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Do You Separate Flat and Pointe
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Tak
Posts: 145
Hi all...was wondering does anybody separate their flat and pointe before cooking their brisket....saw a video on a brisket cook and the guy did that and the burnt ends looked great....wanted to get some feed back
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Choice is yours. No right or wrong.Thank you,DarianGalveston Texas
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I would think keeping it intact would help protect the flat, but I've never smoked a full packer.South of Nashville - BGE XL - Alfresco 42" ALXE - Alfresco Versa Burner - Sunbeam Microwave
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Thanks....didn't know if it made the cook easier or if it really didn't make much of a difference
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I have always smoked them together, separate it at the end if you want to make burnt ends.
2 Large Eggs - Raleigh, NC
Boiler Up!!
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I never separate prior to cooking. Flats are harder to cook and tend to dry out. Packers are easier given the insulating qualities of the fatty point.
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I will go out on a limb but the competition team i cooked with for my judging masters had them separated. Not only were they separated they had NO exterior fat to speak off. Granted it was an SRF Gold and they foil wrapped it with ajus at 165, took 2nd place and it was amazing. Which ever way you cook it, it's all about how it is when done. Look at the leaders of the food industry and everyone I've seen is whole. KCBS cooks are a completely different animal.
NW IA
2 LBGE, 1 SBGE, 22.5 WSM, 1 Smokey Joe
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Here’s what not to do when it’s done
https://youtu.be/DpjHCRF8rAo Jacksonville FL -
Nope.=======================================
XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP
Tampa Bay, FL
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Appreciate the input...think I will continue to cook them whole and separate them at the end.....
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If a full packer is too large to fit into your egg, you can position another egg (or even a kettle) right up beside it and then dangle the overhang onto the other grill and do a dual-egg cook on a single brisket. It'll look funny but it works.South of Nashville - BGE XL - Alfresco 42" ALXE - Alfresco Versa Burner - Sunbeam Microwave
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I love it when this train wreck pops up.Dobie said:Here’s what not to do when it’s donehttps://youtu.be/DpjHCRF8rAo -
That's got to be satire.South of Nashville - BGE XL - Alfresco 42" ALXE - Alfresco Versa Burner - Sunbeam Microwave
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That was the worst thing I’ve seen in a long timeDobie said:Here’s what not to do when it’s done https://youtu. -
I’ve done it the last three times. I’ve posted before that bride of Teefus and I are empty nesters. I like whole prime packers but not 10 pounds of cooked leftovers. I separate the point from the flat, then cut the flat in half. I am left with three easy cooks I can do any way I want whenever I want. Burnt ends one day, sandwich slices another, perhaps a pastrami? A side benefit is that I’ve become very skilled at getting great results with small flats. If we’re having company I do a whole packer.Michiana, South of the border.
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This guy is an idiot.Dobie said:Here’s what not to do when it’s donehttps://youtu.be/DpjHCRF8rAo
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Packer size really not an issue as I have XL...really more curious if it helps cook a better brisket...saw a video where it was separated before cooking and both the flat and point seem to come out great
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Ha! You had me until the dangle!SonVolt said:If a full packer is too large to fit into your egg, you can position another egg (or even a kettle) right up beside it and then dangle the overhang onto the other grill and do a dual-egg cook on a single brisket. It'll look funny but it works.Any road will take you there if you don't know where you're going.
Terry
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As my dear old dad said when talking about his dangle “if it can’t get up it can’t get out”.
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only when I have slices on a sandwich and there's a little of each in the slice...
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XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP
Tampa Bay, FL
EIB 6 Oct 95 -
depends, are you making burnt ends with the deckle?Have:
XLBGE / Stumps Baby XL / Couple of Stokers (Gen 1 and Gen 3) / Blackstone 36 / Maxey 3x5 water pan hog cooker
Had:
LBGE / Lang 60D / Cookshack SM150 / Stumps Stretch / Stumps Baby
Fat Willies BBQ
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Morning....thats what I really wanted to do....the video I referenced does exactly that....his flat seemed to come out really juicy and the burnt ends looked amazing...he cut the deckle out...and then trimmed the fat off the point and it was really well marbled...
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No here but it's your protein and any way you get the outcome you want is all that matters. FWIW-
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. -
Here is the video I'm referencing....
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Should you find that you really enjoy the brisket point as a stand-alone banquet you should give Reed's pork belly burnt ends a try: (linked here):
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. -
Thanks!!!....saw that and going to try it....any one know if Sam's Club or Costco carry pork belly slabs?
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our Costco in Huntsville does
2 Large Eggs - Raleigh, NC
Boiler Up!!
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@Tak - no idea of your general location but Costco here carries primarily sliced belly. However, they have the slabs in the back so if you ask you can get a slab.
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. -
did...did he just through all that away in the trash?Dobie said:Here’s what not to do when it’s donehttps://youtu.be/DpjHCRF8rAoBoom -
FanOfFanboys said:
did...did he just through all that away in the trash?Dobie said:Here’s what not to do when it’s donehttps://youtu.be/DpjHCRF8rAo
Thinking his dog was under thereVisalia, Ca @lkapigian
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