What's up with this brisket

greggor'spigstye

Okay, got the egg started and had the temp regulated at about 210 degrees and put wood and brisket on at 8:00pm . Woke up at 3:15 this morning and egg was still holding at 210 and the brisket was at 143. re checked it at 6:30 and the egg was still at 210 and the brisket at 145. This is a 7 lb brisket and should have been close to done after that length of time I thought. I cranked the heat up to 250 and as of now 8:40 the brisket is at 161. Why is it taking so long????? greggor

Turkeyspurs

greggorspigstye, Patience my boy, patience. lol

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greggorspigstye,[p]Brisket hits a couple of plateaus during cooking where fat is being cooked out and can result in the brisket sitting for hours at the same temp. If you need to speed the cook up, you can wrap the brisket in foil at 165F, it will reach 195F pretty quickly after it is wrapped in foil.