What's the best rub/ marinade for brisket and why?

bigearl

What's the best rub/ marinade for brisket and why?

hapster

Sea salt and coarsely ground black pepper, little onion salt... Rub liberally and them use oak for smoke.

QDude

hapster said:

Sea salt and coarsely ground black pepper, little onion salt... Rub liberally and them use oak for smoke.

+1.  Keep it simple.  Salt and pepper seems to be the best rub from my experience.

smokeyj

I keep wanting to try salt and pepper but I end using Texas BBQ rubs every time. Trying grand champion on a brisket for the first time on the basket I have cooking right now.

fishlessman

im no brisket purist. i coat the brisket with a cup of white sugar and wrap in syran wrap for 2 hours. then wipe off the sugar and apply salt and pepper or a pepper style rub like lysanders spiceey bourbon, apply the pepper liberally. i get a better bark with the initial dose of sugar. dont leave the sugar on there, wipe it off 

Village Idiot

smokeyj said:

I keep wanting to try salt and pepper but I end using Texas BBQ rubs every time. Trying grand champion on a brisket for the first time on the basket I have cooking right now.

+1 for Texas BBQ Rub.

GQuiz

Bad Byron's is good on seemingly everything. I've used mayonnaise or mustard as the base. Always tasty.

glc203

Big fan of Texas BBQ rubs (texasbbqrub.com). The brisket rub is pretty low sugar with a good mix of spice.

grege345

Went to salt-n-peppa. Never looked back

billyray

Another vote for Texas BBQ rubs

Boileregger

I know it's not traditional, but I really love DP Raising the Steaks on brisket.

I read somewhere that as long as you don't use brown sugar or paprika you'll be safe from the Texas Brisket Purist Mafia.

Eggcelsior

grege345 said:

Went to salt-n-peppa. Never looked back

Once you go salt and pepa, you never go back
.

Acorn

we just went back to 1988, high school & my I-ROC!!!!!

ChristinaSunshine

hapster said:

Sea salt and coarsely ground black pepper, little onion salt... Rub liberally and them use oak for smoke.

@hapster - Do you still agree with this or do you have something else to try?

Acn

Oakridge's Black Ops Brisket Rub is phenomenal on any large cut of cow (brisket, chuck roast, ribs, etc)

DoubleEgger

I would tell you but then I'd have to kill you. 

MediumRarely

Tried many, but use Pepper & Salt (2/1 by volume).  AF does the same so....

Simcan

I used a recipe from Smoke It Like A Pro with a recent cook that was delicious.  Basically a beer, some ACV, worchestershire, water, oil, cayenne, rub, salt and pepper, if I remember correctly.  Not a marinade, but I used a couple of cups during the crutch and when it was done drained it and the rendered juices, defatted, and used that for my burnt ends.

Amazing. 

If you are interested and can't find it I am happy to post the whole recipe.

Toddski

I use cowlick from dizzy pig

pgprescott

I'm a plowboys bovine bold guy. Butchers pre brisket injection 

BugFreak72

John Henry's Texas Brisket Rub here. Great stuff.