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Memorial Day Weekend Brisket Cook: Who's with me? Rules are simple....
This isnt a contest as much as an exchange of ideas dedicated to one tasty cut of meat the BGE has enlightened so many of us to make.
A few have been doing this all along but on this thread it would be kinda cool to see how many eggers will make a brisket next weekend and post their entire process start to finish. Hell i know a guy who owns a ranch and if i can get the beef on time ill go talk to the steer.... Nah ill just go to Costco.
Anyone needing to order has plenty of time to get a brisket before next weekend and prep it.
Who's in?
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Great idea @westernbbq.
I'd love to see several timing logs.
It would be really helpful for us brisket newbies to have as guidelines, makes the whole thing less intimidating, and would help prevent hungry humans waiting out the cook...
Ex:
8:00pm Sunday pull X lb packer from fridge
[...]
All the steps in between
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I hope a few eggers participate because i want to learn something. I will post results and process involved in my cook. In fact, headed to costco tonight to pick a few briskets.
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I am interested in participating, however, there may be a slight chance I will be out of town. Just a warning though, my legendary and very poor photography skills will be in play. I will try to document everything, If I can participate. This is an exceptional idea.westernbbq said:I hope a few eggers participate because i want to learn something. I will post results and process involved in my cook. In fact, headed to costco tonight to pick a few briskets.
Thank you for this post."Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber
XL and MM
Louisville, Kentucky -
YukonRon, thanks Brothaman but my photography skills will make you look like Ansel Adams.....hope youre around to do this. Alternatively next time you make brisket id love to get some pointers on how you make the best hunk of meatYukonRon said:I am interested in participating, however, there may be a slight chance I will be out of town. Just a warning though, my legendary and very poor photography skills will be in play. I will try to document everything, If I can participate. This is an exceptional idea.
Thank you for this post.
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I will do my best to participate as I plan on cooking a brisket that weekend. I will have to learn how to post pictures as I have not done that one on this site before.Large BGE
Houston, TX -
We're contemplating a brisket cook for that weekend, but I don't think our brisket will fit on the egg. It's a SRF, so does a smoker count? I know we could prop it up and let it shrink, but the smoker makes more sense for this one IMHO. Just askin.
Large BGE
Greenville, SC -
I'm in
Kansas City, Missouri
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"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us" - Gandalf -
Dredger- whichever method or equipment you use is great. It provides a comparison to egged ones.
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Sweet!bhedges1987 said:I'm in -
it will fit on your egg if you want to do it that way. I've fit several of the large SRF briskets on there. you just kind of scrunch them up like an accordion if they are a little too long. They will shrink up quickly and you will be off an running. I've done 20 lb briskets this way and it worked like a champ.Dredger said:We're contemplating a brisket cook for that weekend, but I don't think our brisket will fit on the egg. It's a SRF, so does a smoker count? I know we could prop it up and let it shrink, but the smoker makes more sense for this one IMHO. Just askin.
I'm all for doing it on a real smoker though if you do have one. BGE is a mediocore brisket rig but can be serviceable if you do it right.
Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX -
Thanks @westernbbq, will do. Thanks @The Cen-Tex-Smoker, we have a slight problem getting our egg to hold at lower temps, so will probably go the smoker route. Our smoker holds no matter what temp we set it at. We're hard pressed to get the egg below 300, much less for that consistently long of a time to do a brisket. Smoker it is. That being said, we have a much smaller grass-fed brisket that we will try on the egg, just not that weekend. Our only hope for left-overs will be the SRF one, lol.
Large BGE
Greenville, SC -
I'll be working that weekend. :(
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I have a strict rule: every "Day" needs a BBQ. Memorial Day, Labor Day, Tuesday....
Great idea, and if I run a packer that weekend I'll be happy to post the details.
