First brisket, Christmas dinner. No pressure.

Legume

Home stretch! Finish strong and have a great Christmas!

theyolksonyou

The meteorite has landed! Had one spot in the middle I was waiting on. Now off to grandma'a house. Thanks to all for the advice, encouragement.

grege345

Nailed it! Good job man

TigerTony

That looks wonderful you're grandma is gonna love you.

Merry Christmas yolk!

theyolksonyou

It ain't @cazzy‌ but my mom's knife was a definite handicap. I was impressed with the sole ring though.

cazzy

Looks great man!!!   Nice ring!

tarheelmatt

theyolksonyou said:

tarheelmatt said:

You got this brother! Looking forward to the success story.

Thanks Matt. How's mom?

Mom is doing a little better. She appears to be getting her wit back, which is good.

She's still in the hospital though and will be here for a while still. Hanging out with her right now.

Thanks for asking buddy.

tarheelmatt

theyolksonyou said:

185 and the smell is fantabulous.

What's the word brother? I smell success.

NPHuskerFL

Fabulous! Didn't need to crutch it after all. \:D/ Nice ring and moisture/flexibility looks great!

theyolksonyou

A successful meal for sure. The brisket was great and well received. We have about half left so bonus chili. 16 people and a ton of food. Thanks to all again. Merry Christmas all!

Mattman3969

Sounds like you had a fun cook, a good meal and a great hunk of meat. Good job!!!

GoVols

Plate pictures ?

theyolksonyou

GoVols said:

Plate pictures ?

Dude, I got enough funny looks sneaking pics of the food in the counter. I was really stealthy on the knife pic. (Like a ninja). If I'd taken a pic of all the food I had piled in a foam platter they would have called in the dudes with the nets.

anton

@theyolksonyou, outstanding first brisket man, wasn't so hard , right? Fantastic smoke ring , knife foldover and all. I , for one am very happy for you. Great looking kitchen full of food.
:-bd

theyolksonyou

@anton‌ thank you sir. It went really well. I see why people say it's all about the meat you start with. That thing was juicy and failing apart when I tried to get it off the grill. I was planning on chili, but my wife keeps grazing out of the bag.

Merry Christmas enjoy the rest of the holiday.

tarheelmatt

All these pictures are nice and all, but where's the fork brah?

lousubcap

Most eggcellent-Great cook.  Congrats on nailing it!

johnkitchens

It sounds like you nailed it Jason. I haven't cooked a brisket yet. I will have to get help from you! 

TigerTony

johnkitchens said:

It sounds like you nailed it Jason. I haven't cooked a brisket yet. I will have to get help from you! 

@johnkitchens‌ -- How is that possible? You have over 1,800 + posts. You obviously have seen and read about hundreds of brisket cooks.
Not once, until now did you get inspired to do a brisket? wth/f!.....
@theyolksonyou‌ -- you should be proud.

johnkitchens

@TigerTony‌ I have been inspired hundreds of times before, but every time I see another guy cooking their first one it motivates me more. My fear is that I will screw it up.

theyolksonyou

@lousubcap‌ @TigerTony‌ thanks a lot.

@tarheelmatt‌ sorry dude, it was a madhouse and aunts and uncles were looking at me crazy when I broke out the phone for photos. Wife is used to it now, they'd never seen such. I truly snuck that knife pic while no one was looking.

@johnkitchens‌ just do it man. Get a decent piece of meat and put what you like on it. My dad is my barometer for food, he's picky as hell. When I was slicing and pieces kept accidentally falling into his mouth, I knew it was a success.

thanks again everyone.

TCT

You inspire me!! I'm such a newbee but with the awesomeness of your cooks, I'm going to do a brisket soon. With lacrosse season starting soon, I gotta get my cooks in now!!!

theyolksonyou

@TCT‌ wow, I can only say thank you! There are many better cooks than me on this forum, I'm fairly new to this journey too. Jump on that brisket. You'll love it. Just start with a quality piece of cow and follow some of the seasoned vets here and you'll be golden. Ask questions that you have on the front end. I will say, I followed advice o got when I started my cook and it helped me sleep. I don't have a pit controller so I ran temps closer to 275 and let it chug along a couple of hours before I put the meat on.

I got in a hurry last night with my pork and paid the price of being up and down all night.

Chubbs

Looks wonderful. I am due for a brisket myself. Love the running pics and looks like a you had a great Christmas. Nice work

matt121966

Been a few days .................... photos ????

How did it turn out ???

GATraveller

Great first brisket.  Always feels good to nail something the first go round.  Happy New Year!!

Smoking_Stro

I am new to the egg forum just got a egg for Christmas hitting it hard with a 10 lb brisket tonight for tomorrow. Hope mine turns out as good as yours looks

theyolksonyou

@matt121966‌ all the brisket photos are in this thread, the pork is in a different thread http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1175182/tomorrows-lunch#latest

@Chubbs‌ @GATraveller‌ thanks guys

@Smoking_Stro‌ good luck man. Post it and let us know.

sorry I'm late on replies. Been riding roller coasters in a 39F light drizzle all day. Fun with the fam. 8-}

johnkitchens

Did you go to Six Flags Jason? 

theyolksonyou

@johnkitchens‌ Dollywood....again. We had passes this year. This is the last week of the season.