Was surprised to learn brisket yield drops 8% after 3 days in the cryovac

I was reading through some old Meat Science journal articles last week and found a study that really caught me off guard. It said that whole packer briskets lose about 8% of their weight just from purge after being in cryovac for 72 hours. That's nearly a pound on a 12 pound packer. I always figured the moisture loss was minimal until you opened the bag. Does anyone else account for this when pricing out their primals, or am I overthinking the numbers here?

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terry_walker7d ago

Guess that explains why my wallet feels lighter just looking at a brisket.

nora_chen7d ago

Yeah @terry_walker you're not wrong. The prices on brisket have gone up like crazy the last few years. It used to be one of the cheaper cuts but now it's almost as much as steak. I still buy it but way less often than I used to. It hurts to see that total at the register every time.