Quick Brisket Question

DavidEHickey · 10-23-2008, 12:19 PM

I went to the local Sams club and was going to buy a brisket "want to make some brisket Chili this weekend" and the biggest one I found was about 8 pounds. It was the flat. They did not sell the whole brisket. Even at 8 pounds it seemed like it was so thin maybe an inch to inch and a half thick thru a majority of it I was worried it would dry out to quickly. Is this normal or should I look for a whole brisket and not just the flat?

Thanks
David Hickey

BBQ Grail · 10-23-2008, 12:21 PM

That sounds like a normal trimmed flat.

Did you ask the butcher at Sam's for a whole packer? I buy them all the time from Sams. I like to have some point and flat in my brisket chili.

Bigmista · 10-23-2008, 12:30 PM

Ask for the whole packer. It's rare to find a thick flat these days.

aks801 · 10-23-2008, 12:43 PM

Sounds like a nice flat to me!

PaSmoker · 10-23-2008, 12:54 PM

If your gonna do chili anyway...pull it a little early....maybe at 170-175....should get all the smoke flavor by them....cut up and finish cooking in the chili...

BBQ Grail · 10-23-2008, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by PaSmoker

If your gonna do chili anyway...pull it a little early....maybe at 170-175....should get all the smoke flavor by them....cut up and finish cooking in the chili...

Now that's the ticket!

Bigmista · 10-23-2008, 02:04 PM

Don't forget to Deglaze!

DavidEHickey · 10-23-2008, 03:38 PM

Can I use Rum and Coke instead of Miller to deglaze? Problem with pulling early and letting it finish in the Chili is I want to eat Brisket Saturday and Chili Sunday. So I'll have to cook it all the way thru for Sat dinner. Thanks for the help. I figured it was probably normal. Guess thats why they call it the flat! And I exagerated a little I meant the meat was about 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick. That did not count the fat cap.

Bacon · 10-23-2008, 09:30 PM

SAM's around here only sells whole packers. Bought an 18 lb'er last month sometime. Never made brisket chili though. For some odd reason I feel I will.

CajunSmoker · 10-24-2008, 08:24 AM

Our Sam's sells both packers and flats. The packers are Select grade and the flats are Choice

monty3777 · 10-24-2008, 10:13 AM

Sometimes my Sam's doesn't have the packers out on display - why???? The last 2 times I've been there I have had to ask the butcher to get me one. And hey presto one show up!

Jorge · 10-24-2008, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by DavidEHickey

Can I use Rum and Coke instead of Miller to deglaze? Problem with pulling early and letting it finish in the Chili is I want to eat Brisket Saturday and Chili Sunday. So I'll have to cook it all the way thru for Sat dinner. Thanks for the help. I figured it was probably normal. Guess thats why they call it the flat! And I exagerated a little I meant the meat was about 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick. That did not count the fat cap.

Cook two, and pull one early. My work here is done

Divemaster · 10-24-2008, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by PaSmoker

If your gonna do chili anyway...pull it a little early....maybe at 170-175....should get all the smoke flavor by them....cut up and finish cooking in the chili...

Either that or smoke up a nice big chuckie!!! I've got a 17 pounder sitting in the freezer for the next time I get Bubbette going....

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Originally Posted by CajunSmoker

Our Sam's sells both packers and flats. The packers are Select grade and the flats are Choice

Actually, the last time I bought a case of packers they were CAB Prime....

10-23-2008, 12:19 PM	#1
DavidEHickey Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 04-22-08 Location: Wilmington, Ohio Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Quick Brisket Question I went to the local Sams club and was going to buy a brisket "want to make some brisket Chili this weekend" and the biggest one I found was about 8 pounds. It was the flat. They did not sell the whole brisket. Even at 8 pounds it seemed like it was so thin maybe an inch to inch and a half thick thru a majority of it I was worried it would dry out to quickly. Is this normal or should I look for a whole brisket and not just the flat? Thanks David Hickey

