Texan in Pittsburgh

[scottyp]

Hi,

I just bought a Traeger at Costco and after practicing on several chickens, I just did my first brisket today and it came out really well.

I lived my whole life in Texas (Houston, Austin and Dallas) and always kind of took good smoked beef brisket for granted because it was everywhere.  5 years ago we moved to Pittsburgh and up here they (cover your ears now if you are sensitive) boil or braise the brisket most places, if you can even find it at all.  BBQ up here is pork, which is great too, but we missed brisket.

I am really enjoying this, and I like this website and forum because it has a lot of great information for learning how to smoke!  

 

[goensouth]

Welcome. This is a great forum. Lots of great information. I have been smoking for years and I learn something new everyday.

 

[gary s]

My Condolences ,   You will just have to smoke your own

Gary

 

[one eyed jack]

Welcome to the site and congratulations on your new smoker.  Smoking your own briskets should help ease the homesickness.

 

[themule69]

Glad you joined the group. The search bar at the top of any page is your best friend.
About anything you wanna know about smoking/grilling/curing/brining/cutting or slicing
and the list goes on has probably been posted. Remember to post a QVIEW of your smokes.
We are all smoke junkies here and we have to get our fix. If you have questions
Post it and you will probably get 10 replies with 11 different answers. That is
because their are so many different ways to make great Q...
Happy smoken.
David