My first smoked corned beef

[brianillinois]

I smoked my first corned beef briskets yesterday. I didn't post pix sooner because, quite frankly, I was really worried it'd be a big fail. I prepared them by soaking in water for about three hours, then coating in mustard and covering in cracked pepper. I smoked the briskets for about three hours at about 210, then put them in the oven at 230 until internal temp reached 195. It took about nine hours total. My wife and daughters aren't totally hip on smoked foods, so I often do a half-smoke and then finish in the oven.

I sliced them up this morning and made a couple quick sammiches for the older daughter to eat on her way back to college. I just made it into a sort of jacked-up grilled cheese sammich, with provolone on rye. She took a bite and rolled her eyes — in a good way! I have to say, it turned out quite phenomenal.

Thanks go to all the folks who've posted tips on how to do this.

Sliced up...

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• brianillinois
• Mar 17, 2013

The sammich...

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• brianillinois
• Mar 17, 2013

 

[lu1847]

Great job! Looks killer! Gotta love home made pastrami. In a week or so I got a felling there will be a lot of folks making pastrami. Gotta love the after st pattys day corned beef sales. I know I'll be smoking one.

 

[uncle_lar]

lookin good !

 

[rdknb]

Looks great, I just stocked up for a years worth of corn beef to turn into pastrami.  Well done

 

[brianillinois]

I'm hoping I can find a few on sale. But my local store on Saturday said I bought the last two, and other nearby stores were already sold out.

 

[kathrynn]

Looks great!  I have a few waiting in the wings too!  Good Job!

Kat

 

[zahlgren]

Looks great!