Just got my first smoker

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(10-31-2021, 12:44 PM)MileHighGrowler Wrote: Brisket prices have been through the roof here lately.  I haven't smoked one in months.  I'm not paying $5+/lb for it.  Meat in general has been more expensive lately, but you really see the difference when you're picking something that weighs 18 lbs before trimming! 

Fortunately this was already trimmed, so no waste.  At $10/lb I better not have to throw any of it away.

Although I have decided that the next time I have a large piece of meat that needs trimming, I will vacuum seal and freeze the waste.  Once I get enough scrap beef and fat (it would all be ribeye and/or brisket); I'll pick up a couple of sirloins and throw all of it through the meat grinder together to make some tasty ass burgers!