Okay, so this 73 27 ground beef was 3.99 and the 96 4 ground beef was also 3.99 but 85 15 ground beef was like 7 dollars, if I just get a pound of each and combine them did I just save half my money for 2 pounds? Or am I missing something?
by joemcq122
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If you have a grinder, buy a brisket.. generally a choice is 2.99 a pound if you trim a bit and grind like 90% itll come to 80:20 for 3 bucks a pound. Sucks to drop 50 bucks but 10 pounds of ground beef is so much better
The real cheat code is buying a beef (or half or quarter). The last one we split this summer ended up being under $5.00 per pound total. Can’t even hardly buy ground beef for that.
Tubed meat is a little sus usually but if you’re ok with that, kudos!
Anyone actually weigh those things? I always find that the Kroger 1 lb. tubes are short 1 oz. Haven’t weighed the tray pack before.
There are so many wrong things and misconceptions and lies in this and a lot of threads concerning meat and food in general. I sell sides of beef. I raise them from birth to butcher. I know exactly what they were fed, what treatments they got, how they were raised, their genetics. But gawd the things people say and ask about just amaze me. I’m going to start a list.
Where do you live where a pound of 93-7 ground beef is $3.99? Unless this is a “Throwback Thursday” to 2007.
I do this with my venison. I mix it 50/50 with 80% lean beef. In my mind, it equals out to around 90% lean meat.
Family never can tell, price is right.
It’s a win/win for us. It it’s wrong, I don’t want to be right.
Local butcher shop owner.
Any beef you aregetting at the grocery store for 4 dollars a lb, was probably purchased by the retailer for 2 dollars per lb and is probably awful quality.
But sure if price is your only incentive its a great deal….
You did good!!
Worked at 2 major grocery chains. There is a reason why the chub ground beef is not in a clear package. It’s inferior. Restaurant supply stores have 10# chubs in clear wrap and they are legit. Grocery chubs get old, get puffed up and stink sometimes when you open them – even within the sell by date. Caveat emptor.
I paid $925 for 1/4 steer in spring and got 135 lbs in the freezer. It came to about $6.85 lb with about 45 lbs. of that ground. I’m afraid to check prices now. That’s in Southern Wisconsin.
Sorry but I can’t buy meat that is hidden in a tube and processed god-knows-where.
No. They have factored every angle. If it came from a store, you’re getting screwed. Source: I help grow a family’s personal beef heard.
it depends on what you’re doing with the beef. burgers probably bad cause you’ll over handle to mix the beef and it will get a weird texture. helper style dishes, chili, shepherds pie proly fine, meatballs and meatloaf you will have to tell us how it turns out.
No
Typically they are different cuts of beef, sirloin vs chuck. Honestly it sounds like it’ll be fine and maybe a good savings depending on how you want to use it
Frozen ground beef is almost not even the same thing as fresh it’s full of water and is only really good for chilli or tacos
Def not.
I don’t know what’s in that tube, but I’m officially too old to digest it.
Just buy the stuff with the fat and drain it off. The fat makes it taste good.
I’ve been buying the 27/73 at Publix for over a year now because it’s like $2/lb less than their cheapest clear package and it’s fine. I buy better stuff for like burgers usually but for meals like spaghetti bolognese or something it’s good enough
Someone made a mistake with the pricing. The 93/7 should be more expensive than the 85/15. More meat means more expensive. Fat is cheaper…
Idk why but the leaner ground beef has been pricing cheaper in my area as well this past few weeks which is odd
I wait for the sale. This week is tri tip for $5.99.
Hopefully you bought the 96/4 last week? Because the sell by dates is 11/16 and today is 11/20, at least for me
Do it!