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| roxy wrote: | | Pit Boss wrote: | | BluDawg wrote: | | Roxy I think up there in Maple Leaf Land they may have a different standard ehy, however here in the States all beef that is not ground must be inspected and graded by the USDA |
Actually, a packer can opt out of the USDA grading procedure...but they can't use the gvmt labels either. For graded beef, you're exactly right. If it's stamped, it met with someone's eye and was graded. |
That is not what I was trying to say. When a side is inspected, not every cut gets eye time for the grading. |
You are right Roxy not evey cut is looked at, cattle are gradded as a whole if one side is choice the whole carcass is graded choice by the USDA graders. This is done by evaluating the marbling charicteristics of the ribeye and overall age of the carcass there are 8 grades but most people will only see the top three, Prime, Choice, and Select. Sores dont want to show the rest of the the grades, most of the rest end up in processed products.
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GnarleyQr
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Location: Mesa, AZ
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IMHO quality of meat is huge no matter how you are cooking it. They only thing I have ever used select for is when used in stews, crock pot etc. But when it comes to anything else, I use choice. When I get to feeling wild & crazy, I go premium especially for new yorks and filets.
Fortunately our local Costco carries a good selection of both and a local supermarket chain here (Frys) carries a lot of choice and they do pretty good sales so I load up then. |
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BigPhil32
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I smoked a total of 5 briskets over the 4th, all on my UDS at one time....did 3 select and 2 choice...couldn't tell the difference....they were all spot on. No complaints from my customers either. Briskets here recently have been $1.49 per pound.
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texbbqpits
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[quote="BigPhil32"]I smoked a total of 5 briskets over the 4th, all on my UDS at one time....did 3 select and 2 choice...couldn't tell the difference....they were all spot on. No complaints from my customers either. Briskets here recently have been $1.49 per pound.[/quote]
Thanks for your post BigPhil. I also have cooked both side by side and could not really say one was better than the other. I've alsod cooked two choice sided by side and one turned out great and one not so good. Tom
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| Posted: Jul 13 2011 Post subject: Re: Brisket - select vs. choice |
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| yukoff wrote: | Every time i do brisket, it comes out dry, not sure if it's because of the way i cook it or if it's the quality of meat. Since I'm still practicing, i buy the cheap stuff - basically grocery store brisket, which is select. I follow all the directions by the book when cooking it.
My question is - how much of a diffference in the finished product will there be between using select and choice grade of brisket meat? |
Say you got a quality brisket how are you cooking it?
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yukoff
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I replied earlier saying that the Choice turned out much much much better. I didn't do anyting different that i had done the previous three times, only thing i did different was use Choice instead of Select.
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Remmy
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Choice all day! Moist as heck!
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