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Maiden Voyage: 1st Brisket

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  • dmchicago
    dmchicago Posts: 4,519
    I forgot. Thanks to @lousubcap and especially @The Cen-Tex Smoker for their support. 
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Usually that is under.

    One trick to those stokers, open the top a good amount. Start fire.  Leave stoker off and adjust the vent in the stoker so you are holding the lowest temp you will normally want.  Say 200-225F. Over a couple hours.  It will not run away from you now.
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,803
    I would inhale that.  And your comments about the point are why I will never sacrifice it to burnt ends.  Every cook is a challenge unto itself.
    We are our harshest critics.  For the opening salvo you did that cook proud.
    Time to go again soon before you forget all that newly acquired knowledge. 
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,739
    I think you did a pretty nice job with this, despite basically ignoring all of my advice.  
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  • dmchicago
    dmchicago Posts: 4,519
    JohnInCarolina said:
    I think you did a pretty nice job with this, despite basically ignoring all of my advice.  
    Thanks!

    And my apology for making you type this sentence into another forum post. 
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  • dmchicago
    dmchicago Posts: 4,519
    nolaegghead said:
    Usually that is under.

    One trick to those stokers, open the top a good amount. Start fire.  Leave stoker off and adjust the vent in the stoker so you are holding the lowest temp you will normally want.  Say 200-225F. Over a couple hours.  It will not run away from you now.
    I had it holding 200 for an hour when I went to bed at midnight.

    Woke up at 5 AM and it was at 350. Top vent open maybe 1/4".
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  • dmchicago
    dmchicago Posts: 4,519
    So, if you look at this picture of the crosssection of the  point, there is still a pretty big vein of fat.

    Is that "normal"? Or does that indicate this could have gone longer, possibly helping the flat?


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  • billt01
    billt01 Posts: 1,892
    dmchicago said:
    So, if you look at this picture of the crosssection of the  point, there is still a pretty big vein of fat.

    Is that "normal"? Or does that indicate this could have gone longer, possibly helping the flat?


    the fat you describe is normal and separates the deckle from the flat.  When done, that layer of fat should be the consistency of microwaved jelly.
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  • Gamecockeggman
    Gamecockeggman Posts: 1,339
    I think you did well especially for your first try.  Don’t give in, in fact jump into it even more.  It takes a few to get comfortable and get over the learning curve so to speak.  That being said I not sure you ever stop learning with this cut of meat.  Enjoy the journey.  There are far worse things you could have been stuck eating.
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    Looks pretty darn tasty.  
    Brisket can be so confounding at times but is so amazing when nailed. Good start. 

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  • dmchicago
    dmchicago Posts: 4,519
    edited September 2020
    Thanks!

    Burnt ends for Thursday Night Football!

    Anyone got a good recipe?

    Also, what can I do with the flat?
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  • StillH2OEgger
    StillH2OEgger Posts: 3,896
    @dmchicago The best chili I've made comes from leftover brisket.
    Stillwater, MN
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  • dmchicago
    dmchicago Posts: 4,519
    StillH2OEgger said:
    @dmchicago The best chili I've made comes from leftover brisket.
    @StillH2OEgger

    Can I use the flat? I need the point for Burnt Ends per a request for TNF.
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  • JRWhitee
    JRWhitee Posts: 5,678
    I use the flat for chili all the time. 
                                                                
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  • StillH2OEgger
    StillH2OEgger Posts: 3,896
    dmchicago said:
    StillH2OEgger said:
    @dmchicago The best chili I've made comes from leftover brisket.
    @StillH2OEgger

    Can I use the flat? I need the point for Burnt Ends per a request for TNF.
    I've used flat and point for chili, which is easy with two of us because I have quite a bit left over. I just cube up and freeze in roughly two-pound packages. Works out great.
    Stillwater, MN
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  • Matt86m
    Matt86m Posts: 471
    Brisket hash for breakfast! use whatever you want.
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  • carrda04
    carrda04 Posts: 83
    StillH2OEgger said:
    dmchicago said:
    StillH2OEgger said:
    @dmchicago The best chili I've made comes from leftover brisket.
    @StillH2OEgger

    Can I use the flat? I need the point for Burnt Ends per a request for TNF.
    I've used flat and point for chili, which is easy with two of us because I have quite a bit left over. I just cube up and freeze in roughly two-pound packages. Works out great.
    I have used both, both together and separately. All good. I typically use a slightly smoky tea to deglaze the meat fond/onion bits that I cook at the beginning of a chili, but I omit that entirely when I use brisket and have found the meat flavors the rest of pot with an incredible smoke flavor. It's almost like cheating.
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