Chicago, IL - Large and Small BGE - Weber Gasser and Kettle -
Just got a membership at Costco through work and been thinking about doing one of their "Prime" briskets. Looked like they had flats and whole packers. Memorial day sounds good to me. I've done dozens of flats over the years but never attempted the flat + point.Packerland, Wisconsin
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Thought this might make is easier to post, read and compare
Size Egg
Charcoal Wood
Store Grade
Weight Price
Temp
Rub Injected with
Trimming instructions
Time you put it on Time you took it off
Fat cap Up Down
Foiled at what time Foiled at what temp
FTC? How long FTC
Drip pan? Added to drip pan
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Can us Canadian Eggers participate if we are a week early? It's Victoria Day this weekend (the "unofficial start of summer" for most of us, aka May 2-4. I'll be doing a point only but I would hope that would qualify since it's still a significant part of the brisket.
I'm gonna probably post it either way, just want to be sure that it meets the criteria given that it's not technically a Memorial Day cook...
Mt Elgin Ontario - just a Large. -
@smoking_trout I love it! I think you could start a "National Brisket Registry," with the aim of improving brisket cooks for all!
Taking notes is a big help for me, especially since I'm not cooking them real often.
@chokeonsmoke go for it. I get most of my packers at Costco and have been happy with them.
Chicago, IL - Large and Small BGE - Weber Gasser and Kettle -
@smokin_trout I do well to stay upright(read not passed out). No way I remember all that!
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Printed the "trout sheet" will do my best to participate :-)More meat please !! :-)
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will you be starting a new thread , or will we just keep it going here ?More meat please !! :-)
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Absolutely. Looking forward to what succulentness you produce!gmac said:Can us Canadian Eggers participate if we are a week early? It's Victoria Day this weekend (the "unofficial start of summer" for most of us, aka May 2-4. I'll be doing a point only but I would hope that would qualify since it's still a significant part of the brisket.
I'm gonna probably post it either way, just want to be sure that it meets the criteria given that it's not technically a Memorial Day cook...
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I planned on posting my results here but if the crew wants a new thread it is perfectly fine with meXLentEGG said:will you be starting a new thread , or will we just keep it going here ?
I will use the trout sheet. Excellent summary! -
Hey everyone
Shane at Snake River Farms contacted me and offered to donate a brisket to one of the participants of the Memorial Day Brisket cook event. He will take the names of all who participate and randomly select one who can get a brisket delivered to their door after the event. Way cool. Shane when you see this post something here as to how this should be handled, rules your group needs, etc.
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You bet @westernbbq! Just want to make it more fun and encourage participation. Plus, this kind of thing is a great resource for us to point our customers to when they have questions on how to cook a brisket. To make it fair, a few rules to be included in the drawing:
- Cook must happen over Memorial Day Weekend 2016 - sometime Fri-Mon
- Post your details (ideally using the Trout sheet) in the thread by noon on Wednesday the 1st.
- We'll draw a winner later that week and send that person a SRF Black brisket
This isn't a "who's turned out best" thing at all, it's just about participation. And obviously, any brisket is great (doesn't need to be one of ours). Just an incentive to break out the egg/smoker/whatever over the long weekend.
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This is beyond awesome. Honestly, before I got on this website, I didn't know what SRF was but i sure do now....
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When is the last day to notify of the participation? I might have to travel for business, small chance, but still a chance, and I won't know for absolute sure until Monday."Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber
XL and MM
Louisville, Kentucky -
That's awesome!! Thanks @SRFShane for getting involved!westernbbq said:Hey everyone
Shane at Snake River Farms contacted me and offered to donate a brisket to one of the participants of the Memorial Day Brisket cook event. He will take the names of all who participate and randomly select one who can get a brisket delivered to their door after the event. Way cool. Shane when you see this post something here as to how this should be handled, rules your group needs, etc.
many thanks!Packerland, Wisconsin -
Oh this forum sounds interesting.... Never have cooked one and would love to know how....
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I'll do one! I'm dropping off my Shirley for a month to get a double axle put on so I'll be exercising the XL Memorial weekend anyhow.XL, Small, Mini & Mini Max Green Egg, Shirley Fab Trailer, 6 gal and 2.5 gal Cajun Fryers, BlueStar 60" Range, 48" Lonestar Grillz Santa Maria, Alto Shaam 1200s, Gozney Dome, Gateway 55g Drum
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