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1) There is nothing finer than a wagyu brisket. If you're looking for the moistest, most tender and succulent piece of meat, this is your ticket.
2) It cooks waaaaay faster than I had expected.

Would I spend that kind of $ again? Absolutely, but certainly not very often as I do have limited funds and wagyu brisket is just too rich to enjoy all the time.

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Cost?
Noticeable differences
Pictures

Thanks

I thought I read somewhere that the real deal was not available in the U.S, though advertised as such.

FAT wrote:Tell us more.
Cost?
Noticeable differences
Pictures

Thanks

I thought I read somewhere that the real deal was not available in the U.S, though advertised as such.

I think I only came across one 100% wagyu rancher and it was like $180 for a brisket (can't remember actual weight for that price). There were 2 reasons I wasn't interested in it.....cost and just too much marbling, making it far too rich. Most 'wagyu' is crossbred with Angus here in the States, like Snakeriver Farms. I bought mine from A Bar N Ranch, located in North Texas. Decided to buy from them because they were Texas born, $10-$20 cheaper than competitors (per brisket) and shipping was only $16. I bought 2 x 11-14 lb briskets @ $120/each. I still have one more in the freezer :-) They weighed in @ 12.8 and 11.8 lbs and averaged $9.76/lb overall (not including shipping).
As far as differences are concerned: the tenderness, moisture of the meat and richness was the standout for me. As far as cooking, it cooked far quicker than I expected. 7 hrs @ 275 for a 10.5# (after trim) brisket.
Pic's: I only took a couple pics at the beginning and one after 3 hrs (will post through Tapatalk). By the time I sliced this thing, I was already 4 margaritas in and wasn't thinking about taking more pics. Next time I will do a more diligent job of taking pics all the way to the plate.

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Wow, nice piece of meat!


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That do look mighty good, but I'd have to take out a loan to buy one of them. My price range for briskets goes up to about $1.96/lb. for choice angus.

SMOKEYJIM44 wrote:That do look mighty good, but I'd have to take out a loan to buy one of them. My price range for briskets goes up to about $1.96/lb. for choice angus.

*thud*

We just saw some briskets 'on sale' for nine a pound.

That Wagyu is some hunk-o-cow, though.

I did a little looking at this after the post. My initial thought was this is not true wagyu which in reality is both true and false. Where I was mistaken was I thought Kobe and Wagyu was the same, but it is not. There is a large American Wagyu association but they just raise that breed.(It can be any of 4 different breeds commonly called Wagyu)(Wagyu just means Japanese cow) The diet, and massaging of the animal for the Kobe beef is what makes the meats marbeling so extraordinary. I'm not convinced that just the breed alone will yield anything better than prime. Be worth a try though as the supplier mentioned has a great website and the prices are not that far out of line with prime prices.

https://www.abarnmeats.com/shop/brisket

outlaw wrote:I did a little looking at this after the post. My initial thought was this is not true wagyu which in reality is both true and false. Where I was mistaken was I thought Kobe and Wagyu was the same, but it is not. There is a large American Wagyu association but they just raise that breed.(It can be any of 4 different breeds commonly called Wagyu)(Wagyu just means Japanese cow) The diet, and massaging of the animal for the Kobe beef is what makes the meats marbeling so extraordinary. I'm not convinced that just the breed alone will yield anything better than prime. Be worth a try though as the supplier mentioned has a great website and the prices are not that far out of line with prime prices.

https://www.abarnmeats.com/shop/brisket

I always thought you cannot actually label the product Kobe beef unless it comes from Kobe. At any rate, they do massage the animals and feed them beer.

Would love to see the first cut/smoke ring and bark

Sailor Kenshin wrote:
I always thought you cannot actually label the product Kobe beef unless it comes from Kobe. At any rate, they do massage the animals and feed them beer.

That's correct.....Kobe must come from Kobe. It's like champagne can only come from the champagne region in France. Otherwise it's called sparkling wine.

outlaw wrote:I did a little looking at this after the post. My initial thought was this is not true wagyu which in reality is both true and false. Where I was mistaken was I thought Kobe and Wagyu was the same, but it is not. There is a large American Wagyu association but they just raise that breed.(It can be any of 4 different breeds commonly called Wagyu)(Wagyu just means Japanese cow) The diet, and massaging of the animal for the Kobe beef is what makes the meats marbeling so extraordinary. I'm not convinced that just the breed alone will yield anything better than prime. Be worth a try though as the supplier mentioned has a great website and the prices are not that far out of line with prime prices.

https://www.abarnmeats.com/shop/brisket

This is what convinced me to buy Wagyu:
The USDA scale for upper grade meat quality has 3 levels: Select, Choice, and Prime. Prime is the highest USDA grade. Roughly, 3% of traditional US cattle harvested are graded as Prime – equivalent to a Wagyu BMS score of 5.

Over 90% of domestic Wagyu cattle grade out as at least Prime, with most reaching a BMS score of 7-8. Wagyu’s intense marbling occurs from genetics and from the cattle spending more time on special feed, about 30 months as compared to commodity beef cattle which are fed about 24 months.


http://www.buedelmeatup.com/2012/12/04/ ... agyu-beef/

A Bar N Ranch says their cows produce grading between 6-8.

no doubt it was a great cut of Cow and I certainly wouldn't turn one down ?IF? it was offered to me but Yikes what it must take to bite the "bullet" so to speak

tri3forme wrote:

outlaw wrote:I did a little looking at this after the post. My initial thought was this is not true wagyu which in reality is both true and false. Where I was mistaken was I thought Kobe and Wagyu was the same, but it is not. There is a large American Wagyu association but they just raise that breed.(It can be any of 4 different breeds commonly called Wagyu)(Wagyu just means Japanese cow) The diet, and massaging of the animal for the Kobe beef is what makes the meats marbeling so extraordinary. I'm not convinced that just the breed alone will yield anything better than prime. Be worth a try though as the supplier mentioned has a great website and the prices are not that far out of line with prime prices.

https://www.abarnmeats.com/shop/brisket

This is what convinced me to buy Wagyu:
The USDA scale for upper grade meat quality has 3 levels: Select, Choice, and Prime. Prime is the highest USDA grade. Roughly, 3% of traditional US cattle harvested are graded as Prime – equivalent to a Wagyu BMS score of 5.

Over 90% of domestic Wagyu cattle grade out as at least Prime, with most reaching a BMS score of 7-8. Wagyu’s intense marbling occurs from genetics and from the cattle spending more time on special feed, about 30 months as compared to commodity beef cattle which are fed about 24 months.


http://www.buedelmeatup.com/2012/12/04/ ... agyu-beef/

A Bar N Ranch says their cows produce grading between 6-8.

Very nice. Please believe I was trying to be argumentative. I am excited to see something like this available for us lesser privileged . Just sharing what I found. I ended up reading a whole dissertation on Wagyu and Kobe. My wife has always promised me a prime or better brisket to play with. Thanks to you I see one in the very near future. Thanks for posting. Sure wish we could have seen some flat slices after resting.

Once I learn to cook brisket, I might try one.

After spending $140 on a 5 bone rib roast, the price doesn't seem bad, assuming I don't ruin it.

Thanks for sharing the information.