Brisket

[Wimbo]

Just put a 10 pound one on the Big Green Egg for a slow cook. Should be ready sometime tomorrow afternoon.

This is my first brisket, so I am not expecting perfection... but I am certainly looking forward to it!

Getting the temps dialed in, then off to bed.

 

[lane]

Just put a 10 pound one on the Big Green Egg for a slow cook. Should be ready sometime tomorrow afternoon.

This is my first brisket, so I am not expecting perfection... but I am certainly looking forward to it!

Getting the temps dialed in, then off to bed.

good luck with it..

i'm sure it will be delicious..

 

[trickblue]

Just put a 10 pound one on the Big Green Egg for a slow cook. Should be ready sometime tomorrow afternoon.

This is my first brisket, so I am not expecting perfection... but I am certainly looking forward to it!

Getting the temps dialed in, then off to bed.

You got a Green Egg? My son... your life has just begun...

AMAZING tool...

 

[big dog cowboy]

When do we eat?

 

[CliffnDallas]

All I would need would be a very large bun and a quart of mayo...

 

[baj1dallas]

All I would need would be a very large bun and a quart of mayo...

seriously? You're going to take something as delicious as smoke brisket and slather a bunch of cheap petroleum product on it so that you can't taste it?

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

seriously? You're going to take something as delicious as smoke brisket and slather a bunch of cheap petroleum product on it so that you can't taste it?

A brisket sandwich with mayo is delicious. It doesn't cover the taste at all.

 

[Wimbo]

It is about 11 hours into the cook. Internal temp is at 175F. Dome temp is 235F. I think I am going to dial down the dome temp slightly (to about 225F)... I think that will be about right so that when I get home from church it will be ready to wrap in foil & rest in a warm cooler for a couple of hours. I made a home-made bbq sauce to go with it, if necessary.

I plan to throw the point back on the egg to make burnt ends.

If I totally screw this up, it will be good chili meat
Hopefully it doesn't come to that!

 

[sureletsrace]

Hope your brisket was great. I'm sure it was.

 

[UVAwahoos]

It is about 11 hours into the cook. Internal temp is at 175F. Dome temp is 235F. I think I am going to dial down the dome temp slightly (to about 225F)... I think that will be about right so that when I get home from church it will be ready to wrap in foil & rest in a warm cooler for a couple of hours. I made a home-made bbq sauce to go with it, if necessary.

I plan to throw the point back on the egg to make burnt ends.

If I totally screw this up, it will be good chili meat
Hopefully it doesn't come to that!

What do u think of the egg? It seems like a great buy, particularly when I compare it to "fancy" grills. Any opinions?

 

[Wimbo]

It turned out good. Very tender. A little dry. Great flavor, though. I used a small amount of Jack Daniels wood chips in the fire, but not enough to overpower the taste of the meat. I also mixed turbinado sugar with the rub I used in order to get a carmelized bark on the meat.

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[Wimbo]

What do u think of the egg? It seems like a great buy, particularly when I compare it to "fancy" grills. Any opinions?

I love my egg (BGE). I have had it for almost a year. Like any grill/smoker, it takes a a little time to learn the nuances of it, but it is not hard to do. One thing that messed me up initially when I started using the BGE is that the thermometer in the dome had not been calibrated. So, in my first few cooks the temps were not what I thought they were & things didn't seem to be working as easily as most BGE owners claimed. Once i got that fixed, it was great!

If you get a BGE, I highly recommend getting a dual temperature probe (one for the meat & one for the dome) with a remote monitor. This allows you to set the allowable parameters for the temperature inside the dome (for the brisket I set it at 215-240F) as well as the maximum temp you want your meat to reach. An alarm will sound on the remote monitor if temps get outside the parameters you set & you know that you need to make an adjustment. This is very handy, especially on overnight cooks. My friend has one that will turn on/off fans to make the adjustment for him, but it was too expensive for me.

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

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Damn you for making me lick my computer screen...

 

[YosemiteSam]

If I didn't get any, it didn't happen.