Overnight 18# brisket

cds9333 · Jan 30, 2013

Smoking an 18.3 pound (pre-trim) prime brisket I picked up from Sams for a pot luck tomorrow. Here it is with a 7" santoku for size.

For ease and speed of cooking I split the flat and the point and seasoned with Bovine Bold.

The weather tonight is quite nice. A couple things you may notice, the welding blanket helps to keep the heat in/block wind. Also, I am using an Auber ATC and ET-732, but to keep them dry I put them in a plastic container that had a hole and grommet in the lid the wife had sitting around.

I'll be sure to post the results as long as I remember pictures in the morning.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that within 36 hours prior to this, it was over 70*F here.

BobBrisket · Jan 30, 2013

Git er done!!!

Titch · Jan 30, 2013

Your one dedicated BBqer.:thumb:

ssv3 · Jan 30, 2013

Sweet! I'm tuned in. Weather looks awesome too believe it or not.

MaximumJEFF · Jan 30, 2013

You're gonna be eatin good tomorrow!
I wish my local Sam's sold packers

javahog2002 · Jan 30, 2013

We had a little white stuff here yesterday morn. My redhead looked just like that when I woke up.

cds9333 · Jan 30, 2013

Quick update @ ~3:00 a.m., power has gone off twice for several minutes in the last hour and the brisket is holding @ 153*.

DubfromGA · Jan 30, 2013

Awesome endeavor!

Haven't seen snow here in a few years. It's predicted to be rainy 77 degrees and then clear up for sunny high 40-50 degrees tomorrow through the weekend.

I'm really wanting to cook a brisket on Monday. It'll be my first attempt.

I'll most likely be buying it from Sam's. Our Sam's has an excellent meat dept.

My rub order came in yesterday. I have both Bovine & Black Ops.

I'll be watching your thread throughout the day from work. Good luck!

cds9333 · Jan 30, 2013

4:30 AM, just foiled the brisket (haven't mastered foil less brisket, yet).

As for the weather, it has finally stopped snowing. This was @ 3 at the previous update.

Freddy j · Jan 30, 2013

Wow, looks good. How many folks you going to feed with that bad boy?

cds9333 · Jan 30, 2013

Freddy j said:
Wow, looks good. How many folks you going to feed with that bad boy?

Well, it is for a work potluck today as two coworkers are moving on to other things. It will hopefully feed the up to 20 coworkers in the office.

I cooked a 17 pounder in early November that disappeared, though there were about 30 people. There was also a turkey breast and some ham, but the majority of both of those were left over. :biggrin1:

code3rrt · Jan 30, 2013

That is a nice sized packer.........looks real good so far!

Jaskew82 · Jan 30, 2013

Looking good!

Dirt Daddy · Jan 30, 2013

Lookin Good

Puckstopper · Jan 30, 2013

Looks good!

Big slick · Jan 30, 2013

I have a WSM and I was thinking about picking up a welding blanket. Do they work well? What do you cover with the blanket? I was always under the impression that the blanket was to be wrapped around the smoker???

cds9333 · Jan 30, 2013

Big slick said:
I have a WSM and I was thinking about picking up a welding blanket. Do they work well? What do you cover with the blanket? I was always under the impression that the blanket was to be wrapped around the smoker???

I bought the blanket to wrap my last smoker (a bandera), so it is an odd size for the WSM. I have it folded in half currently with bolts through the grommets. It does what I need it to which is block the wind. I have just wrapped it around the WSM and used the hook of a bungie cord to tie it together (not shown in the pics). To help keep it on the smoker I just folded it in under the top handle. Completely wrapping it would work much better, but I didn't want it to completely cover the top or lay on the ground.

I know there are better wind blocks, but I already had the blanket and it was a no cost solution.

DubfromGA · Jan 30, 2013

The color of that was outstandig.

funugy · Jan 30, 2013

Looks good. That is one big point. What are your plans for that? Burnt ends or are you going to slice it with the flat?

Enkidu · Jan 30, 2013

Every time I think I want to BBQ something other than a brisket, I come here and see another beautiful brisket being BBQ'd and that is all I want to do again. I've nearly forgotten about ribs and butts. I am brisket-obsessed and these pictures aren't helping my recovery!!!

Overnight 18# brisket

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