First brisket- What to do with the "boot"?

Large Marge

Did my first brisket last week just a little too quickly, a 6# flat that I smoked at 275-300 before foil-cooking to 190. Smoke was just too hot. Ends tasted fantastic, the middle sat in the fridge all week and turned into a discus. Any recommendations for salvaging?

Here's what we tried- dumped some beef broth in the crockpot and sliced thinly. Pulled with fork after a 6hr slow-cook (you can see it worked, the kids ate it up):

Little Steven

Chili is good. Specially if it was tough.

Steve

Squeeze

Chop it up for baked beans. It is a great use and no one will ever know it was dry. Add some rub, a little BBQ sauce, some brown sugar, onion, worchester sauce and mustard to some rinsed beans along with the brisket and maybe a little flat beer and put them in the crock pot. Almost a meal in themselves.

-Kevin

Large Marge

That sounds great - will try - thanks!

Darnoc

Hey Marge you did the right thing when something gets a little dried out. You can braise almost any kind of meat and bring it back to life mixed in with what the current cook is or make another meal out of it. Which equals no waste.

Large Marge

Thanks. We just ate on kaiser rolls with some killer sauce made with Jim Beam!

mark9765

I have read that you shouldn't use to much smoke on briskets. A handful at the begining and low and slow the rest of the cook. Next time try lowering the heat to 225-250 and don't open the top until meat temp is 195-200. Also try a whole brisket or packer cut. Flats don't seem to have enough fat to keep it juicy. Just my opinions.

milesofsmiles

Close story...An ex-sales mgr. fell asleep during a Ham cook. Cooked dry and to tough to slice and eat. He ask me five dollars for the ham. Stupid me, I bought it. Hee Hee. That ole dried out HAM was some of the best bean and veggis seasoning I've ever had. Don't give up on your discus. I'll bet you will get some great flavors from that hunk O stuff.

BajaTom

Try making brisket hash out of the left overs. Cube some potatos, green peppers and onions. Saute them till tender then add chopped brisket and cook till all is hot. Serve with fried eggs for a great dinner.

Large Marge

OMG!

mark9765

That looks good. Now I have to go buy a brisket tommorrow just so i can have leftovers! :laugh:

Michael B

Dirty Rice!