah it’s awesome that my local Sam’s has been carrying several prime packers lately. It’s a big time commitment cooking one for half a day or longer on my OKJ. The amazing results are worth it but I just haven’t had the time available lately. Hopefully soon. I’m doing pulled pork tomorrow so that will have to satisfy my meat tooth for now.

G

 

[jokensmoken]

I was in sams club today and discovered they are now selling prime grade meat. They had packers, whole ribeyes and sirloin. I picked up a prime packer for $3.46 a lb! Came out to about $46. Its going in the ok Joe pellet cooker with some oak pellets tonight! Glad I didnt pay for that Costco membership just to get some prime briskets.

I was was very disappointed in the selection of prime grade briskets at my local Costco store this week...The store is only a few miles up.the road so when the selection was poor the first trip...no biggie...the second trip a couple days later I was a bit bummed...third trip it mid week this week was WTH.
The largest full packer they had was 12.3 pounds and most were 10-11 pound range.
Real thin flats on most with what appeared to be a lot of fat. I've purchased many very nice packers there in years past with no issue surrounding selection...size and selection just wasnt there this time around.
Honestly 8d never seen a 9 lb full packer before and certainly not a meat case half full of 10 pounders.
Glad I had one in the freezer for memorial day.