Since my Costco here in Albuquerque doesn't seem to have full packer briskets in any quality. I'm considering picking up a few of the prime ones at Costco in Houston over the holidays and freezing them. Anything wrong with doing so?

Not a bit.

Leave then in the cryopak/vacuumpak and freeze. They'll be fine for months.

Yup, do it frequently. IBP whole briskets in the Cry-O-Vac bag habitate the bottom of my chest freezer most of the year. The only problem i have to resolve is the temperature of my Brinkman electric water smoker. Just plugging it in is too hot, so I have a yet to be installed rheostat type device to control the voltage to the heating coil. It's not with automatic control, but manually, I should be able to monitor and adjust the temp to the neighborhood of 225 or so. if so, I hope to be able to leave the brisket on the smoker for 8 hours or more, Now, I smoke about 4 hrs and wrap in foil to finish in the oven at about 225 for another 2-4 hrs. Yummy7, but not primo.


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