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Brisket was great...then got tough

Nick_Glass
Nick_Glass Posts: 2
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Hey all!
I did an Easter Brisket that turned out incredible...first great one ever...and it was perfect. Bark, Pull test, smoke, flavor...then when we went back for seconds, it was kind of tough. Pull test was not great either. Just looking for advice here because I love brisket, and want to master it the way I have pork butt and bbq beans. 

Thanks!
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  • tamu2009
    tamu2009 Posts: 387
    Did you slice the whole thing and go back for seconds? If that's the case, everything I've read and listened to Franklin is that brisket dries out immediately when cut and that could account for it.
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    ^^^^ this
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  • bbqlearner
    bbqlearner Posts: 760
    This really depends on a lot of factors.
    How long is the timeframe from when you eat the first and went back to second? Is it sitting on the counter the whole time or in refrigerator? What grade of meat did you use? What IT temp did you smoke it until? 

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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    It also very much depends on which part you were eating and how you sliced it. I'm guessing by the time you got in to seconds you were probably at the point (fat part). The grain changes in that part and if you don't rotate it 90 degrees to slice, you will be cutting with the grain. Eating brisket cut with the grain chewy, stringy and won't pass the pull test.


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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,803
    First up-welcome aboard and enjoy the journey.  
    And I would go with @Cen_Tex's guess above.  Give the Aaron Franklin brisket youtube video series a look-great info across the board.  Especially the Pay-Off one and slicing the beast.  Time to go again!
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