First Brisket gonna happen this spring or summer but first I have questions.

[Smoking Audi]

Traeger Pro 34 pellet smoker is what I will be using .

So we have sone a couple of pulled beefs and sone pulled pork and several racks of ribs. We pretty much now what we are doing with our smoker now but have yet to try a brisket.

Went to Lowerys in Michigan to stock up on brats for the summer and decided to get a brisket. And of course all they had were big SOBs. Yeah 16 lbs for our first brisket.

I understand the basics. Trim it, season it, smoke it around 225 and wrap when it stalls. It’s a big slab so it’s gonna take a long time from what I gather if I smoke it all at once.

The butcher gave me a recommendation of cutting the point from the flat then only cook up 1 piece at a time and leave the other for later. Good idea or bad idea? Google says no problem but I have 2 friends saying yes and the other saying don’t.

Open to ideas at this point. Not gonna cook until a few weeks or a month from now so either way this thing will be going in the freezer this weekend and thawed later

 

[chopsaw]

This is a sticky under the beef forum . Great info from Gary in there .
Take a look , and re-read it a few times .

How Long to Cook Brisket Or Misconception of the 1 to 1.5 hours per pound rule

It has been a long time since I posted this, we have a lot of Newbies and Folks Confused and Scared of Briskets This should help and useful How Long to Cook Brisket Or...

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[chopsaw]

The butcher gave me a recommendation of cutting the point from the flat then only cook up 1 piece at a time and leave the other for later. Good idea or bad idea?

I'd smoke it whole .

 

[DougE]

Smoke it whole and don't be afraid to run your pit up closer to 300°F. 225 isn't the magic number it's made out to be. Running hotter (within reason) will give you the same results as 225, but less cook time.

 

[Smoking Audi]

Use a smoke tube if I go for 300? My pellet does not smoke a lot at 300

 

[DougE]

Use a smoke tube if I go for 300? My pellet does not smoke a lot at 300

On my pellet, I run at the lowest setting to max smoke for the first couple hours or so, then crank the heat up.

 

[Smoking Audi]

We opted to not cut at this time and freeze it whole. Thanks everyone! I had read the brisket sticky before but will print it out this week and study it more