New Year's Day brisket ... my 2nd attempt.
Costco prime 15lbs after trimming ... but I separated almost 5lbs of the flat hoping the cook time would be quicker since I goofed getting the meat the night prior and this had to be ready for extended family lunch the next day.
At 5pm went in the 3D at 225.
Set my alarm for 5am and it was still in the stall 160ish IT). I decided to attempt to speed things up and foiled 'em w/ a little apple juice and cranked it up to 250 (I REALLY needed to hurry it along so it would be ready before 10am).
At 8am my maverick alarmed at 190IT so I reset to 195IT and went back to sleep.
At 9am the mav went off again and I headed out to take a look/feel. Toothpick probing felt about right so I double foiled and wrapped them in beach towels and into a cooler.
15.5hrs total then about a 4hr rest in a cooler ... 2 of which we en route to my parents. Gave it a 5min 525F sear in the oven to try and give it a crunchy crust. Turned out yummy! Some of the separated flat chunk was a little drier than I hoped, but the point chunk was pretty spot on. Everyone raved and nobody even asked for any BBQ sauce
Costco prime 15lbs after trimming ... but I separated almost 5lbs of the flat hoping the cook time would be quicker since I goofed getting the meat the night prior and this had to be ready for extended family lunch the next day.
At 5pm went in the 3D at 225.
Set my alarm for 5am and it was still in the stall 160ish IT). I decided to attempt to speed things up and foiled 'em w/ a little apple juice and cranked it up to 250 (I REALLY needed to hurry it along so it would be ready before 10am).
At 8am my maverick alarmed at 190IT so I reset to 195IT and went back to sleep.
At 9am the mav went off again and I headed out to take a look/feel. Toothpick probing felt about right so I double foiled and wrapped them in beach towels and into a cooler.
15.5hrs total then about a 4hr rest in a cooler ... 2 of which we en route to my parents. Gave it a 5min 525F sear in the oven to try and give it a crunchy crust. Turned out yummy! Some of the separated flat chunk was a little drier than I hoped, but the point chunk was pretty spot on. Everyone raved and nobody even asked for any BBQ sauce
