Brisket too big for the Masterbuilt

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baero

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Aug 18, 2007
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Minnesota
Hey guys, my wife just bought home a 15 lbs packer brisket. I was going to smoke one for the first time this weekend. The issue is that the things is too long to fit in the Masterbuilt Electric I have. Can I just cut off a smaller part and freeze that?

I do not think this should be a problem. Also with my pork butts I rub them the night before, is this the same with a brisket?

Thanks,

Eric
 
Have no fear, yet ... if you have a foil pan that will fit in your smoker then put the packer in the pan and let it bend up at the ends. It won't hurt it at all.
 
rub er down. you can let em sit a day or two just like a butt.

cut it in 1/2 or bend er up. youll just get more bark.
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Thanks guys, I will see how close it is with the bend. But will rub it tonight.
 
As others have said bend it. I bend my and make a hump in the middle at an angle in my cookshack. Usually by the time I open the door it has shrunk and is sitting flat on the rack. The biggest I have ever done though is 13lbs.
 
Another way to handle it would be to cut the point off the brisket. Cut in the fat between the the flat and point leaving more fat to the flat side. Slide the point down the flat when you place on the grate and it will fit and still get the good effects of cooking a packer.
 
I did this on my first one, worked great.
 
I have always just cut them in 1/2 & smoke both 1/2's. They go quick with kids & when 2 of my neighbors smell Hickory, they are over with a beer sniffing around.......Leftovers are seldom available.
 
I ran into this on my most recent smoke and bumped it up in the middle with a can. Just made some holes in the bottom so the smoke would pass through to the meat.

I do agree that Bigger Smoker is always the answer, though!
 
I've always told my wife... I'll know I've made it in life when I can comfortably purchase a grill/smoker that has a tow hitch. I don't really need one, I just want one.
 
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