- Mar 1, 2014
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My kids picked up an Angus brisket from Cash & Carry on Saturday for me to smoke for Fathers Day. I asked them how big it was and they said 12lbs - it didn't have a price/weight label as they just weigh them at the register.
As I trimmed and prepped it, it seemed bigger than 12 lbs but didn't think much about it. Trimmed off about 2 lbs of fat, and 1.5 lbs of lean flat that was too thin to smoke. Threw it on the smoker at 11PM at 225F and went to bed. By 11AM it passed the probe test so I pulled it, wrapped in foil and threw into a cooler with towels.
At 4PM I got it out of the cooler to slice and serve. It felt heavy so I weighed it and it was just over 9 lbs. Adding the 3.5 lbs of trim made for a total of 12.5 lbs. I checked the receipt and it was indeed listed as 12.2 lbs - so it actually increased in weight in the smoker - a Fathers Day Miracle!
I imagine that part of the brisket was resting on the counter as it was being weighed, and estimate the original weigh was closer to 17lbs.
In any event, it was one of the best briskets I've have in a while. The meat was extremely flexible and all of the fat was soft. Even the kernel, which there was very little of, was softer than usual.
As I trimmed and prepped it, it seemed bigger than 12 lbs but didn't think much about it. Trimmed off about 2 lbs of fat, and 1.5 lbs of lean flat that was too thin to smoke. Threw it on the smoker at 11PM at 225F and went to bed. By 11AM it passed the probe test so I pulled it, wrapped in foil and threw into a cooler with towels.
At 4PM I got it out of the cooler to slice and serve. It felt heavy so I weighed it and it was just over 9 lbs. Adding the 3.5 lbs of trim made for a total of 12.5 lbs. I checked the receipt and it was indeed listed as 12.2 lbs - so it actually increased in weight in the smoker - a Fathers Day Miracle!
I imagine that part of the brisket was resting on the counter as it was being weighed, and estimate the original weigh was closer to 17lbs.
In any event, it was one of the best briskets I've have in a while. The meat was extremely flexible and all of the fat was soft. Even the kernel, which there was very little of, was softer than usual.
