4AM Brisket in the MES with Que-View

[quedawg]

Good morning folks.  I decided to get going early with a 9lb brisket in the old 40 inch MES.  I trimmed my brisket and rubbed it down with my own blend brisket rub.  I wrapped it in plastic wrap and put it in the chill chest for 24 hours.

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• quedawg
• Aug 2, 2012

I pulled it out this morning at 0330hrs and it looked beautiful.

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• quedawg
• Aug 2, 2012

 

[daveomak]

qd, morning...  looks good..... Are we going to see it sliced or pulled ??   We need more pics...   Dave

 

[quedawg]

I loaded up the A-Maze-N smoker with a mixture of mesquite, oak and crushed Kingsford.

 

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• quedawg
• Aug 2, 2012

Then I put the flame to it!

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• quedawg
• Aug 2, 2012

 

[quedawg]

Placed it in the MES...

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• quedawg
• Aug 2, 2012

....and let that beautiful blue smoke roll!

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• quedawg
• Aug 2, 2012

 

[smokinhusker]

Nice start...keep us updated, especially with the finished brisket.

 

[quedawg]

I will post another photo once I have it sliced up.

 

[glocksrock]

I've never seen anyone put crushed kingsford in the AMNPS, tell me more about that, what does it do and how does it affect the burning of the pellets? Is it just regular charcoal?

 

[quedawg]

It's just regular old Kingsford.  This is actually the first time I've tried it. I'm hoping it will help with the formation of a smoke ring (that's the theory at least). So far, it doesn't appear to have affected the burn of the pellets at all. 

 

[glocksrock]

Very interesting, keep us posted on how the charcoal affects everything, and of course qview of the final product.

 

[quedawg]

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• quedawg
• Aug 2, 2012

I just took it out of the foil.  I'm going to put it back in for another hour or so to firm it up.  Then it goes into the cooler for a little nap.  Then is slicing time!

 

[scarbelly]

Hey Will that is some nice looking Brisket. How did the charcoal work for you ?

 

[quedawg]

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• quedawg
• Aug 2, 2012

Here is the finished product.  There was a hint of a smoke ring and the flavor was pretty good.

 

[i bleed blue]

Todd has Charcoal pellets as well, when I picked mine up he gave me some to play around with

 

[brewandsmoke]

Will someone PLEASE invent smell-o-vision already! Looks great!

 

[smokinhusker]

Looks delicious! Nice job 

 

[thrifty token]

Will someone PLEASE invent smell-o-vision already! Looks great!

x2

 

[quedawg]

I will need to check those out.

 

[wjordan52]

Wow! That's a great looking piece of meat. I've yet to work up the nerve to try a brisket, but posts like this certainly help.

Poppy Bill (using TapaTalk on Moto Droid X2)

 

[zahlgren]

Looks great!