thanks for the heads up, remember when you could buy brisket for $.88 lb

An article in the food section of the morning paper called brisket the new caviar of beef. I prefer pulled pork over brisket.

I sold tons and tons of pork butts during my 31 years in the grocery business but it was not until I changed careers that I actually smoked a pork butt for pulled pork. Mostly because briskets had gotten over priced from what I was used to paying for them and Food Network educated everyone about what other parts of the country was cooking/smoking. Smoking a pork butt is way more forgiving than a brisket any day.

I grew up in Arkansas. I had never heard of barbecued brisket until I moved to Texas.

An article in the food section of the morning paper called brisket the new caviar of beef. I prefer pulled pork over brisket.

Same here. Don't get me wrong, I love a good smoked brisket, but a good pulled pork can beat it every time.

I prefer a brisket over pulled pork, here is how I look at pulled pork: It's a piece of meat you over cook until it falls apart and then you cover it in sauce. Whereas with the brisket there is a magic window you are trying to land it between being tough to over cooked(falling apart such as pulled pork).

I am also a sauce only if its dry and flavorless. I am not against pulled pork it just ranks below brisket. Both cuts are versatile on what you can do with them after being smoked,