Several weeks ago, brisket packers topped $7 at Restaurant Depot in Raleigh. Now it’s down to $2.74. Lowest I’ve ever seen anywhere in town.

Several weeks ago, brisket packers topped $7 at Restaurant Depot in Raleigh. Now it’s down to $2.74. Lowest I’ve ever seen anywhere in town.

Seems like prices dropped nationwide about the same time about three weeks ago.

Good! 

It is going to be 97° two days next week.  Since I wont be on the chain gang or in the sweat box, I am gonna go into Chantilly and see how much beef is at Restaurant Depot!

Only 97 Bentley?
Below is what we are looking at for next 7 days:

Wife is going shopping tomorrow at Smith's (aka Kroger).
A few things are on sale:
Brisket    $2.99/lb   will make ground beef out of it.  Cheapest ground beef here is $5.49/lb
Pork Loin $1.79/lb   going to make Canadian bacon out of it.
Pork Butt $1.79/lb   just going into freezer

Yeah, but your relative humidity is 10% and your dew point is 33°.  Try 65% RH and a dew point of 67°!  Your numbers here would feel like a 78° day!

Yeah, current heat index here is 98° even though real temp is only 88° with dew point of 73°.  I think the dew point that high is in the range for strong thunderstorms and potential tornados.

First the beef prices: My wife picked up a couple of roast yesterday for $2.97/lb., one was a cross rib and the other was top round. The cross rib was cooked in the Instant Pot last night and turned out superb. After dry brining for a couple of hours, the top round is in the sous vide be be smoked tomorrow.

Now for the weather.

So Fredericksburg, VA Costco.  National Beef, one of my favorite brands,  USDA Prime Rib Roast, $9.99/lb, USDA Choice $8.99, just dont get it! We have been asked to cook a rehearsal dinner in a month for about 60 people, so picked up a little over 30lbs.  They wanted Rib Roast, so sweet deal for them.  Will Wet Age it here a few weeks and then cook it up on Memphis.  Will be Cesar Salad with Rib Roast, twice baked potato, glazed carrots, various cheese cakes and pie for dessert!

So Fredericksburg, VA Costco.  National Beef, one of my favorite brands,  USDA Prime Rib Roast, $9.99/lb, USDA Choice $8.99.  Don't get it, but we have been asked to cook a rehearsal dinner in a month for about 60 people, so picked up a little over 30lbs.  They wanted Rib Roast, so sweet deal for them.  Will Wet Age it here a few weeks and then cook it up on Memphis.  Will be Cesar Salad with Rib Roast, twice baked potato, glazed carrots, various cheese cakes and pie for dessert!

That sounds really good!  Brisket is $2.99 for a packer, $3.49 for Prime 1, and $3.99 for a trimmed Choice.  Don't make no sense to me.

I think the shutdown or slowdown of many restaurants has caused prices of higher grade meats to drop because the supply chain was already raising that type of meat and has had to lower the price to be able to sell it to consumers rather than restaurants.

Now it makes sense.  I'll be cooking my first prime brisket tonight because they were $4.99 a pound before all this started if I remember correctly and at one point they were $7.99/lb.

Fredericksburg, VA Costco. 7/2/21

Did you buy 2 of each?

They lost their mind on that tenderloin.  It was $14.99/lb the last time I ought one, and I know that was less then 2 years ago. As I look at the prices on the NY and the Rib Roast, and I think of the prices at Giant 2 weeks ago, I should have bought the Rib Roast!

DANG!!!  At those prices, I bet a lot will end up sitting their past the "sell by" date and have a reduced price.


Glad I'm pretty well stocked for a year or so...