Over smoked brisket

[brother ubs]

So I did my first BBQ cook off this past weekend and on the comment card I was told my Brisket was to smokey. Can any one help me with this, I do 13-15 lbs. Briskets at a temp of 225 for 12-15 hours. How do I cut back the smoke? Any help would be great.

 

[jirodriguez]

Welcome to the forum. Couple of things:

• Head over to the "Roll Call" forum and tell us a little about yourself and your smoker, when you get a chance.
• As for the brisket we will need the specifics of what type of smoker you got and details of the prep and cook of the brisket.

There could be a lot of reasons for to much smoke flavor: type of wood used, to much wood used, was the wood burning correctly, if you use charcoal for heat were you dumping unlit briquets on the fire during the middle of the smoke, ect. ect.

 

[SmokinAl]

Yes, like Johnny said we need more info!

 

[roller]

Yep more info...was it just one card or was it on several cards..How many cards were turned in...did you think it had to much smoke ? What wood did you use and how long did you put the smoke to it ???? Info like that...Thanks

 

[fpnmf]

Welcome..

This site has tons of info.

I would suggest you spend some time reading all the different forums and the WIKIs.

Then use the handy dandy search tool for specific interests!!

Have a great day!!!

Craig

Also..Sign up for the oustanding E-Course...
AC
http://www.smoking-meat.com/smoking-basics-ecourse.html

 

[beer-b-q]

 

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[raptor700]

You can get your brisky "on track" with help from these guys,

All we need is INFO

Happy smokin'