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Attempting my first brisket in 13 years this Sunday
egghead2004
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Yep, finally convinced my wife to let me cook another brisket. The last one was a disaster, my fault though. The fire went out during the wee hours on the morning so I re-fired the Egg and tried pushing it through at 300 rather than being patient at a lower temp.
This time I am armed with more knowledge and experience.
I just picked up a 6 1/2# flat from Whole Foods. It looks excellent. They did a great job removing the point muscle and left a fat cap along most of the flat.
Thinking of seasoning it up and let rest for a couple hours after trimming and removing any silver skin. Then onto the Egg at smokey 225, fat cap down over a drip pan for about 3 hours. I'll flip and check internal and smoke for another 2 hours.
Once the color turns dark, then I'll wrap in butchers paper and cook until 200 IT. Let it rest in a cooler for at least 90 minutes.
We shall see if this will work out better than the last time.
This time I am armed with more knowledge and experience.
I just picked up a 6 1/2# flat from Whole Foods. It looks excellent. They did a great job removing the point muscle and left a fat cap along most of the flat.
Thinking of seasoning it up and let rest for a couple hours after trimming and removing any silver skin. Then onto the Egg at smokey 225, fat cap down over a drip pan for about 3 hours. I'll flip and check internal and smoke for another 2 hours.
Once the color turns dark, then I'll wrap in butchers paper and cook until 200 IT. Let it rest in a cooler for at least 90 minutes.
We shall see if this will work out better than the last time.
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So you are just doing the flat? I wouldn’t flip. Too much work for not a lot (if any) return. Maybe I am missing something. Don’t get set in to your time and temperatures. It could be done in 4 hours at IT 190.Pittsburgh, PA. LBGE
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egghead2004 said:
Once the color turns dark, then I'll wrap in butchers paper and cook until 200 IT.
I wouldn't time your wrap around bark color, I would foil when the internal temp hits ~160F. No reason to flip.South of Nashville - BGE XL - Alfresco 42" ALXE - Alfresco Versa Burner - Sunbeam Microwave -
Have fun. Seems like a pretty solid plan. Be cautious with just a flat as stated above. 225 really isn't necessary but I wouldn't go above 275 either. Any temp between 225 and 275 is fine. Don't worry if its not exact. If you want a good smoke ring don't let it rest at room temp at all. Just take it out of the fridge, remove any excess fat or silver skin you don't like and season and get it on the egg.
Rockwall, Tx LBGE, Minimax, 22" Blackstone, Pizza Party Bollore. Cast Iron Hoarder.
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I'd definitely cook it straight from the fridge, but personally I'd season it the night before so the salt has time to work its magic ala dry bine.South of Nashville - BGE XL - Alfresco 42" ALXE - Alfresco Versa Burner - Sunbeam Microwave
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Here's a link to a flat recipe that gets solid reviews: (FWIW)
https://biggreenegg.com/recipes/brisket-flat/
Go with the feel for the finish. Always remember, the friggin cow drives the cook.Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. -
solid plan but I'll add a couple of notes:
225 is really low on a bge. I cook them at 260-275- ish (wherever it settles in). 225 is many many more hours in a dry environment and that can lead to very crusty bark and jerky-like exterior. Plus it adds 4+ hours to the cook with 0 benefit and who needs that?
fat cap up/down does not really mater so do as you prefer (I'm always up but that's just how I learned)
no need to flip but no reason not to. I never have.
200 is likely very close to the number but probe it all over for tenderness before taking off. sometimes they need a little less or just a touch more. I just stick the probe all the way through top to bottom in 2-3 of the thicker spots. I start checking around 190 and never let it go past 205. It is what it is at that point. I've had many that didn't feel quite right at 205 but most of them got right during the cooler hold.
before placing in the cooler, make sure the temp is on the way down and not up. I usually set it aside for 20-30 min or so just to make sure it does not keep rising when in a cooler. That could shoot you well over your 200 degree mark and leave you with a (still good but) overcooked crumbly brisket. If you have your probe in, just let it come down 10 degrees or so then place it in the cooler
Here is the step many don't do and makes a huge difference. Once you pull it from the cooler for service, unwrap it and allow the brisket to cool until you can handle it with bare hands before slicing. The texture of a brisket will be much better once it cools just a little. I like 125-130-ish to start slicing but rarely temp them anymore. I just use my hands. If it's too hot to pick up and hold for a few seconds, it's too hot to slice.
Good luck and let us know how it turns out!
Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX -
The most important rule of all... slice only what you can eat at a time. Don't be one of those weirdos that slices up a whole packer for 3 people.South of Nashville - BGE XL - Alfresco 42" ALXE - Alfresco Versa Burner - Sunbeam Microwave
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Thanks everyone for the suggestions, the brisket was wonderful. The only thing that went wrong was that the meat shredded while cutting it. I seasoned it and scored the fat cap Saturday night, then wrapped in plastic and put it in the refrigerator. I started the Egg at midnight and set it to 250 and went to bed. At 4 AM I dropped it on the egg fat cap down indirect over a drip pan. I used a few small pieces of red oak for smoke, not ideal, but I forgot to buy some good chunks of pecan Saturday. Dome temp was at 250. When I woke up at 8:30, the dome dropped to 225, so I bumped it up to 250, that took about an hour. At 11:00 am, the IT was 163, so I pulled it and wrapped it in butchers paper. I added about a 1/2 cup of coffee to the bottom of the paper and returned it to the Egg. The sun hit the egg around noon. The dome thermometer jumped to 285. I have no idea what the temp at grid level was, so I dropped the dome to 265 and let it ride. The IT gradually rose to 195 by 3 pm. it took another 2 hours to get to 201 IT when I pulled it and wrapped in a towel for another hour to rest while we opened up the vents and cooked a couple chickens.
There was still and excellent bark on the brisket even after wrapping and braising in coffee. The butchers paper did its job. I just need to figure out why the meat shredded, even with a super sharp knife.
The next time I will have a better remote thermometer. One with IT probe and grid level sensor so I know exactly what temp the meat is cooking at.
I also will order a packer from somewhere rather than paying $9.00/lb locally for a good cut.
Here is a pic just before wrapping.
Thanks again everyone!
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Great looking meteorite right there. The shredding is likely due to it being slightly over-cooked. If you went straight from the BGE to the FTC without giving it some time to stop the carry-over cooking (around 20-30 minutes) that is the source of the over-cooking. FWIW-
Time to go again.Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. -
I agree with cap. It was likely a touch over. Guessing the cooler rest was likely the culprit and possibly not having a lot of recent experience with slicing them. They can be finicky if you don't have a lot of practice with them. I will say, that brisket looks excellent. I would take that result any day- especially after a 13 year hiatus. Nice Job.Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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