Bought a prime brisket and smoked it 10 hours unwrapped at 180 then wrapped it. Another 5 hours at 180 then 2 hours at 200 and last hour at 225. 19 lb brisket for a total of 18 hours. Was very happy with the results on my pellet smoker. Wrapped it in butcher paper. Post will not let me add pictures for some reason but it looks and tastes amazing, if I can figure it out I will post pictures.

I tried a smaller brisket from a grocery store and it was just so-so. I smoked this one for 7 hours until it reached 165 deg, wrapped it tight in foil and put it back in for another hour until it hit 200 deg, let it rest 2 hours in an empty cooler and it was incredible. It was fall-apart tender and dripping with juice. We gave some away to family and friends and ate on it for a week ourselves.

Prime grade meat is the equivalent to heavy marbling. If you knew what you were doing, you should have known that you were buying a fat marbled prime piece of meat. If you want less fat, and dry brisket, by USDA Select. In other words, stop complaining for receiving exactly what you paid for! I've smoked 5 of these full packers and they are excellent juicy and flavorful meat. Trimming a brisket is part of the process. If you want pretrimmed brisket, then you'll need to pay a higher price per pound. I have to laugh at the fatty complaints.

Just isn't worth it for anything other than special events at $6/lb, especially when a third of the weight needs to be trimmed off because it was butchered so poorly to begin with... so it's really closer to $9/lb for what will be eaten unless you save the trim for ground beef. As far as the meat quality itself, it tends to range between 3 and 5 stars. I just trimmed three briskets and one had great marbling in the flat, while the other two could have been mistaken for choice. One of the three briskets also had a hole all the way through the flat that I could put my finger through (maybe hanging from a meat hook at one point?).

I have a Sam’s club membership just for the prime brisket.

We've made brisket for Mother's Day and it was incredible:)

Not trimmed, but a quality cut. Great marbling and good size and weight. Perfect for the offset.

I bought this product to cater an event. Had nothing but compliments.

For prime not worth it. Choice last time was better.

Has the marbling that you want. Keeps the brisket juicy after 12 hrs on the slow & low.