10-23-2008, 12:21 PM	#2
BBQ Grail somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Rocklin, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That sounds like a normal trimmed flat. Did you ask the butcher at Sam's for a whole packer? I buy them all the time from Sams. I like to have some point and flat in my brisket chili. __________________ Larry The best way to reach me is with email: larry@thebbqgrail.com

10-23-2008, 12:30 PM	#3
Bigmista somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-24-04 Location: Long Beach, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ask for the whole packer. It's rare to find a thick flat these days. __________________ Wait! Bigmista wrote a cookbook? Exodus 29:18 Then burn the entire ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the LORD. God loves BBQ! Bigmista Custom Spicewine Trailer - Olivia J. PIMA Large and Medium Spicewines Weber Ranch Kettle - E.T. Remembering Scott

10-23-2008, 12:43 PM	#4
aks801 On the road to being a farker Join Date: 08-21-08 Location: Katy, TX Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sounds like a nice flat to me! __________________ alan. 22.5 Weber OTS. "Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss". - Pete Townshend

10-23-2008, 12:54 PM	#5
PaSmoker Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 07-14-08 Location: Yardley, PA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If your gonna do chili anyway...pull it a little early....maybe at 170-175....should get all the smoke flavor by them....cut up and finish cooking in the chili... __________________ Keith Big Drum Smoker,Stainless Steel Gasser,Turkey Fryer/"Low Country Boil Maker",Weber "Baby Q" New Splash-Proof ORANGE Super-Fast Thermapen™ “I make it a rule never to smoke more than one cigar at a time.” Mark Twain (Obviously doesn't apply to fatties) "Brisket is like beer....It's done when it's done" (Divemaster) Member Cigar Lounge Social Group Member Drum Corps Social Group

10-23-2008, 02:04 PM	#7
Bigmista somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-24-04 Location: Long Beach, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Don't forget to Deglaze! __________________ Wait! Bigmista wrote a cookbook? Exodus 29:18 Then burn the entire ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the LORD. God loves BBQ! Bigmista Custom Spicewine Trailer - Olivia J. PIMA Large and Medium Spicewines Weber Ranch Kettle - E.T. Remembering Scott

10-23-2008, 03:38 PM	#8
DavidEHickey Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 04-22-08 Location: Wilmington, Ohio Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Can I use Rum and Coke instead of Miller to deglaze? Problem with pulling early and letting it finish in the Chili is I want to eat Brisket Saturday and Chili Sunday. So I'll have to cook it all the way thru for Sat dinner. Thanks for the help. I figured it was probably normal. Guess thats why they call it the flat! And I exagerated a little I meant the meat was about 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick. That did not count the fat cap.

10-23-2008, 09:30 PM	#9
Bacon is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 06-22-08 Location: North Dallas Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	SAM's around here only sells whole packers. Bought an 18 lb'er last month sometime. Never made brisket chili though. For some odd reason I feel I will. __________________ Jason ~ Arkansan in Tejas 22.5" Weber OTG Kenmore gasser 1 Super-Fast Sunkist Orange Thermapen Hungry Apt neighbors Certified MOINK Baller "Anything wrapped in Bacon has to beat not wrapped in Bacon!" - Desert Dweller / circa ~ 09-14-2008, 07:28 AM

10-24-2008, 08:24 AM	#10
CajunSmoker is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 02-06-07 Location: Rolling down the river between St Louis and New Orleans Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Our Sam's sells both packers and flats. The packers are Select grade and the flats are Choice __________________ Rodger How y'all are? I'm glad you got to see me I guarontee Justin Wilson 4/24/1914 - 09/05/2001 CAJUN QUE KREWE Proud ARKLAFO KCBS member & CBJ#24398 Twin CoonAss Ugly Drum Smokers Brinkman Smoke King Deluxe Brinkman Gourmet ECB with super chicken mods Weber OTS kettle

10-24-2008, 10:13 AM	#11
monty3777 is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-13-08 Location: Happytown, IA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sometimes my Sam's doesn't have the packers out on display - why???? The last 2 times I've been there I have had to ask the butcher to get me one. And hey presto one show up!

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