Briskets

My Walmart is always out

I haven't looked anywhere else .

where are yall buying yours. I need to attempt one.

Flat ?? most lean (burnt ends)
Point?? most fat??

so i'm a virgin. im gonna try and start with a point, 10# ???

1. trim
2. season
3. indirect heat.

what cooking temp?
what internal temp to reach
then wrap and rest?

thanks

I bought 3 at Kroger last week@1.67 lb. and one the week before@ 1.99 lb. Walmart in Granbury had the for 2.89 lb.(me no buy). I buy them every time I see them on sale whether I need them or not. It`s better to be looking at them instead of looking for them.

Why not just cook a packer brisket? I get mine at HEB. The point is more forgiving. I usually do a 15-18 pound packer that is probably closer to 11-13 pounds after it’s trimmed. Burnt ends are made out of the point.

My method For a whole packer is -

1. Trim fat cap to about 1/4” and trim the whole brisket so there are no points sticking out. It should look like a smooth curve. Think sports car.
2. Thin layer of mustard all over the brisket.
3. Good coating of equal by volume kosher salt and pepper. Only use kosher salt.
3. Get the fire going at about 250.
4. Take the brisket from the fridge and put it on with the point closest to the fire and fat cap up.
5. Smoke for around 3-4 hours. Mix up a spray bottle with half water and half Worcestershire.
6. Check on the brisket. Don’t baste the brisket, but if there are some spots cooking faster than others give those spots a lite spray with the bottle to slow the cooking down on them. This isn’t for moisture this is to promote even cooking.
7. Check and spray Every hour or so until it starts cooking even.
8. When the bark is where you want it wrap in butcher paper and crank the heat to 275-300.
9. Finish temperature doesn’t matter. You want to be able to stick a probe in it and be like warm butter. This will happen between 190-210.
10. Once it’s done wrap it up in a towel and put it in a cooler until it’s about 145 internal. Then slice and enjoy.

10 easy steps.

Key thing to remember is get a good blue smoke. You don’t want a thick white smoke as it will make the meat bitter tasting. That means on my offset I keep the smoke vent wide open and I leave the door open on the side of the fire box so I can get maximum airflow to the smoke chamber. I control the heat by moving the wood around. That takes some practice. I even put the wood in the smoker so it’s piping hot and ignited as soon as I put it on the fire. What kind of smoker are you using anyway?

Well said. I Concur !!

Me too, I will try it this weekend !! Thanks Thisbeer for taking your time to write this up!! I'll report on my "experience"

Me too.

Thanks. Can’t wait to hear how it turns out. Couple more tips. Your far more likely to undercook you’re first one than overcook it, so don’t worry about how many hours. It’s done when it’s done. A 15 pound brisket has taken me 8 hours and it’s also taken me 18 hours. Go by the probe tenderness. If you want to get half serious about cooking brisket I suggest you also right down what you do every time you mess with the brisket. Take a picture of the brisket before you season it and then see what spots kind of overcooked when it’s done. Then you will really understand what to trim off a brisket. I trim a ton off of mine.

First experiment. Just a starter. give me directions

How hot, how long ? Its small

Some say as a rule of thumb to cook at 225 degrees, 1 hour per pound.

That's a fairly good rule of thumb. Buzz, what equipment are you using? Smoker? Kettle? Oven?

Your kinda handicapped by that cut of meat as most of the fat has already been trimmed. Most of us get a packer brisket and trim it exactly like we like. 1/4 on top, trim tough grisly meat on sides, trim out part of fat V, etc. The fat drips throughout the meat during the cook.

Hope the fat cap is on the bottom.

Buzz - it's 100% guaranteed. What could possibly go wrong? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Ha Ha, no chit. I could end up with one giant burnt end !!!!!!

I'm cooking on my kettle

I would try a packer brisket but they have too much "grease" drip for a kettle.

My "pink" butcher paper hasn't made it from Amazon yet, so I'll wrap in foil at 160* back on till 190, then wrap in towel put in empty cooler till time to eat.

I'll take pictures along the way, lucky its hot out today , makes it easier to reach and control temps with kettle vents.

I'll take pictures along the way, I'm trying Meat Churches rubs. He doesn't suggest binder like mustard or olive oil , just rub and rest till juice comes to the top of meat.

Don’t stick to temps. That point may still be tough at 190. I’ve had to take them as far as 210 in the past. Stick your temp probe and make sure it goes in like warm butter. Then it’s ready. I usually end up wrapping closer to 180. If you want a good bark wait until the barks is there before you wrap. If you want to speed it up wrap around 160. Good luck man. Can’t wait to follow the pics.

Being that small I would cook around 225. And cook until it’s probe tender. You need to give the fat time to render. Best thing would probably be find a burnt ends recipe you want to try.

Yeah be careful on your temp with such a lean cut of meat, I'd keep that temp low. I still don't understand why grocers do this type of crap to briskets. I mean is there really a demand for broken down briskets like this that I am not aware of?

Only thing I can think of is people want flats for corned beef and pastrami. I think some Asian dishes to.

Getting it started, stay tuned, mu photo uploader is acting up

You can put an aluminum pan under brisket to catch the drippings. And pile the charcoal to the sides of the pan, producing offset heat.

kettles workin

Looks good!

Can’t wait to see the finished product.

it seems to like holding 300* rather than 275*. Im going to let it cook at 300* as long as it holds 4hrs (hopefully) If it starts to drop, I may have to add some more briquets. I'll probe it then.

That looks like 275° to me.

it was

174* wrapped it in Foil (no pink paper yet), added some more charcoal, waiting for 203* and it will go in my fake YETI

Looking good man!

Well, is it ready yet?

Yes, it was great !!! VERY moist, cooked really good

BUT

Dang its a pain in the azz. Think I'll stick with grilling Ribeyes and burgers n chicken. When I want BBQ, I'll head to Hutchins and get a pound of moist.

Good job man that looks good!

Buzz,
You just need a different cooker to up your game. It is a lot of work, but if you cook a whole brisket, you get lots of meals.

That looks great to me.

Don’t mean to hijack his post. But I’m super excited at how my 1st brisket turned out on my Webber 22” kettle grill. It does take a long time tho. and I let it wrest wrapped in foil for 3 hrs since I fell back to sleep. Don’t think I did a good job slicing it tho my knife was horrible

Beautiful! I bet it eats good!

Jeremy for a (1st brisket turned out on my Webber 22” kettle grill) Great job

Thanks. Followed Aaron franklin’s directions on a website I found and watched a lot of videos of people cooking on a Webber girl. For the rub I used kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper and used Mesquite wood chunks

You played that alright Jeremy I would eat it no doubt

Good job! Well done it looks great.

I’ve never used freshly ground pepper for my brisket since I just have a small grinder. But I know that franklin and most others use aged black pepper to cut down on the sharpness of the pepper. Not sure how much of a difference it makes. I would assume the smoking would cut the sharpness too.