Kyle Risdall

Meat now, wine in a minute.

Beef prices, as you might have heard, are still at record highs, up 22 percent last year.

Beef prices, as you might have heard, are still at record highs, up 22 percent last year.

U.S.

U.S.

herds are getting smaller.

herds are getting smaller.

Global supplies are tight, but demand is high.

Global supplies are tight, but demand is high.

And one cut of meat in particular is really feeling the pricing pressure.

And one cut of meat in particular is really feeling the pricing pressure.

brisket.

brisket.

Only two of them per cow, you know.

Only two of them per cow, you know.

Marketplace's Elizabeth Trova went out to brisket country, which is central Texas, to see how pitmasters and customers are managing brisketflation.

Marketplace's Elizabeth Trova went out to brisket country, which is central Texas, to see how pitmasters and customers are managing brisketflation.

We're peasant food suddenly thrust into this stratosphere of pricing.

We're peasant food suddenly thrust into this stratosphere of pricing.

And it just, it wreaks havoc because people are like, you know, I don't want to buy the whole place.