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  1. C

    Brisket cooking too fast

    Cooking a 15.8 lb brisket (just my second time doing brisket). Smoking at 225 and was planning on 1.25-1.5 hours per lb. 12 hours in the probe is at 190. This seems too soon since I was planning on 20-23 hours. What is the best plan to finish it now and eat in 10 hours. Leave at 225 until...
    • Cammer78
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    • brisket too fast too soon
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Beef
  2. lancelot61

    Brisket 2nd Go 'round (when to take peach paper off)

    Happy Independence Day Everyone! This is only my second go at smoking a brisket. First one was just ok. This smoke started when one of my friends from work has a father-in-law that sells beef. My co-workers and I decided to buy some Chianina briskets from him as we had heard briskets...
    • lancelot61
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    • brisket butcher paper chianina beef oklahoma joe peach paper
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Beef
  3. S

    Wrapping hasn't broke stall

    I am doing first brisket in a long time. It is in the 15-16# range and took about 8 or 9 hours to stall at 143 cooking between 230 and 240. I wrapped in butcher paper about an 90 minutes ago and it has only moved to 147 and has stuck there for 30 mins or so. When I wrapped I raised the temp to...
    • salisboss
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    • brisket butcher paper masterbuilt propane smoker stall
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Beef
  4. N

    Need help with next brisket!

    Hey guys. Just to clarify, I'm smoking on a pit boss 820 pellet grill. I'm planning to smoke my next brisket and could use some pointers. The first brisket I smoked was 12 lbs. untrimmed. I put the brisket in and 10PM , smoked at 250 and wrapped at about 4 AM. A mistake I made was probing the...
    • NoobSmokebot
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    • brisket pellet grill pit boss smoker
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Beef
  5. OlympicSmoke

    I bought an 18 lbs brisket. Help!

    Recently bought a pellet smoker and was looking to use it for the first time this Sunday (I have fired it up to prime the auger and season the grill). Hard to find brisket, but wife found a monster 18 pounder at Costco. Can I separate the top and cook just that? Can I freeze the other half and...
    • OlympicSmoke
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    • brisket first brisket first cook freezing traeger
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Beef
  6. G

    Brisket bark

    Hi guys, Smoking a brisket for dinner tonight. Cooked for 4 fours last night at 250 with consistent temperature and smoke flowing well. Plan is to finish in the oven tonight for dinner. Have done this before and it works ok. Problem I have is the bark didn't form like it normally does. Not...
    • Guesty2626
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    • bark beef brisket
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Beef
  7. C

    Brisket mistake

    Hey all, I'm new to smoking and the forum. I have a WSM 18 that I bought second hand. Today I smoked some wings and a small 3.6lb grass fed brisket I bought from a local butcher. I cleaned it up and it was looking good before going on. I used a 4 probe inkbird thermometer as well. Fired the WSM...
    • Circutz
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    • brisket mistake wsm
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Beef
  8. T

    Smoking today, eating burnt ends tomorrow

    Hello friends! Just joined this forum after reading many of all of your posts to help me begin smoking. Thank you all. I'm smoking a brisket right now, and I decided to separate the point from the flat before I rubbed or smoked anything. One reason being that I wanna make burnt ends with that...
    • the_horak
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    • brisket brisket burnt ends helpful suggestions technique
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Beef
  9. C

    Herb smoked Brisket

    Herb Smoked BBQ Brisket
    • Chicomike
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    • brisket herb smoked herbs smoked
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    • Forum: Beef
  10. W

    Smoker turned off while doing a brisket

    Hey there, I was wondering if someone could give me an opinion on this. I started smoking a 6 lb brisket last night at 11pm at 180 degrees. Woke up at 630, wrapped it in butcher's paper and turned it up to 225 degrees. I came left my house for an hour and a half, came back and had a pellet jam...
  11. W

    Safe to Eat?

    I'm relatively new to smoking but here is my situation. I started to smoke a 6 lb brisket at 185 degrees at 11 pm last night. I woke up at 630 am wrapped it in butcher's paper and then turned it up to 225 degrees. Everything was fine until I left the house for an hour and a half and came back...
  12. rrrowsdower

    First time smoking Brisket!

    Ok, actually my 2nd time. First time I was impatient and cooked it in an hour at high heat. It probably goes without saying I ended up throwing that away. Lessons learned... So this time I came into it with a bit more knowledge and a valuable tip from a co-worker I never knew about which I'm...
    • rrrowsdower
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    • bone suckin sauce brisket charcoal snake first time hot pocket
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Beef
  13. Misplaced Nebraskan

    Pulled Pork & Brisket Tamales! My First Ever Attempt!

    Pulled Pork & Brisket BBQ Tamales The time had finally come to try something new to me; Tamales! I've had the vision of BBQ Tamales in my head for quite awhile and decide it was time to pull the trigger. The wife and I are big tamale fans, usually just traditional pork. I didn't want to...
  14. heavyd4561

    Memorial Day Brisket w/pics

    Found a great 14lb Angus packer at Restaurant Supply. Smoker: Lang36 Fuel: Pear and Apple splits Rub: Salt, Pepper, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder and Spicy Oregano Temp: 285 Timing: Total cook time- 6 1/2 hours. 4hours of smoke, wrapped in a pan with beef broth & rub mixture. Back on additional...
    • heavyd4561
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    • brisket burnt ends lang 36
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Beef
  15. Misplaced Nebraskan

    Memorial Day Weekend Brisket on the BGE (couple pics haha)

    First, a couple huge thanks to @tx smoker ! He was able to get us some briskets in from Piedmontese Beef. They have a great selection and are an amazing breed. Really enjoy doing these! Then, Robert twisted my arm and sold me on his Big Green Egg XL. Not only that, but when I went to grab...
  16. dianap

    Brisket with dry and tender flat.

    Dear Smoking Meat Gods and Demi Gods.. After lurking around reading all the wonderful information posted by the community. I finally decided buy a smoker and ran into problems with my first time smoking meat. What did I do incorrectly? What are some things I can do to improve my brisket...
    • dianap
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    • brisket pellet pellet grill rec tec rec tec 700
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Beef
  17. Misplaced Nebraskan

    Brisket Pie à la mode!

    Brisket Pie à la mode Alright! This was a goal of mine recently. There was a pic going around of "brisket pie" on the internet before, and again recently. This last time I decided... I want that! There was a little bit of trial and error and I have notes to do for next time, but...
  18. duggy

    First Time Brisket Smoke!

    Hello! It's been a while since I've posted on this forum but wanted to share my first brisket smoke experience and get some feedback as well. So here are the details: Brisket: 7.5lb from Costco Smoker: vertical propane smoker Wood: hickory/pecan woodchips Temp: 250F Seasoning: salt, pepper...
    • duggy
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    • brisket first brisket
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Beef
  19. K

    SmokeRx - the first large scale test

    I recently finished the build for my cold/hot smoker which my son-in-law thinks looks like a hospital crash cart so we named it SmokeRx. This last weekend my daughter and wife asked me to cook brisket and pulled pork for an event they were hosting for 150 people. Seemed like a good challenge...
    • kbmckay
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    • brisket electric smoker pork butt smoker
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Smoker Builds
  20. G

    Smoking Brisket

    Hi, I smoked my first brisket yesterday, I have a bullet smoker and I followed these instructions Started with a small brisket - about 3lbs Used a plain salt and pepper rub smoked the brisket between 225 - 250 degrees for 6 hours. The brisket at this point was about 160 degrees inside I wrapped...
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