First Brisket on the Weber with (Q view)

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lowbass

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May 1, 2011
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Central Indiana
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This is my first try at smoking a brisket on the grill. I've done plenty in the oven and they have all turned out great so I wanted to try one on my 1 year old Weber grill.I found a 7lb brisket at Sams club for $3.99/lb. I was looking for a larger one but the price was right, plus it was my first try on the grill so I figured it was a good start.

I rubbed the brisket down with Olive oil and made up my own rub which I called the "kitchen sink" since it had almost every spice in my kitchen in it. 

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Next I wrapped in plastic wrap and put in the fridge for 36hrs.

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Sunday morning at 5am I took the brisket out and let it rest while the smoker got up to temp.

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I used the Minion method of smoking. A full chimney of unlit charcoal with 12 lit charcoals and some Apple wood for smoke flavor.I had my bottom vent open 25% but the temp still was hitting 250-275deg. So I closed the top vent a little and tried to just keep the temps as low as possible. At 1 hour into the smoke I sprayed it with some Apple juice.

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And now here we are 6hrs into the smoke. The brisket has reached 190deg and I've been keeping the temp around 250-275.I've been spraying with apple juice every hour and adding a chunk of apple wood too. At this point I took the brisket off and double wrapped in foil and added a little beef broth for flavor. I then took the wrapped brisket off the smoker(needed the room to smoke some jerk chicken for later) and put it in the oven at 225 for 2 hrs.

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After 2hrs in the oven and another hour rest this is the finished product whole and sliced. It came out very very tender and with a great flavor. I was very happy with it. Thanks for all the good advice here.

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Wow, that looks great.  I've been reluctant to try any low and slow cooking on my Weber because I don't have a good feel for controlling the temps very well on mine.  I may have to give it a shot one day.
 
That is a nice looking brisket! It's making me hungry.

I have a 22.5" Weber OTG, and while I wouldn't use it for everything, it is probably the most versitile smoking machine I own. I've had it hold a steady 230* for over 4 hours in cold and windy conditions.
 
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I've been hooked on hot-and-fast briskets recently and my Weber Performer has worked great for them. It seems like it wants to hover right around 275-325 on its own, which works out perfect.
 
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