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Member's Mark 88/12 Ground Beef, priced per pound
4.7 out of 5 stars
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4,909 ratings763 reviews
  1. 5 stars83% (4,097)
  2. 4 stars10% (501)
  3. 3 stars3% (167)
  4. 2 stars1% (52)
  5. 1 star2% (92)

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Oct 15, 2018
MrsPowell
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

The meat on the outside looks good but it is brown in the inside. The last 5-6 times I purchased, it was this way. Of course i googled it and found that brown is more than likely normal. So, I just went with it. However my most recent purchase, red on outside. Kept in fridge one night and the next day it was brown and gray. It was completely rotten before the supposed expiration date. I will not be purchasing my ground beef from Sam’s anymore. The quality wasn’t always like this.

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Sep 3, 2012
Cutty
4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5 stars review

not as lean as it use to be

We have been buying this beef for many years and it seems that for the last year or so this hamburger leaves a lot more grease in the pan than it use to. In fact there was never ANY grease in the pan when cooking burgers and now there is enough to actually cover the bottom of the pan and I have to pour it out. It even looks fattier than it use to. I'm not sure if it's just our store (Chattanooga) or all stores. Maybe next time we will try Knoxville. Also we use to buy the packaged burger instead of the ten pound tube but we noticed the tube was cheaper and the Sams butcher assured us it's the exact same burger. Anybody else notice this? I would say it's more like 80% lean instead of 90.

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Feb 27, 2017
8more
3 out of 5 stars
3 out of 5 stars review

It's true....much fattier than it used to be.

This used to cook up cleanly, shedding just enough fat to cook itself in. 93/7 is too dry. Proper 90/10 is the perfect balance between leanness and palatability. This now renders much more fat when grilled. And if you're waiting for the fat to stop running out of it, you'll be cooking it longer...making it tougher...which defeats the reasons for buying the product in the first place -- leanness and tenderness.

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Mar 15, 2022
Not impressed
2 out of 5 stars
2 out of 5 stars review

This isn’t meat.

Ok.i bought this 2days ago and I’ve always bought this ground beef for years, when it was 90/10 and even after it became 88/12 because the quality was pretty good,clean ,lean meat ..but I don’t know what you guys are starting to do but this isn’t meat ..I cooked from it twice the texture in hand is the same except there’s no fatty residue but when I cook it it’s not the same. I made burgers twice and noticed it’s not the same ..I don’t know what y’all are doing but I hope you’re not adding “extra” things in there with dye to pass it off as meat!! Ever since they no longer ground the meat in the stores little by little it started to change first with the fat percentage and now god knows what you’re mixing in it ..but it’s not meat! Not sure if I’ll continue to buy it unless I see it looks like the meat I used to buy .

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Mar 19, 2020
Tammy
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

Not even close to a year ago!

I've always bought this at Sam's. But lately I've noticed in frying a lot of grease, which used to never happen. This was the reason I chose 90/10! The last 3 purchases, the meat looked really good in the packages but once it was opened, the real truth gets exposed,the older meat is obviously covered with fresher more red ground beef. Only reason it turns brownish is exposure to air. So it's not possible to be red on the outside and brown on the inside unless it's being mixed by the one packaging it. I've called Sam's about this, was given an apology, they stated this is not their practice. Yet, it's happened 3 times now and obviously IS their practice. Sorry Sam's, but that's a bit sketchy.

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Jan 27, 2019
Super Dad
3 out of 5 stars
3 out of 5 stars review

Ground beef

I have purchased Sam's Club ground beef for quite some time. However something has changed in the processing and not for the better. It is horrible the ground beef feels slimy and wet. There is also dark perhaps old ground beef mixed in the middle. We ended up preparing it for the dogs. I will not buy anymore ground beef from Sam's Club!

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Jan 6, 2017
tjg1960
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Excellent Quality!

I have been buying Sam's Club 90/10 burger for years now. I won't buy my meats anywhere else. I live in a rural area, and I refuse to pay alot of money for not a very good quality product. I find that all of Sam's Club's fresh meats are super! I make a trip about once a month to stock up on everything I need. I can certainly recommend the 90/10 ground beef for both quality and value.

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Sep 4, 2024
Scott
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

Is it ground fresh or frozen? Nobody knows.

Brought home tried to divide into 5 equal portions and found out the weight of the meat alone was 10 ounces less then the packaged weight. Called the store, they said it was pre frozen and lost weight when it thawed. But website says ground fresh daily in store. Somebody is not being truthful

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Jan 5, 2020
Bw
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

Horrible!! No way is this 90/10

There is no way this is 90/10. I cooked up 2.34 lbs and ended up with 1.60 lbs and literally a bowl of grease drained off of it. Definitely not anywhere close to 90/10. No wonder its the price of 73/27 meat elsewhere cause thats whats it actually is!! Don't waste your money if your looking for lean ground beef.

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Jun 7, 2019
Zee
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

Disappointed!

I have bought the 90/10 ground beef for several years and it has always been very good. However the package I bought this last time (May 2019) had a destintive chemical smell to it, even when I was cooking it. I just couldn't serve it to my family. I ended up throwing it away.

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