Second Smoke and First Brisket w/Qview

[johnnybigsmoke]

That is a mighty fine looking piece of meat!!! Kudos on a fantastic smoke!!! Thanks a ton for the Qview!!!

 

[jirodriguez]

Thanks guys. I didn't use any spritz. In fact I did not even look at it until I pulled it at 185. And the bark tasted fantastic. I just wish I would have had more juice in the pan - hardly had any. Maybe with a full brisket I'll get more juice.

First off: Great job on the brisket! Look's awesome!

I like you was dissapointed in the amount of pan juices I got with my first brisket (14 lb. full packer). So on my second one I decided to help it a little bit and dumped a beer into the dripping pan. Made all the differance in the world! Before the drippings were hitting the pan and evaporating, but with the beer in there all the alchohol and beer flavor cooked off and I had a solid 3 cups of silky, rich, ajus. I do foil my brisket at 170°, but if you cook it unfoiled the entire time it should work fine, but you might have to add a second beer halfway through due to evaporation.

Now I usually have enough ajus to  have some with the brisket, and then I freeze the rest in ice cube trays and use it to make gravy's and sauces later down the road.

 

[smokenharley]

JIR:

I did a similar thing on my next brisket - posted as two briskets. I didn't post this but I added some beer and beef broth to help keep it moist and it did make a difference.

Thanks