I don’t like freezing meat, personally, and rarely do so.
Meat freezes just fine. The more fat is in it, the better it freezes. Fish, OTOH, does not freeze well - at least IMO. 
We once bought an entire tenderloin at Costco and had a party. It was great! A foodie friend came over and lovingly prepped it, over a couple of days, and made a sauce too. That whole tenderloin was about $75, a “moderate” steak price for fancy steak houses around here.
Thanks to those who recommended the cauliflower pizza - yummy ?
@1214mom I once asked if they could put just a couple of steaks in a pack for us and they did it with no problem and very pleasantly. YMMV
Not sure if I mentioned this earlier - my son lives off of the Madame Edamame single serving packets from the freezer section.
Question- We had a wonderful freshly baked pecan last week from a Costco in Colorado. If I went to a Costco cross country would they have the same offerings?
There are regional differences as well as seasonal offerings that appear and disappear. If you call Costco in the area you are going to, they may be able to guess whether the item will be available in your time frame.
Can anyone describe the cauliflower pizza? I’m not generally much for frozen pizza so my bar would be kind of high…can you describe the texture of the crust and then what other toppings do they pair with the crust???
Not all items at Costco are cheaper than in grocery stores. I found that 24 bottle beer pack is $2 cheaper in my regular grocery stores. I have the same impression for beef and wine. The bottom line is you need to compare the price before buying.
“I found that 24 bottle beer pack is $2 cheaper in my regular grocery stores. I have the same impression for beef and wine.”
This probably varies by region depending on the competing stores in your area. In my local area, here’s the comparison:
Beer: Costco is significantly less expensive for anything other than very basic brands. Very basic brand price at Costco is comparable to Walmart and sometimes local stores have basic brands on sale for less than the Costco price. Mid-level and craft beer is always less expensive at Costco.
Wine: Costco is significantly less expensive on all brands and price points. The pricier the wine, the larger the gap between Costco’s pricing and the alternatives, but even on the $6 and $7 wine, Costco is $1 - $2 a bottle less than even Trader Joe or Target.
Beef: Costco is less expensive than the stores with comparable quality beef and lamb. On the more expensive cuts of meat (lamb chops, filet mignon) the price per pound difference is $5+. Sometimes local higher end grocery stores with comparable quality meat have sales and the sale price is at or even less than Costco but it’s rare. If you watch the sales and are flexible in what you’ll buy you can often get something at the local store that is similar pricing to Costco, but it will only be that one loss-leader item and will be in limited quantities. Chicken is different here because many of the local grocery stores use sales as a loss leader so always have some cut of chicken on sale. Again, if you spend the time to follow the sales and are flexible on what cut you can use, you can often do as well on chicken at the local stores as you can at Costco. My opinion only, but locally Costco’s beef and lamb are some of the highest quality around here which is especially welcome given the always low pricing; Costco’s (raw) chicken is medium quality and decent everyday pricing, but I prefer to just watch the sales and get similar pricing on what I consider to be slightly higher quality (air chilled and better trimmed) elsewhere.
But holy guacamole, none of that thinking applies to the Costco rotisserie chicken pricing. $5 for a huge, juicy, perfectly cooked, flavorful whole chicken? It’s the bargain of the century. I can’t usually buy a raw chicken of that size for $5 around here. Heck, as I type this I’m making my family’s second and third meals out of a Costco rotisserie chicken. DH and son brought one home last night and we ate a breast and thigh - meal 1. This morning I picked the remaining meat off (looks like about 2 c chopped meat) and am reserving it to add back to soup. Meantime, I’ve got the bones in the pressure cooker so in 90 minutes I’ll have 6-8 c of chicken bone broth to use in the soup, which we’ll get meals #2 and #3 out of. Not often you get cheap, easy, healthy and tasty all in one convenient package.
@abasket, I bought the pizza after seeing it recommended here. It was very good! You bake it right on the oven rack (not on a pan or pizza stone) so the crust gets very crisp.It’s pretty thin, too, which contributes to the crispness. There’s an adequate amount of cheese. I can’t remember whether the toppings were roasted peppers or diced tomatoes, but whichever it was, there were more than most frozen pizzas provide. The sauce had a nice flavor, too.
I’ve tried making cauliflower crust pizza from scratch and it didn’t come out as good as these from Costco. Give 'em a try!
One of the meals we use the Costco rotisserie chicken for is chicken pot pie. Yum!
^@abasket I did add a bit of mozzarella cheese to the cauliflower pizza - (roasted vegetable )
I’ve made this at home but the crust turns out crispier, as mentioned) and if you are watching carbs or doing keto it passes nicely as “pizza” substitute
They were giving out samples of the Cauliflower pizza at Costco. No one was going for seconds or asking where it could be purchased. Maybe she didn’t heat it right but it wasn’t something I’d buy after sampling.
At Pieology, we tried the gluten free and dairy free pizza—won’t do that again either. Neither I nor H liked it much.
I saw the cauliflower crust pizzas the other day but decided to pass for now - H would not eat it (picky!)and it would be wasteful for me to bake one for myself. BUT, I would try making a from scratch crust at home!
We tried the cauliflower pizza’s last night. H is a BIG meat eater but he liked the pizza. The crust is more like a cracker, crunchy not chewy. I found it tasty and a nice change from the overly gloppy, thick chewy crust style that’s the most common style.
The cauliflower pizza from Costco is way too sweet for my taste. California Pizza Kitchen’s cauliflower rice crust pizza is the best.
Even my stickler, makes his own pizza from scratch, H liked the cauliflower pizza. My kids ate it, too. I don’t think it will replace our favorite pizza shop, but I have a couple of pies in the freezer for emergency use.
As for the pecan pie, my local Costco (suburban LI) has it. I LOVE pecan pie.