Brisket to big for the smoker. What to do?

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redneck1676

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Feb 7, 2012
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Crest Hill, IL
Howdy folks this is the question the wife bought a brisket the other day to smoke (my first one I might add)  and its to big for the grate on my smoker. I have a Brinkman upright with three grates the other to grates were going to hold some Italian sausage. What would you suggest if I cut it to fit then will have to trim about 6 inches from the end or should i cut the whole thing in half and use up to grates which will make one of the sausages go to the grill. What do ya think? What would you do?
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Cut it in half and see if you can place the sausages around both pieces, or just rotate the sausage they should only take about an hour anyway.
 
You can cut it in half or if it is a full Packer you can seperate the Point from the Flat along the layer of Fat that seperates the two. Either way monitor the temperature of each as they may come to temp at different times...JJ
 
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I'd fold the point under itself until the brisket starts to shrink up. If it won't you will have to separate the point and flat.

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