So tough I had to throw it out.

12.5 lb brisket. Conservative trim of fat (leaving some) yielded 5 lbs of fat.

It says beef brisket on top label when I opened the package it was pork.

Grisly and super chewy even after smoking/slow cooking for 10-12 hours

About 1/3rd was fat. Not trimmed very well.

15 pounds is what I paid for, over 8 pounds of fat trimmed off. Cost me twice what I would pay at my local butcher.

I understand prices have increased because of Covid, and I was willing to pay the $5.60 lb for a Memorial Day cook. VERY little marbling that resulted in less than satisfying results.

I bought a case of these. They have to be trimmed quite a bit even though it says trimmed. Once you do that, I smoked mine for 18 hours, and I always get rave reviews. Low and slow is always the ticket for a brisket.

Normally when I buy meats at sams, you have a couple of days or a week-sometimes more so i didn't even think to check the date at the time. But 3 days later, I go to pull it out to prepare it for the next day and see that it was past its USE or Freeze by date WHEN I bought it. I bought it on Oct 30 and it was dated for Oct 29th.It was like Nov 2/3 when I when to cook it. I took a pic of the label but I doubt sams does anything to make good on this.

One third is fat. Not worth the hassle of separating meat from fat. Waste.