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Got a small gathering at the weekend (5 of us) and not sure that I need the whole brisket so going to ask the butcher for one of the other. I'm thinking the flat - any reason I should rethink?

Not sure why no one has commented as I had the same dilemma.

In the end I bought the whole thing. £30 and used it for the days after.

I used the flat in slices and the point in chunks or shredded. Both were amazing. I don't have a preference really from what I ate. But for the sake of an extra £10 buy the whole lot.

To reheat I added BBQ sauce and orange juice, another time cola and finally vimto. All were wrapped in foil then sauce and liquid added. Lose the bark as it goes soft but it's soo tasty.

If you only want one go fir flat fir ease of cooking

Whenever I see brisket at the butcher, it appears to be at least 1/3 fat. Is this normal? How much fat should it have?

benkeenan2005 wrote:Not sure why no one has commented as I had the same dilemma.

It might be because this is a common question. Try searching "Brisket" in the search function, it may help.

i missed the post completely, sorry about that. To be honest if you got a good butcher that can get both and the freezer space to store half buy both. the point may not be enough to feed 5 people on its own, although i have been getting some amazing briskets form my butcher recently. The point is alot easier to cook than the flat, so you may want to think about how confident you are cooking it.