Homemade Corned Beef

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I had the idea to make my own Corned beef for St. Patricks day this year and with the help of this site (reading) and Dave Omak (thanks a lot Dave!) made probably the best corned beef I have ever had.

I started with a 13lb brisket and trimmed it down to 8.5 lbs. I let it sit in brine it for 7 days (all the time I had) in a cooler as I got luck (if you can call it that) and the temps dropped in Michigan. I checked it every morning and held 29° to 34° all week.

Here it is sliced up.

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• Mar 19, 2017

Here it is plated with some cabbage and taters.

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• Mar 19, 2017

This as I said was fantastic.

Thanks for looking.

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[SmokinAl]

That's some good looking CB link!

Can't beat homemade!

Al

 

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Thanks Al,

I was a little surprised at how good it was. You are correct, you cannot beat homemade.

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[crankybuzzard]

Yep, homemade is not only good, but you walk a little taller knowing it was all your effort that got it to the table.

That one looks like it needs to come my direction!

You also had a good mentor, Dave knows his stuff.