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the thing is if you know how to cook it right pretty much any bit of meat can be made to taste like it's worth a lot more (even the 'waste' parts, people like soul food for a reason)
It was cheap because people didn't widely know how to cook it properly, now that people do there isn't really a reason for it to be cheap
$20 a pound is nuts though lol like let me just get some filet mignon instead, chief
I’ve done some nice briskets by sous vide them in a very large bag (can use sealable turkey brine bags) over 24 hours and then just a few hours on a smoker. It’s not even that hard.
Definitely cannot justify the prices out at these spots, doing stuff at home really isn’t that hard. If anything baked stuff always feels way more worth it in terms of doing it myself VRs buying
Brisket isn't hard to cook but it's challenging to cook for the purists. They will holler about the bark, or the smoke ring, or the fat cap, or the fact that you weren't up at four AM splitting mesquite for kindling.
Honestly funniest thing is these hacked briskets turn out better than a lot of the brisket I’ve had out at places. Not gonna deny that the best of the best is better, but still generally not worth it.