Texy style Brisket on BGE with Qview

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slimc

Smoke Blower
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Nov 24, 2014
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Bensalem pa
Hello everyone, been a while since I did a brisket, here you go.

Picked up a 7.8 lb brisket for , wait for it....$65. Brisket aint cheap in the northeast.

I decided to try Aaron Franklins recipe and method, I gotta say it was delicious, you really don't need a fancy rub, just salt and pepper 50/50 

Trim Brisket, bring fat cap to 1/4 inch thick.

Trim any loose or irregular pieces off.

Add your choice of slather (I used yellow mustard)

Add your rub (1/2 kosher salt, 1/2 course ground black pepper)

Bring smoker to 250-275. I used lump charcoal and hickory chunks.

Add full water pan

Place brisket fat cap down on smoker (I'm using a big green egg, so that is what I want to protect the beef from the heat). Normally I put my brisket fat cap up when I use my offset smoker.

Add temp probe to grate and meat if you want.

Leave lid closed on smoker for at least 4 hrs, then start checking to see if you need to spritz it or not.

After the brisket gets through the stall, pull it, spritz it and wrap it. My brisket was in the stall for 2 hours, it stayed at 160 degrees the whole time and even dropped to 157 at times.

Once it started rising in temp again I wrapped it in butcher paper at 169 F

Place it back on until it's done. I can tell it's done by poking it with my temp probe and it enters the meat with no resistance, like gelatine or butter, that's when you know it is ready. This can be anywhere from 195F to 205F in my experience.

Put the meat in a cooler and let it rest for at least 1 hour to suck moisture back in before cutting.

Only cut as your serve so you can store the rest of the meat if necessary uncut to retain moisture.

Total cook time: 12 hours

Rest time: 2 hours in cooler

3:00 am start fire

3:30 am put brisket on smoker

12:30 pm brisket finished stall and was at 169. Pull and wrap

2:42 pm temp is up to 194

3:30 pm temp reaches 202 and brisket is very tender, pull off and place in cooler to rest

5:30 pm slice and serve!





















Threw on some drumbsticks at 375 for 45 minutes, added bbq sauce last 10 mins





 
Looks great! Holy cow you guys get hosed with that price is all beef that outrageous in your area?
 
The brisket looks fantastic!

Nice job!

They have choice packers around here for $2.60-$2.95 per lb.

Guess were pretty lucky.

Al
 
Everything looks Great, Neighbor!!
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Now people know why they don't see much on Brisket in my Step By Step Index!! 
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You'd think Beef was Gold!!!

That's why I made that Pork Loin Jerky!!!
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Nice Job, Slim!!
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Bear
 
Looks great! Holy cow you guys get hosed with that price is all beef that outrageous in your area?

Our affordable choices are usually top sirloin , ground chuck, strip steak.

Brisket, prime rib roast, filet is all very expensive up here
 
Hallelujah!  Another one who understands that fancy rubs and techniques are not necessary!  If you like them, use them but not necessary.  WOW!  I thought brisket was expensive here!  That price will make your eyes water!  
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  Great job on the smoke.  Keep Smokin!


Danny
 
That meal looks great,but to expensive. That is why I drive to Ga. for mine,and I get to to my grandson LOL points

Richie
 
 
Everything looks Great, Neighbor!!
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Now people know why they don't see much on Brisket in my Step By Step Index!! 
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You'd think Beef was Gold!!!

That's why I made that Pork Loin Jerky!!!
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Nice Job, Slim!!
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Bear
 Thanks Bear!
 
Great job and nice play by play!

The brisket looks wonderful, too bad you have to pay so much for it up there.

Smoke ON!

-Jason
 
That brisket looks great!!!!  Whenever I see fellow northeasterners comment on how expensive brisket is in their parts, I urge them to try to finagle a Restaurant Depot card.  On Long Island, Brisket is regularly $7/per pound in every story you can think of, but at Restaurant Depot I have never seen one more than 3.50/pound.  POINTS for a great cook!
 
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That brisket looks great!!!!  Whenever I see fellow northeasterners comment on how expensive brisket is in their parts, I urge them to try to finagle a Restaurant Depot card.  On Long Island, Brisket is regularly $7/per pound in every story you can think of, but at Restaurant Depot I have never seen one more than 3.50/pound.  POINTS for a great cook!
Thanks!
 
That brisket looks great and I am really thinking hard about pulling the trigger on a BGE.

One question, I thought the purpose of wrapping the brisket during the stall was to power through the stall. Basically to shorten the time of cooking? I think you may be able to finish a little sooner by wrapping at the front end of the stall but let me know what you think there. I'm pretty new to smoking.
 
 
That brisket looks great!!!!  Whenever I see fellow northeasterners comment on how expensive brisket is in their parts, I urge them to try to finagle a Restaurant Depot card.  On Long Island, Brisket is regularly $7/per pound in every story you can think of, but at Restaurant Depot I have never seen one more than 3.50/pound.  POINTS for a great cook!
Thanks!
 
That brisket looks great and I am really thinking hard about pulling the trigger on a BGE.

One question, I thought the purpose of wrapping the brisket during the stall was to power through the stall. Basically to shorten the time of cooking? I think you may be able to finish a little sooner by wrapping at the front end of the stall but let me know what you think there. I'm pretty new to smoking.
There are really lots of opinions on this and not really any wrong answers. I will tell you a few things. First, each time you cook something new you learn something about what you like or don't like about the cook. Take notes and only change 1 thing at a time. Secondly, you don't know EXACTLY when the stall will occur until your probe thermo in the meat stays at a certain temp for a LONG time, for me this usually occurs around 155-170 for brisket. The important thing with the stall is you don't want to lose momentum, meaning don't open the lid when it's going through the stall and lose that precious heat and moisture, so you need to wrap either before it or after it IMO. If the stall begins (stays at 160 for over an hour or drops a little in temp) and you open the lid and wrap and put back in, you are losing a LOT of overall cook time. You don't even have to wrap, I like the smoke applied until the last few hours and the longer you leave unwrapped the better the bark will be on the meat. If you are worried about time, wrap with foil early, this will result in little to no crispy bark since there is so much moisture maintained. If you feel you need to wrap but still want bark then use butcher paper later in the cook. If you want the best bark and don't mind if some of the meat is dry then don't wrap at all. 

last note, if you buy a BGE make sure you tighten the metal band weekly on it before using, I just suffered a broken lid that popped off when cooking pizza at 700 degrees and it broke and was NOT covered by warranty, ended up costing me over $200 to get a replacement lid. There is material they give you when you buy the BGE about ensuring the metal band is tight, I was unaware and boom, broken lid 
 
 
Yep.....brisket prices here in Northeast are insane!!! I get jealous when I see what the rest of you all pay!!!
Yes it's crazy, I will say that I found cheap brisket at Sams Club, but the quality of the meat was terrible and I did not enjoy it nearly as much as the one I paid a mortgage for at Giant.
 
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