I am a Packer fan

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Not the Green Bay Packers but Packer Brisket. I always enjoy the process from the selection of the meat, the prep and cook process. Last Saturday, I picked up this 16.5 lb CAB choice from RD. I trimmed about 2lbs of fat from the brisket. I seasoned her down with Kosher salt and pepper as a base and finished her off with a light coat of DP Cow lick. I like the pepper content of the rub. I set the egg to run at 250* as this was an overnight and I wanted plenty of smoke but didn't want to wait 20 hrs either. I put in in the cooker at 1:30am and pulled around 4:30 ish. I removed the point and wrapped the flat, allowing a little of the steam to cease before closing up and placing in the cooler. Cubed the point and made two pans of burnt ends. I never wrapped during the cook. I wanted a nice bark on this cook. 

This cook was fun and yielded a smokey tasty piee of beef was heaven. I used Rod Gray's (Pellet Envy) IPO barbecue sauce on the burnt ends and they were slamming. Ooowweee and goooowey and oh so tender. I want to cook brisket more often if jusy a pricey cook if you get a 14+ pounder. 

yap yap yap, on to the pics......

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Here are the sliced pics. Having trouble posting pics. 

cazzy

Looking great...nice bark!

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Having trouble loading the sliced pics. here's one

cazzy

Looks pretty good to me.

Fred19Flintstone

That looks delicious!

BYS1981

I'm a packer fan too, but my family doesn't do well with leftovers. :((

grege345

I don't think you could have done it any better. Yum

Acn

BYS1981 said:

I'm a packer fan too, but my family doesn't do well with leftovers. :((

Do you just try to reheat sliced brisket? I picking up a packer this morning and will cook overnight tonight for tomorrow's dinner, mostly so I can make a couple of batches of chili for lunches and to freeze. Then we'll take a couple of large frozen containers on a trip at the end of the month - dinner while we're there and ice for the cooler.

tulocay

Looks great.

Terrebandit

I'm a real Packer fan.

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Acn said:

I'm a packer fan too, but my family doesn't do well with leftovers. :((

Do you just try to reheat sliced brisket? I picking up a packer this morning and will cook overnight tonight for tomorrow's dinner, mostly so I can make a couple of batches of chili for lunches and to freeze. Then we'll take a couple of large frozen containers on a trip at the end of the month - dinner while we're there and ice for the cooler.

I reheated some slices for work on monday and it was still very moist. The smoke flavor seemed more intense. Damn this was good. 

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@cazzy - thanks man. I'm trying to get on your level. 

@fred19flintstone - Thanks 

@tulocay - thank you sir

@terrebandit - I appreciate it. 

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I wish I could have made it to brisket camp. Maybe next time. 

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Terrebandit said:

I'm a real Packer fan.

I see you guys are getting better the last 2 games, R-E-L-A-X..... LOL 

R2Egg2Q

Nice job! It looks good!

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@r2egg2q - thanks man. 

Fred19Flintstone

I was a little confused with the thread title. Your avatar is the old Tampa Bay Buccaneers logo and the thread said you like the Packers. Silly me. 8-}

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@fred19flintstone: Yah man. I am a bucs fans. We had a big win against the steelers last week but we havnt looked good prior to that win. We will see how things go on sunday. 

westernbbq

Gat-

wow, that looks competition-worthy, how do you know or find where to change direction when you're slicing it?  any special cutlery in your toolbox?

Nice work my friend-

Eggcelsior

Great job! I need to check RD out. How much per pound?

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@Westernbq - I just cut against the grain. You can see the grain of the flat on the pic where I separated the point. Once you trim you will know which end to slice. 

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@eggcelsior - it was $3.79/lb. I called J.W. and theirs is $5.49/lb. Im sure the quality was there but i wanted a big packer so i went with the cheaper price. They have awesome ground chuck. got some in the freezer now.  

tjosborne

Your the best type of packer fan. No constipated cheese heads around here.

westernbbq

tjosborne said:

Your the best type of packer fan. No constipated cheese heads around here.

don't forget Drunk too-

I am from WI and had to get the heck outta there due to 1) Winter 2) Lack of opportunity and 3) Packer fans

logchief

Gata, I'm trying to eat the screen on my iPad screen,Wow. I'm buying my first BGE L this week and I've been hunting to find those brackets you have to raise the grill. Is that an aftermarket? My dealer said he's never seen them.

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@logchief - Thank you for the kind words. I saved some of the flat for brisket chilli this weekend. I cant wait. Brisket chili is the best. 

That is the Adjustable Rig. You can find more info here. It has been one of the best accessories I have invested for the egg. You most certainly dont need it but I does make your cook style more enhance with the various positions of the grid. 

logchief

Gata, thanks so much, that looks like a great place for accessories . I was in Reisterstown last year evaluating a FEMA exercise at the MD State EOC. beautiful countryside there

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@logchief - No problem man. That's what we are here for. 

Yes, this area does have nice quite country roads heading towards PA. It reminds me a lot of some of the back roads where I was raised. 

Be sure to post pics when you get your egg. We all love egg and food porn around here. I have learned so much from this site. 

logchief

One more ? about the rig. Do you use a stone with it instead of the BGE plate setter

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logchief said:

One more ? about the rig. Do you use a stone with it instead of the BGE plate setter

@logchief - I actually use both. Brisket, butts and ribs, i use the round stone from CGS. Pizza, chilli and a few other cooks I use the plate setter. If you get the Adjustable rig (AR) I would get the oval stone. 

My stone is round cause its the XL but for the L there is both an oval and round stone. If you are interested, give Tom a call and he will help you decide without making you buy every option he sells. The website can be confusing, but a simple call will make everything make sense.