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Do you sauce brisket?

Thatgrimguy
Thatgrimguy Posts: 4,738
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Over on another forum the question of sauce on brisket came up. It was a competition based thread but it got me wondering... I have never sauced my brisket at home or for comp. I wouldnt' even know what flavor profile to start with.

Do any of you sauce your brisket and if so, what brand or type of sauce are you using?
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  • yogi84
    yogi84 Posts: 189
    never...
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    Brother Grim, I have a ton to say on this matter. Will elaborate when time allows. Heck I may stop by your house on my ride home this afternoon and chat with you if you are free. 

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262

    I think you may have broken a few laws just by asking the question Grim.

    Will be watching this for sure.

    Phoenix 
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  • Thatgrimguy
    Thatgrimguy Posts: 4,738
    blasting said:

    I think you may have broken a few laws just by asking the question Grim.

    Will be watching this for sure.

    The competition guys overwhelmingly sauce. It blew my mind.
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  • Thatgrimguy
    Thatgrimguy Posts: 4,738

    SGH said:
    Brother Grim, I have a ton to say on this matter. Will elaborate when time allows. Heck I may stop by your house on my ride home this afternoon and chat with you if you are free. 
    Headed home in an hour with no plans for the rest of the day!
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  • cazzy
    cazzy Posts: 9,136
    edited December 2015
    Never sauced my sliced brisket.  My wife does like chop when we do leftovers, so I will sauce that.  Lately, she has been asking for Texas burnt ends from the end cut.  She's more of a brisket snob than I am...love it!
    Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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  • Hotch
    Hotch Posts: 3,564

    Depends on what you need.

    Is it for a one bite judging for a comp or are we serving for lunch and dinner?

    For me no sauce. If it needs sauce, I move on to the turkey and or sausage.

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  • cazzy
    cazzy Posts: 9,136
    Grim, the really successful comp guys do some strange $hit.  Ultimately, you turn in a product that fits the region...a product that the appeases the judges taste buds, not your own.  Most of em want sauce on everything.
    Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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  • shucker
    shucker Posts: 483
    I dont at home but for competition its a must, just ask the guys winning in brisket.  I like to use head country thinned out with the au jus in the foil for my comp sauce.

    When we serve briskets to big crowds I use this recipe.   http://amazingribs.com/recipes/BBQ_sauces/texas_BBQ_mop-sauce.html
    It seems to be well received. 

    Shucker
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    I have never sauced a brisket during a cook.  We do eat sauce on it afterward...sometimes occasionally.

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
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  • Ladeback69
    Ladeback69 Posts: 4,484
    Thatgrimguy said:
    Over on another forum the question of sauce on brisket came up. It was a competition based thread but it got me wondering... I have never sauced my brisket at home or for comp. I wouldnt' even know what flavor profile to start with.

    Do any of you sauce your brisket and if so, what brand or type of sauce are you using?
    I don't mine, but I have when at a BBQ joint and it is dry.  Now I helped my brother in law in a few comps this year and what they do is after they slice them they lightly brush on a combination of brisket juice and the sauce to each slice then touch it up before walking with the box.  Now that is KCBS and it is mostly expected in KCBS comp from what I see.  I have never added sauce to brisket during or after a cook.
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  • HendersonTRKing
    HendersonTRKing Posts: 1,803
    Why would brisket need sauce?   ;)
    It's a 302 thing . . .
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  • texaswig
    texaswig Posts: 2,682
    If it's going on a bun it gets sauce. Can't stand a dry sandwich. Gonna do a brisket for a Christmas party Saturday. Thinking of making a super peppery (texas style)  sauce. I'll let you know what I come up with and if it was any good. 

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    scott 
    Greenville Tx
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    The sauce isn't needed, but there's nothing wrong with enjoying some with your wonderful brisket, if you desire. I like it both ways. I do enjoy a little tangy sauce on mine sometimes. Just a change of pace. A good steak doesn't need anything either, but a good bearnaise is quite nice sometimes. Do what you like. Don't let old fashioned snobbery get in your way. Eat what you like, period. 
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  • Mosca
    Mosca Posts: 456
    There's no right answer, IMO. If I sauce mine, I prefer a "bright" sauce, more tomato than molasses. But I'll eat it either way.

    It's actually really fantastic with a mustard sauce. Beef is complemented by mustard.
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  • Thatgrimguy
    Thatgrimguy Posts: 4,738
    On the competition trail it's become obvious we have to start saucing.. But I can't imagine eating sauce on my brisket so I don't know where to start to build my sauce.
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  • xiphoid007
    xiphoid007 Posts: 536
    edited December 2015
    I have a very simple rule, I do whatever the heck I feel like. If I dried it out, then sauce helps. Otherwise, I do what catches my fancy.

    If I'm the one spending the time, effort, and money, then I'm gonna make my own rules! Convention be damned!!

    Don't tell anyone, but sometimes I use foil too!!
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    xiphoid007 said:
    Don't tell anyone, but sometimes I use foil too!!
    The Brisket Gods may smite thee for this ;)

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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    In 100 percent of my brisket cooks (1), I did not need sauce =)
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  • Dyal_SC
    Dyal_SC Posts: 6,542
    I sauce the burnt ends from the point.  For the slices of flat, I don't sauce.... But I do keep horseradish handy.  :)
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    I like sauce and pickles on my sammies but I eat 90% of mine sliced/cubed w/o sauce off the board these days. I have made and eaten so much brisket that I generally pick the best 3-4 bites (little end, little point, little
    flat) and serve the rest to others. When I eat at restaurants other than the super stars down here, I almost always hit it with a little sauce. 
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  • YEMTrey
    YEMTrey Posts: 6,838
    Nope, never have.
    Steve 
    XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Thatgrimguy
    Thatgrimguy Posts: 4,738
    @The Cen-Tex Smoker do you use a vinegar sauce, molasses sauce, mustard? what profile. The molasses sauces that dominate my area suck on brisket.
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    edited December 2015
    Thatgrimguy said:
    @The Cen-Tex Smoker do you use a vinegar sauce, molasses sauce, mustard? what profile. The molasses sauces that dominate my area suck on brisket.
    We use Franklin's sauces. Pm me your address and I'll send you one of each. The espresso and Texas style are
    my faves. The recipes are in his book but I generally buy them. 
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    Actually text me: 512-565-0109 
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  • Hawg Fan
    Hawg Fan Posts: 1,517
    I never sauce a brisket.  I serve it dry and give my guest the option to add sauce.  

    Any road will take you there if you don't know where you're going.

    Terry

    Rockwall, TX
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    Hawg Fan said:
    I never sauce a brisket.  I serve it dry and give my guest the option to add sauce.  
    This is what I would do as well. I do this with everything except ribs sometimes. If you offer the sauce, it's acknowledging certain people might enjoy it better with the sauce. I don't put gravy on my guests mashed potatoes either, but I do offer it. Difference without much distinction. 
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    Oh- and I would never sauce someone else's brisket. Ever. That is bad form. 

    I Always eatthe best bites sans sauce and then I make sammies out of the nasty bits ( which I love just as much as the glory cuts). 


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  • 4Runner
    4Runner Posts: 2,948
    Nothing wrong with sauce.  Different strokes for different folks.  
    Joe - I'm a reformed gasser-holic aka 4Runner Columbia, SC Wonderful BGE Resource Site: http://www.nakedwhiz.com/ceramicfaq.htm and http://www.nibblemethis.com/  and http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/2006/02/recipes.html
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  • smokesniffer
    smokesniffer Posts: 2,016
    Not so far, but I'm a somewhat of a newbie. 
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