Thread: A Brisket Cook

The Crappie and Bluegill Fishing this year is good. Not a banner year, but my freezers are stacked full even though I have given away many fillets to those who don’t or can’t fish. My favorite hobby is obviously Fishing, but Cooking is an absolute joy and necessary part of my life. The summer chores (Honey-do list) have been piling up and one way to take the sting out of not getting to fish over the weekend is to smoke a protein while plodding through my indentured servitude. About a month ago I visited Texas and saw this at Walmart
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Brisket for under 2 bucks...what? At a local wholesale club I pay over 3 bucks a pound. Location Location Location, more cows in Texas I guess. Anyway, we ate at Black’s BBQ in Austin and I did enjoy the brisket and homemade sausages there.
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Fast forward a couple weeks and we visited Jasper GA for a wedding at Big Canoe Resort. We were in charge of babysitting the grandchildren and ended up at Bubba Q, where again I sampled Southern Brisket.
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No plate shots as we had our hands full with these monsters but the barbecue was good. So while pressure washing, field dressing the basement and storage building, I managed to procure a 15lb Choice Brisket and throw him on the smoker.
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Salt and pepper made up a simple rub, and after 10 hours at 235-250 degrees I took my first peek.
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Internal temps were only 175, so in two more hours he pushed through the stall and arrived at 195, exactly 12 hours from the start.
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The bark was set, so after a brief rest I separated the flat from the point, and sliced the flat against the grain for maximum tenderness.



I cubed some of the point for the platter, but the majority of the fatty point was cubed then returned to smoker to make Burnt Ends.


If you have never experienced burnt ends, you need to try some. The cubed point is returned to the smoker with more rub and sauce then cooked for up to 4 more hours, further reducing the fat content and leaving chewy smoky saucy nuggets of beef goodness. This is my wife’s favorite part, and you all know that old saying! Plated shot, no ovens or microwaves were harmed as I threw the twice baked taters on the smoker also!

Not a bad weekend, but no fishing either!


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