Can you Brine a beef brisket and then smoke it in the egg

Ed

I've brined pork butt and turkey, chicken etc. But I have not experience brining a brisket. Can you brine a beef brisket and be sucessful in smoking it in the BGE? I'm sure some one out there has tried, please let me know your sucess

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ed,[p]You bet. There are several beef marinades on the market that will add an extra depth of flavor. As for me, I have tried using cherry pepsi in the past. The first one I did was great. The second one was so bad the mutt wouldn't eat it. I don't know what I had changed from one to the other so I can't speak for that but I can tell you that marinating a brisket is worth doing.[p]Thanks,
Matt.

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ed,[p]I put a heavy coating of a salty rub on a piece of brisket for pastrami for this weekend: herb de provence, cumin, coriander, ground up peppercorn, dried garlic flakes, and mustard seed, zataar, paprika, chili powder, kosher salt. Let it cure for a week, smoked it several hours, scraped off most of the rub, then put it in a roasting pan on top of sliced onion half covered with water, and threw in maybe 2 cups of garlic cloves. Baked it several more hours, then pulled it apart. Results were incredible.[p]You could smoke a corned beef brisket to make a pastrami, but the dry rub is more like the real thing.

Ed

rexmo,
Thanks, what I want to do is brine a fresh brisket like you would a turkey. You say it turns to pastrami huh! I was trying to figure a way to get a brisket tender and moist and still have the traditional smoked brisket taste. Thanks for the help.