Brisket was amazing

Loosemoose

This is the first brisket I've cooked and actually got to enjoy. It was a 13 lb prime packer from Costco. I cooked it Travis method and it was awesome. My wife had never had brisket before and I think she's hooked.
The cook had some issues though. I cleaned my egg and filled it with royal oak. This was the first time using this lump and I knew I was screwed at the start. The entire bag is extremely small pieces and it only burned to temp for 6 hours. I then pulled the meat and finished it in the oven inside the house.
I am getting very tired of buying bags of lump only to find it tiny pieces that won't last for a long cook!!!

drewmack

I have had much better luck with B&B lump.

NPHuskerFL

Still looks like ya gotta a decent smoke ring.

henapple

Looks great. .. where are you located?

Loosemoose

I'm in northeast Indiana henapple.

Judy Mayberry

I've used a lot of different brands of lump. I use Royal Oak mostly because Walmart is close by. I have a couple bags of Wicked Good sitting around too.

What has made this a no-brainer is when I find a LARGE piece of lump in the bag, I toss it in a dedicated container for large pieces to be used in low and slow cooks. I have this tall covered plastic can of pieces ready to go for butts, briskets, and ribs. I cook fast more than slow so the supply is always there.

Loosemoose

I like that idea Judy. It was the only bag I had and that may be my first mistake. If I had more I could have picked thru another bag or two and been ok.
Thanks for the suggestion.

DoofusOfTheDay

I have to try the Travis method.  Seems like lots of people get good results.  Your brisket looks great.

Loosemoose

Thanks DOTD, the recipe, knowledge gained here and the egg really made me look good on this cook.

Mattman3969

Brisket looks outstanding!! I had the same issue with RO lump. I am a dump and light guy, no sorting, if I gotta sort I don't want it. Try to see if you can get Rockwood or Ozark Oak local and if not you can order from firecraft.com These lumps are top notch IMO and I don't get paid to say that.

flemster

+1 for rockwood. Love it.

Loosemoose

Thanks Mattman, I was just looking at the rockwood the other night online. I may just have to place an order here soon.
It would be nice to have multiple bags on hand in case I run into the same problem again.
I've been looking around local for different lump and have had no luck. I realize it might not be the best time of the year to find it right now.

drewmack

Can you post what the recipe is for the Travis method. thanks, that looks great.

lousubcap

Here's a link to the original "Travis" Method". 

It's back: Travis Method

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1138233/brisket-how-i-do-it/p1 

For the record @travisstrick has moved away from the above and become more traditional-and he has had some competition wins with the classic approach.  Perhaps he will be along to offer some insights.

BTW @Cen_Tex has been known to produce some eggcellent brisket using a traditional approach, even with heavy personal storm clouds

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Loosemoose

Thanks guys it was really good. I want to try the traditional method of smoking a brisket and will sometime soon. I have only had brisket a couple of times in my life so I wanted to try this method as it sounded kinda dummy proof.
It kinda felt like a first baby step if that makes any sense to you. My wife had no interest in me trying a brisket cook as she had never had it before and it's a $30 hunk of meat. Now she knows it can be very good. Believe it or not she's not big on bbq or even much of a smokey taste.
I can't stand the sweet bbq sauce and have just started to discover the vinegar sauces and they set much better with me.
We are in our early 50's and we are smoked meat and BBQ infants. ) But we are having a lot of fun with this egg thing.

GoVols

That looks great