Brisket flat

[Mychops]

Had the opportunity to smoke a brisket for the first time today.
Was given half of a flat from my father. This only weighed 3lbs.

SPOG and paprika rub for 1 hr while firing up the rig.
Smoked between 225-250. I wrapped at 170 IT with foil/rub/butter/water. Ran out of fuel when IT was 185. I placed it in the oven to finish (still wrapped). I was impatient and pulled it from the oven at IT 195 and wrapped with foil again and towels.
This rested for 45 minutes before I cut into it.
Total cook time: 6.5 hours (not including rest).
Overall, happy with my first attempt, bark formation was lacking and I should have finished in the smoker.

Thanks for looking!

 

[chef jimmyj]

Nothing wrong with that...JJ

 

[weev]

Ring looks good and once you wrap it the oven works fine. But foil kills your bark
I have been using the peach butcher paper and have liked the results

 

[Mychops]

Ring looks good and once you wrap it the oven works fine. But foil kills your bark
I have been using the peach butcher paper and have liked the results

Thanks for the tip! I'm eager to do a full packer. What kind of prices do you pay for packers?

 

[tbrtt1]

looks good to me. I finish my briskies in the oven when I do them on my stick burner. No need to senselessly tend and stick burner once the meat is wrapped (read:lazy). I will start my packers around 5-6 pm and stick burn em till around midnight then into the oven all wrapped and cozy. Then off the bed with the Maverick at the night stand.

Thanks for the tip! I'm eager to do a full packer. What kind of prices do you pay for packers?

Down here in Texas, briskets grow on trees or some brisket farm somewhere. Can't swing a dead cat without hitting a brisket. I can get whole packers sometimes for $1.47/lb (cheaper than ground meat!). That's for select and occasionally choice will be in the bin at that price too. Not sure what the rest of the country has to surrender for brisket, but Costco and Sam's has good prices in most places for good prime or choice briskies.

Warning, once you do a packer you will be hooked. You will be freezing brisket and using it for chili or omelets or Tacos or "Texas cheese steak" sammiches. My wife used to ask, "what the hell are you gonna do with all that brisket when there is only 3 of us?" Now she marvels at all the ways I use leftover brisket. I use a vac sealer and brisket never goes to waste around here.

 

[Mychops]

I’ve seen prices at 2.96 - 6.00 per lb. if I saw a brisket at under $2/lb I’d get one. I live in North Carolina, where pork shoulders are in abundance

 

[Adottavio]

Our prices in canada are 6.99$cnd-8.99$Cnd/LB

 

[hardcookin]

Looks fantasic...Thanks for sharing.