Wifeys birthday brisket

[Meat Man Matt]

So my wife's birthday was this week, and we're doing a barbeque on Saturday. (Yes, I realize it's now Saturday). I got this 13.5 pounder defrosted and refridgerated over the past couple of days.

after our fantasy football draft I went ahead and threw some rub on it.

Put it on the smoker at around 11:20 central time, and took this picture at about 1:30am.

Meats at 78° with the chamber around 180. I think I'll stay awake long enough to get a consistent 210-220 in the chamber. I will be sure to post more tomorrow (today). Hoping this will be my best brisket yet!
Also some pretty awesome sides to be had tomorrow, I'll try and gets pics before they are all devoured!

 

[gmc2003]

Looks like your plan is coming together. Keep us updated.

Chris

 

[zachd]

Looks good so far

 

[Meat Man Matt]

12 hours in, IT sitting at 154. I'm working on taking the heat inside the smoker up to around 250-270. I want to get it to 165 or so and crutch it. Hoping to pull around 3 or 4 o'clock, but looking like it might take a bit longer.

 

[bmudd14474]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Brisket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[SmokinLogs]

How did the brisky turn out?

 

[Meat Man Matt]

What a busy weekend it turned out to be!
Well, the time was starting to concern me, so I raised the heat to 280, and to my surprise, we cruised right through the stall!
Never did have to wrap it, and was able to hit 203° and pull it at 4:00. Every thing was working great! After about an hour rest, time to carve!

Also, while the brisket rested, we had 2 pans of beans and 1 pan of the wife's jalapeno creamed corn cooking in the smoker.

The stuffed jalapenos didn't last long enough for me to get a picture of, but you can see what's left of the smoked cheese in one of the pictures up there.

All in all, the brisket was tender, and very flavorful, but a little on the dry side. I think next time I'll keep the temp low and wrap around 165 degrees like I usually do.

Either way, every last bit of it got eaten, and the party was a success!!

 

[bmudd14474]

Empty catering trays = success. Looks great and I am glad to hear it went so well.