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Old 10-25-2012, 04:47 PM   #3530
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Default Re: What's in your smoker?

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Originally Posted by T.G View Post
Both Costco and Sam's have multiple suppliers for beef and pork, so what might be in one region might not hold true in your area.

Out here in California, I've found that Costco beef is better, in part because they sell choice and prime only. Pork isn't graded by the USDA, it either passes or it doesn't, and I can't say that I've noticed any quality difference between the two club stores out here so long as you avoid the solution plumped cuts.
It seems to me that the pork at both Costco and Sams are packaged the exact same way, whether it's ribs or butts. I've noticed very little "drainage" from the butts from either place, but seems like I've seen such solutions inside the packages I've seen at Kroger and Meijer. I've never bought butts anywhere other than Sams or Costco though. One of these days, I'm going to start getting sides of beef and whole hogs butchered through local farmers who go the all natural route.
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