Head's Up- National Brisket Day, Saturday May 28th-time to give it a go!

YukonRon

Had two SRF Black delivered yesterday, one is thawing for a Sunday evening cook. 

nolaegghead

Well ****, now I might have to pick up a brisket.

Skims_Smokehouse

I’m getting ahead with some tallow from the trimmings 

Teefus

Costco was out. Maybe some tomorrow. I grabbed chuck roast instead. A two pack or roasts at least 3 inches thick. Good price. We froze one and will do the other Texas style this weekend. It’s just the two of us. There will be plenty 

lousubcap

Opening post May 1st.  I am glad that many are getting into the event now and encourage continued enjoyment of brisket cooks.  Once a year merits the celebration.
That said,  the solution to the "find one challenge" is to have one always in stock in the "ready brisket locker."
You can thank me next year. 😁

littlerascal56

Helping the neighbor trim 7 briskets and 11 pork butts for his offset.  Busy weekend with weddings & graduations.

lkapigian

I’ll be rocking this at 200 degrees on the Stumps , 18.2 pre trim about 12.5 post …I’ll be gone until tomorrow so I need this to take it’s sweet time 

lousubcap

I Today I have received auto emails from SRF, Heartbrand Beef and Porter Road announcing gimmick giveaways in honour (nod) of National Hamburger Day.  No mention of National Brisket Day.
All three of the above do sell brisket.  
No worries as I alerted them all to their failure to recognize NBD. 
Onward and upward.  

kl8ton

Failed to get thawed brisket on today.  Maybe tomorrow.  

The Cen-Tex Smoker

lousubcap said:

I Today I have received auto emails from SRF, Heartbrand Beef and Porter Road announcing gimmick giveaways in honour (nod) of National Hamburger Day.  No mention of National Brisket Day.
All three of the above do sell brisket.  
No worries as I alerted them all to their failure to recognize NBD. 
Onward and upward.  

Give ‘em hell Frank! 

Gamecockeggman

Getting ready for the journey, this thing is a beast 

lkapigian

From my hotel room I think I’m on pace, watching from afar 

northGAcock

YukonRon said:

Had two SRF Black delivered yesterday, one is thawing for a Sunday evening cook. 

Sunday evening hugh?

Leopoldstoch

lkapigian

My Offering 

Leopoldstoch

buzd504

I've got half a brisket on and a rack of ribs.  Definitely having some corn, and probably slaw.  Not sure what else..

lousubcap

buzd504 said:

I've got half a brisket on and a rack of ribs.  Definitely having some corn, and probably slaw.  Not sure what else..

I am interested in the half-brisket.  Packer cut length-wise or loping off the flat or something else?  

kl8ton

lousubcap said:

buzd504 said:

I've got half a brisket on and a rack of ribs.  Definitely having some corn, and probably slaw.  Not sure what else..

I am interested in the half-brisket.  Packer cut length-wise or loping off the flat or something else?  

Maybe a half brisket compared to your monster. 

lkapigian

Brisket sausage in beer braised cabbage , bitching potato salad 

buzd504

lousubcap said:

buzd504 said:

I've got half a brisket on and a rack of ribs.  Definitely having some corn, and probably slaw.  Not sure what else..

I am interested in the half-brisket.  Packer cut length-wise or loping off the flat or something else?  

 I lop off the flat where it starts to run under the point and grind it for the freezer and smoke the rest.

Lopped:

Cubed

Smoking:

Ground

Ready to freeze:

JohnInCarolina

Leopoldstoch said:

That is one heckofa smoke ring my man!

lousubcap

@Leopoldstoch that is a cook of beauty.  Way to bring it home.  

YukonRon

northGAcock said:

YukonRon said:

Had two SRF Black delivered yesterday, one is thawing for a Sunday evening cook. 

Sunday evening hugh?

Come on up!

kl8ton

Finally!  This was my NBD brisket.  It was on the egg on Memorial day Monday and planned (it's stupid to tell the cow your plans) for it to take about 12 hours.  I think it was roughly a 10lb brisket.  I only trimmed a few oz of hard fat.  Well after about 6 hours it was at 185 and we were planning to be gone for the next 3 hours or so.  I pulled it off, wrapped in foil, and placed in fridge.  Yesterday around noon I put it in a 200 degree oven, still wrapped in foil and it was tender by 8 pm.  It did not taste "pot roasty" which is what I was thinking I would have to settle for. For 100% grass fed, I was pleased with the amount of fat.  Yes, there is a banana in the background.  I attribute the bark peeling as it "steamed" in its own juices all day.  I still ate the bark.

Ybabpmuts

"it's stupid to tell the cow your plans"

I always tell the cow my plans, especially if I'm going out hiking alone. I choose to tell the cow over telling people in my life, because people come and go, and my cow is a constant. Also, if I'm suddenly not around, most people around me can get their own food, but my cow is totally dependent on me for everything, so I tell it my plans hoping that it figures out it needs to start eating more like the people around me,  so if I'm gone, it can get it's own food. It hasn't caught on yet, but then I don't go on a lot of hikes anyway and we all know that cows learn the most from repetition. The truth is I don't even like hiking, I'm only doing the whole thing just to get my cow to eat more like people, because I'm sick and tired of making two different dinners all the time. It gets so tiring and I only have so many plates.

lousubcap

@kl8ton - way to audibilize right there.  The cow was seeking revenge after hearing that you thoughtt my monster brisket would finish in 8 hours.  

nolaegghead

Ybabpmuts said:

"it's stupid to tell the cow your plans"

I always tell the cow my plans, especially if I'm going out hiking alone. I choose to tell the cow over telling people in my life, because people come and go, and my cow is a constant. Also, if I'm suddenly not around, most people around me can get their own food, but my cow is totally dependent on me for everything, so I tell it my plans hoping that it figures out it needs to start eating more like the people around me,  so if I'm gone, it can get it's own food. It hasn't caught on yet, but then I don't go on a lot of hikes anyway and we all know that cows learn the most from repetition. The truth is I don't even like hiking, I'm only doing the whole thing just to get my cow to eat more like people, because I'm sick and tired of making two different dinners all the time. It gets so tiring and I only have so many plates.

So you disagree with those that say: “don’t have a cow, (hu)man”?

Ybabpmuts

"So you disagree with those that say: “don’t have a cow, (hu)man"

I try not to disagree with anybody when it comes to having cows. This is because inevitably the discussion will come around to how to train a cow, and I know that my own training methods of going on hikes that I don't like, just to train my cow to eat more like a human, preparing it for a time I might not come back from the said hike, will fall under great scrutiny. Its hard to defend I know, but the truth is I didn't go right to the hike first. The first thing I did was hide in a closet for two days and the cow did nothing. Then I dressed like a cow and walked out in the pasture with a cow sized plate of the best salad I could find and still it did nothing. I was really frustrated till one day I walked by the pen with a hobo stick and noticed the cow watch me the whole way. That's when the whole hike thing clicked. 

It's hard to describe all that to a guy who just casually says .. don't have a cow man.

nolaegghead