Just got my first smoker

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(01-31-2021, 04:40 PM)jfkbengals Wrote: No, it has been around forever.  There are only 2 pieces per cow, and outside of the West Coast, butchers weren't cutting it off of the remainder of the primal cut and selling it.  So for much of the US it would end up going into ground beef.  It used to be cheap on the West Coast, but thanks to it's popularity growing around the remainder of the country, it is getting pricier to meet the demand, despite the increase in supply.

Just like brisket. which years ago was a throw away cut for most butchers.