Three hour brisket??

ksmyrl

Sorry for the teaser title. I didn't cook this and I have no photos. But last Sunday evening I went to a BBQ for a large crowd of 60ish. After we ate it was revealed that the cook was in the group. An award winning competition BBQ chef who cooked the brisket, chicken wings, spare ribs, and baby backs. 

Earlier I had already looked at the wife and she gave me the "this is dry as hell" look that I've seen before. I asked the chef how long he cooked the brisket. He proudly proclaimed "I've never cooked a brisket more than 3 hours, it doesn't need any more". He had trimmed all the fat off and turboed these things. I even asked "you don't go low and slow" and he said "hell no". 

The food was "good" not great. His homemade desserts were the bomb. Have any of you brisket dudes ever heard of this? Apparently he has won numerous medals across the US for his BBQ. But I like my moist brisket much better than his. To each his own. 

wwinnc

No way! Ridiculous!

JohnInCarolina

That seems like a very strange position to take on brisket, especially for someone in the BBQ world.  

lkapigian

Did they say what kind of “ award winning” , Participation Awards don’t count LoL… there is a happy medium between low and slow, but unless the brisket was 3 pounds,, not enough time to properly and thoroughly breakdown collagen 

but that’s just me, everyone has there way, I like ultra low and slow, 200-212 

lousubcap

No brisket guru here but to cook any weight brisket to a tender finish is gonna take longer than three hours.  Fat rendering will be severely limited but if you remove the fat on the front end...
Rib texture would be another indicator of the cook process.  

Botch

I caught two episodes of some cooking contest show, where the contestants (two teams of 5 or 6, "local" experts) were coached by cooking show "superstars" (blech), with a 5-hour cooking period.  Lots of ridiculous ingredients and team trading.  
One of the team members really wanted to cook a brisket, in 5 hours, and gave it a go.  He got it to temp within 5 hours, but according to the "superstars" (blech) it was shoe leather.  
 
And that was 5 hours.  Not 3.  

lkapigian

lousubcap said:

No brisket guru here but to cook any weight brisket to a tender finish is gonna take longer than three hours.  Fat rendering will be severely limited but if you remove the fat on the front end...
Rib texture would be another indicator of the cook process.  

LoL, you a funny man @lousubcap

Canugghead

I’m sure Instapot can crank one out in under three hours easily 🤣

The Cen-Tex Smoker

The most overrated brisket in Tx (Kruetz Market in Lockhart) is cooked at 600 degrees for 4 hours. It is dreadful. 

This place was on food network and all the other “best of” shows and lists for years. Until Aaron Franklin came along and punched them all in the nuts. 

Mr1egg

3 hours is just wrong, I do the turbo brisket method myself and it takes me 8 hours for a 21lbs.

PhinnGerbang

Mr1egg said:

3 hours is just wrong, I do the turbo brisket method myself and it takes me 8 hours for a 21lbs.

Well maybe the chef is only cooking a 7 lb brisket.  

Langner91

Was it really brisket, or was it a "tri-tip"?  

I work with a guy who swears tri-tip and brisket flat is the exact same thing.  Ugh.  He cooks them the same.

But, whatever it was, I bet it was cooked to 160°F IT.  

Brisket cooked that long wouldn't necessarily be dry, it would be tough, right?

Thatgrimguy

A huge number of people I have met when competing were doing a turbo brisket <6 hours. Because of sleep and time constraints. I've eaten them and they are in fact great. I could never pull it off consistently though.

Teefus

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

The most overrated brisket in Tx (Kruetz Market in Lockhart) is cooked at 600 degrees for 4 hours. It is dreadful. 

This place was on food network and all the other “best of” shows and lists for years. Until Aaron Franklin came along and punched them all in the nuts. 

I'm glad we went to Black's instead. The food was glorious. Between Black's and Smitty's, the whole downtown smelled wonderful.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Teefus said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

The most overrated brisket in Tx (Kruetz Market in Lockhart) is cooked at 600 degrees for 4 hours. It is dreadful. 

This place was on food network and all the other “best of” shows and lists for years. Until Aaron Franklin came along and punched them all in the nuts. 

I'm glad we went to Black's instead. The food was glorious. Between Black's and Smitty's, the whole downtown smelled wonderful.

Those are the 2 best in that town for sure. Although Smittys and Kruetz are the same family (not reunited after a nasty feud), the current location of Smittys was the original Kruetz Market.  the old man died and the kids feuded over the business. One kid got the name, the other got the building. The one who got the name moved up the street and opened Kruetz in the current location. They changed the name of the old location the Smitty’s (the old man’s name). Kruetz was never any good but they still got all the accolades because of the name. People have pretty much figured it out now. 

moose3356

Just did a 14lb at 230f took 14 hours

ksmyrl

Yeah I  agree with yall. It was definitely a brisket and it wasn't terrible, not great either. So he was either fibbing or got lucky or something. I'll stick to my "turbo" method of wrapping at the right time and finishing them in 8 to 10 hrs.