Yet Another Brisket Question

backporchbbq · Dec 4, 2008

Brisket has always killed us at competitions. When turning in the brisket do you guys trim the fat off, or leave it on. I have heard both ways, brisket adds falvor. I have also heard that judges don't like seeing the fat.

What do you guys think? We need serious help when it comes to brisket.

frognot · Dec 4, 2008

I'd trim it off.

barbefunkoramaque · Dec 4, 2008

I swear I do not trim it off... then make videos that show I do...LOL

I like to call it dressing the brisket. but thats just a lie I trim it... not all the fat.

Of course in the end look how I slice it (dull knife) on inch thick...LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQCeXzhWz3U

Heres what a Master says about trimming...I mean he was a master in 1949 and until today. Vince of the Taylor Cafe. Plus he can work all day and not get a spot on him. He talks about seasonings, flipping and fat trim in there somewhere.

Note the faulkner line "the Past is not really dead, its not even past."

http://www.vimeo.com/1614136?pg=embed&sec=1614136

Against The Grain · Dec 4, 2008

Now that's the way to cook. I like cooking on and eating from those old brick pits. Thanks for the vid Donnie, my grandmother cooked on one in her back yard for years at Sonny's Place.

The Pickled Pig · Dec 4, 2008

For the flat, we like to leave 1/8" to 1/4" layer fat on the bottom.

mds2 · Dec 4, 2008

I trim all of the fat before I cook it.

Bbq Bubba · Dec 4, 2008

Trim off the fat before putting it in the box.

Alexa RnQ · Dec 4, 2008

We've cooked brisket by three radically different methods and different trims, and won each way. So I don't know what to gather from that, except that quality product will do right by you no matter how you pretty it.

QDoc · Dec 4, 2008

DivaHerself said:
We've cooked brisket by three radically different methods and different trims, and won each way. So I don't know what to gather from that, except that quality product will do right by you no matter how you pretty it.

Amen Sister:wink:

Yet Another Brisket Question

backporchbbq

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frognot

somebody shut me the fark up.

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Against The Grain

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The Pickled Pig

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mds2

Knows what a fatty is.

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somebody shut me the fark up.

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QDoc

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