17 pound prime brisket – trimmed 6 pounds of fat off- probably more than I should have. First time weighing the scrap – what do you normally lose; I could have been a little more careful and didn’t leave much fat at. The wife and kids aren’t crazy about fat.
I’m using a new charcoal – Jealous Devil XL(used regular a bunch) but these chunks are big. It’s 99% humidity and freezing fog / sleet – the deck is slippery as hell.
I asked if the wife if we have any frozen pizza incase this doesn’t turn out. She told me I’m stupid.
Happy New Years, y’all.
Win / lose or a burnt turd my dogs won’t eat I will post a non squishing pic.
by Vast_Selection_813
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I try to leave at least a 1/4 inch of fat, but I have never weighed what I’ve taken off before. Six pounds sounds like a lot.
Look at the bright side, you have plenty to render into tallow.
You give up a lot more on prime/wagyu which is a big reason I don’t understand paying premium for them. I get juicy af brisket from choice, pay less, and lose less when I trim.
Hell yeah- free tallow or grind that fatty gold into a cut up round roast for burgers.
Depends. I can trim 4-6 depending on the brisket. Or I can do as minimal trim and barely lose a pound (this can turn out shockingly good).
I’ve ground meat trim to hamburger or if I have enough I will same it due a chopped beef recipe.
The fat I’ve rendered for tallow – didn’t overlook this, it’s friggin’ great to cook with.
I’ve done two this holiday season – around 15# with 1-2lb trimmed fat only. I seem to remember on briskets prior having to trim more but maybe it partially comes down to the grade. I did a choice brisket around Thanksgiving and a prime brisket around Christmas (both sourced at Costco) and the prime one was far and away superior in results. I try to leave a 1/4-3/8 fat cap though bc honestly most of it renders away during the cook and the remainder I leave up to the recipient to choose what they want to trim.
I just ground up a 12 lb brisket. The amount of meat ended up being about 8 lbs after trimming. The removed fat did get rendered down to tallow and I can use that anytime I need some fat for cooking.