How to tell when life is good...

[Bbqjoe]

There's a 12 lb packer cut brisket smoking over mesquite in your backyard!

 

[Jfive]

Sometimes I wish I was on the southern part of the United States. May have just missed a chance to go to Texas even. Sherman to be exact. Then I could BBQ year round. I'm sure you could come close here, but if its close to 0f I'm gonna use the stove.

 

[Poboy kartman]

What's that about 5-6 hours in Joe?

 

[Bbqjoe]

What's that about 5-6 hours in Joe?

Just short of 3.
It'll be in for a good 12.
No foil. None of that BS.

 

[RobertD]

LOOKS AWESOME! Life does look good.

And yeah foil's for cheaters.

As for your wood, I personally can't stand mesquite for anything besides a quick chicken. I'm just not a mesquite smoke lover. Everyone's different.

Looks awesome though! I haven't yet smoked a choice brisket rather than a packer, but it's supposed to up your game immensely. (That, and drain your wallet immensely!) I always do packer and take my time.

 

[Hellion]

That is some tasty looking animal flesh. Where's the beverages? I'm thirsty. In fact that landscape makes me thirsty just looking at it.

 

[Bbqjoe]

LOOKS AWESOME! Life does look good.

And yeah foil's for cheaters.

As for your wood, I personally can't stand mesquite for anything besides a quick chicken. I'm just not a mesquite smoke lover. Everyone's different.

Looks awesome though! I haven't yet smoked a choice brisket rather than a packer, but it's supposed to up your game immensely. (That, and drain your wallet immensely!) I always do packer and take my time.

Yes, always a packer! I can't believe the folks that smoke a flat, and wonder why it's tough and dry.
I didn't do too bad here. @2.99 lb. I used to get them cheaper when I owned the R. But considering steak is so high these days, the brisket is still a good value, and we'll be eating it for at least a week.

Being that mesquite is abundant here, we smoke with mesquite.
If hickory was growing in my back yard, well...yeah.

Did you mean choice, or did you mean prime?

 

[RobertD]

Well I thought I meant choice. But maybe prime. Are there prime briskets? Whatever the more expensive one is at HEB, it's at least double the cost of the "normal" one.

I thought "packer" meant select grade, but I just read that it's the cut, not the grade. I swear, there's so many things just about butchering it's hard to keep my head straight!

And yes! You go to a BBQ joint, and you want "MOIST!"

 

[Flyinhillbilly]

That's one of the cool things about living where I do. We have so much hickory that people use it for firewood.

 

[Hellion]

There's nothing like a nice piece of hickory...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyjrUAimzZg

 

[Bbqjoe]

Well I thought I meant choice. But maybe prime. Are there prime briskets? Whatever the more expensive one is at HEB, it's at least double the cost of the "normal" one.

I thought "packer" meant select grade, but I just read that it's the cut, not the grade. I swear, there's so many things just about butchering it's hard to keep my head straight!

And yes! You go to a BBQ joint, and you want "MOIST!"

The brisket is actually two different cuts. The Flat, and the point, or as others call it, the deckel.

AfaIC, a bbq joint should serve you some of the lean (flat) and some of the point (tender and marbled) along with a bit of the burnt end, and a nice slice of fat.

I never served it sauced at the R, so people could first taste the meaty wonderfulness, then if they wanted they could do what they wanted, except ask for mayo or cheese.

There's three commercial grades of beef. Select, choice, and prime.
Most of what you are offered in the grocery stores is choice. A large portion of the Prime goes to restaurants, and the select ends up in the low end like fast food joints.

 

[machinist@large]

the brisket is actually two different cuts. The flat, and the point, or as others call it, the deckel.

Afaic, a bbq joint should serve you some of the lean (flat) and some of the point (tender and marbled) along with a bit of the burnt end, and a nice slice of fat.

I never served it sauced at the r, so people could first taste the meaty wonderfulness, then if they wanted they could do what they wanted, except ask for mayo or cheese.

here comes the important stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!

there's three commercial grades of beef. Select, choice, and prime.
Most of what you are offered in the grocery stores is choice. A large portion of the prime goes to restaurants, and the select ends up in the low end like fast food joints.

 

[RobertD]

But dang it I forgot you could still make super huge font size.

 

[machinist@large]

here comes the important stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!

But dang it I forgot you could still make super huge font size.

It was supposed to be all caps as well.... What's up with that?!?!?!?!?

 

[RobertD]

well thanks for making some work for me! (At least it's inside work, it's still too hot!)

 

[chancer]

All CAPS never usually works for me either!

 

[Poboy kartman]

Poboy Prime.

 

[chancer]

Poboy Prime.

MMMMM Tastes like chicken!

 

[Poboy kartman]

Is that a naked chick in your avatar pic?

 

[chancer]

Tastes like Chicken!