Costco

[OldMayfield]

My wife just signed us up for a Costco membership.

It seems many of the posters on this forum buy meat from Costco.

What is the consensus about Costco meat? Beef vs Prok vs Chicken/Turkey vs Fish?

I have a pretty good local butcher and fish market, but I'm open to suggestions about buying at Costco, either regularly or via special deals.

 

[BobbyQ]

I used to buy most meat from Costco. Then I found out that they use machanical tenderizers for the meat that they butcher like steaks. The fine print on their labels states it but how many read it? According to "experts" you are supposed to cook tenderized meat to near well done IT to avoid problems with bacteria contamination from the tenderizing. Nowadays, I just buy meat from Costco that's cryovac packaged by the processor like ribs and brisket and I stick with a local super market that has a good butcher deprtment. BTW, my local Costco's prices have jumped to where they aren't as economical as they once were.
Although I just picked up a prime packer at $4.99/ lb. That's one of their bargains but rib eyes and other steaks are quite expensive.