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Lizzie's overnight brisket fun time
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The Cen-Tex Smoker
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OK- here we go. There are 3 known briskets going on in the next few hours and a few first timers.
To all of you who are doing packers for the first time: I'm putting mine on at 11-12 tonight. No matter your time line, here is what you do to prep:
Cut all the hard fat off your brisket. Then trim the fat cap down to 1/8"-14" inch thick. coat your brisket with rub until you cannot see the grain of the meat. let it soak in for like 5-10 minutes before turning over and coating the other side. You can slather on mustard in a thin coat to hold the rub if you want to.
Clean out your egg and put new lump up to the top of the fire box. light the lump right in the middle and let it catch to about the size of a glowing red softball. put 6-8 chunks/tons of chips in the lump and let the dome temp settle between 260-275.
Check in with me before you put the brisket on if you are not comfortable with what to do.
Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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Words of wisdom above-Cen-Tex is the resident brisketeer-and he may have watermelon tossing skills not related to this thread!Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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I LOVE It! Posting pic of trimmed brisket do I need to trim more?
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Doing a small flat tomorrow so this definitely helps! Thanks for the great post!
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All good advise, centex. I will also be up for a while and will help if anyone needs it. If you get real unsure, I can call and talk you through it.Be careful, man! I've got a beverage here.
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Dang Lizzy, that is going to be pretty tasty. Looks like you trimmed it just right.Be careful, man! I've got a beverage here.
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Makes me wish I was cooking a brisket tonight! Good luck all I will just accompany you on the drinking side...Lynnwood WA
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Makes me wish I was doing a brisket tonight instead of a pork shoulder.XL BGE
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This just keeps getting crazier. I had my phone in the hand from taking the photo of burnt arm hair and threw the wood chunks AND my phone.!! I screamed OH NO, I just threw in my phone! :-OWe were able to retrieve it and it's ok!^:)^ Thank you Jesus!
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did a daytime butt cook today, wish i had a brisket on handLarge Egg October 2011MiniMax December 2014
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You're going to have one hell of a story in this brisket!XL BGE
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Grab and drink and comment along, there is bound to be more problems!
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) ) Well, we are off to a good start. I guess I better get off my ass and light some stuff on fireKeepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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Looks like it's going to be a late night just following this thread. Wish I planned a brisket for tomorrow instead of lamb chops and strip steak. I'll keep up with you all drinking even if I'm not cooking along. Need to see a pic of the phone Lizzie.__________________________________________It's not a science, it's an art. And it's flawed.- Camp Hill, PA
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Well-the biggest challenges are getting the brisket going and then figuring out when to land it. Based on the launch the landing has a whole lot of potential...gonna be one hell of a journey!Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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Taking notes and will start thawing my brisket for Monday. Perfectly timed thread!Large BGE as of Father's day '12 http://www.jwhit.com
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The iPhone in the fire is killing me.
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I was panicking!! I could not see anything because of all the smoke and it is dark. I have this headlight that I use on night cooks, and I had these huge welding gloves on and could not turn on the light for anything. The whole time my hubby is yelling get it out of there, so I just reached in pulled out some lump and there was my phone. Hoping to never repeat that! SCARY!!!
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I wonder if the apple protection care plan covers that?Be careful, man! I've got a beverage here.
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Well I don't think there is an indicator for smoke like there is for water?
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Perhaps no issue with a smoke ring? And never drive at night without your headlights on...Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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Welcome to the Swamp.....GO GATORS!!!! -
OK- we are a bit of a mess over here too. My gasket is totally fried and I can't keep temp down. I have just loosened every bolt on my hinge and smashed my dome down. still not great but a little better. Still the silver medalist compared to Lizzie though!Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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and this thread stops right here until we see pics of Lizzie in her welder gloves and the headlight. periodKeepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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Ok, just a sec. When cant I but this hunk of meat on? It's going to take forever!
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And the posts continue-what a great sport. You have almost half the gear you need to become a firefighter-and not just with the BGE! Most eggcellent! Now-lest we lose sight of that which brought us here...brisket OK???Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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