My camping trip brisket (Pron heavy)

Smokey Al Gold · 03-02-2009, 07:49 AM

Well the camping trip was lots of fun and there was lots of great food. We did freeze our arses off at nights with temps in the low 30's. I know some of you up north hit single digits but 30s is cold for us south texans in tents ha ha. Fajita tacos friday night, bacon and eggs saturday morning, and grilled chicken fajita thighs covered in franks buffalo sauce on a hamburger bun with avocado slices for lunch saturday. Yum! But everyone's highlight was by far the brisket which I said I was going to try smoking on the kettle. This was my first time smoking a brisket and the kettle performed flawlessly. I was just mad I had not tried this sooner. Started around 10:15am and me and my girlfriends BIL (who questioned doing this on a kettle) seasoned the brisket with just garlic powder, salt and pepper. This was a 12 lb packer. I used the firebrick method and minioned it with mesquite chunks. I took the high heat approach and kept the temp at 350 almost the entire cook. And I did not peek for the first two hours but it was tough not to. After 3 hours we rotated the brisket and all in all it was a 6 hour cook till it was fall apart tender. Foiled at 3 hours and added more seasoning then cooked it till tener. The kettle did awesome I did not need to refuel and it wasn't much tending other than cracking and throttling back the top and bottom vents several times. It chugged along at 350 with a few spikes to 380 or so but that was easily taken down. I am not tooting my own horn but this is one of the best briskets I've ever tasted. My girlfriends bil has cooked and had many briskets before and thought it was one of the juciest and best tasting briskets he's had also. Everyone loved it. Thanks to all who offered me advice and I can't wait to make another one! He was a kettle believer after this weekend of doing mostly all our cooking on it. Now the pron and lots of it.

Brisket on

At 3 hrs

A peek shot

Steady at 350

My helper

Chugging along

The view at dusk

Unwrapping

Me slicing

I did not cut it small it fell apart

Did not need any sauce

Thanks to the brethren for your advice!

wheels61 · 03-02-2009, 08:06 AM

great looking food and sunset.

Midnight Smoke · 03-02-2009, 08:11 AM

That is a great looking Brisket!!!!!!!! Good thing you have a dog to protect the Kettle!

Hachie Qer · 03-02-2009, 08:12 AM

Camping trip? Sounds like a COOKING trip! Looks great! Where did you go?

EatonHoggBBQ · 03-02-2009, 08:22 AM

That's some good looking dinner there. Whats in the side dish there? Beans, rice....What else?

1_T_Scot · 03-02-2009, 08:26 AM

Good looking Eats!

Smoke & Beers · 03-02-2009, 08:34 AM

Damn...8:30 in the morning and my stomach's growlin'....Fine looking eats there!

HeSmellsLikeSmoke · 03-02-2009, 08:48 AM

Man, that brisket looks perfect. Sounds like a great trip.

Cliff H. · 03-02-2009, 08:59 AM

Dang man,

That brisket do look real juicy.

Smokey Al Gold · 03-02-2009, 09:07 AM

You're right now that I think of it all we did was eat. We were in Campwood TX at Cooksey Park. Did a little fishing and drinking.

Smokey Al Gold · 03-02-2009, 09:08 AM

Sides were boracho beans, spanish rice and Miller Lite

Hachie Qer · 03-02-2009, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smokey Al Gold

You're right now that I think of it all we did was eat. We were in Campwood TX at Cooksey Park. Did a little fishing and drinking.

Nice!

That brisket is beautiful! I've always cooked brisket in about 6 hours on an ECB and a Weber 22.5 indirect with great results. I am just about to start learning on a horizontal offset at lower temps to see how that goes. (see the NBBD thread today) It will definitely give me more cooking space and I think that will be a great way to cook poultry. I'll see how it goes, but I suspect that I am going to prefer higher temps for brisket.

smokinvic · 03-02-2009, 09:45 AM

Very good looking brisket there. Awesome.

Radical Rick · 03-02-2009, 09:52 AM

man, sounds like a great trip! glad everything went well! goodlooking food you guys ate!

Norcoredneck · 03-02-2009, 09:55 AM

Good food, good times.

03-02-2009, 07:49 AM	#1
Smokey Al Gold is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 08-13-08 Location: San Antonio TX	My camping trip brisket (Pron heavy) Well the camping trip was lots of fun and there was lots of great food. We did freeze our arses off at nights with temps in the low 30's. I know some of you up north hit single digits but 30s is cold for us south texans in tents ha ha. Fajita tacos friday night, bacon and eggs saturday morning, and grilled chicken fajita thighs covered in franks buffalo sauce on a hamburger bun with avocado slices for lunch saturday. Yum! But everyone's highlight was by far the brisket which I said I was going to try smoking on the kettle. This was my first time smoking a brisket and the kettle performed flawlessly. I was just mad I had not tried this sooner. Started around 10:15am and me and my girlfriends BIL (who questioned doing this on a kettle) seasoned the brisket with just garlic powder, salt and pepper. This was a 12 lb packer. I used the firebrick method and minioned it with mesquite chunks. I took the high heat approach and kept the temp at 350 almost the entire cook. And I did not peek for the first two hours but it was tough not to. After 3 hours we rotated the brisket and all in all it was a 6 hour cook till it was fall apart tender. Foiled at 3 hours and added more seasoning then cooked it till tener. The kettle did awesome I did not need to refuel and it wasn't much tending other than cracking and throttling back the top and bottom vents several times. It chugged along at 350 with a few spikes to 380 or so but that was easily taken down. I am not tooting my own horn but this is one of the best briskets I've ever tasted. My girlfriends bil has cooked and had many briskets before and thought it was one of the juciest and best tasting briskets he's had also. Everyone loved it. Thanks to all who offered me advice and I can't wait to make another one! He was a kettle believer after this weekend of doing mostly all our cooking on it. Now the pron and lots of it. Brisket on At 3 hrs A peek shot Steady at 350 My helper Chugging along The view at dusk Unwrapping Me slicing I did not cut it small it fell apart Did not need any sauce Thanks to the brethren for your advice!

03-02-2009, 08:06 AM	#2
wheels61 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 01-12-08 Location: carlyle, illinois	great looking food and sunset. __________________ WHEELAN'S BARBECUE SHACK ROOSTERS RIB RUNNERS BBQ TEAM EL by Ole Hickory Pit Boss by American Barbecue Systems w Digi Q All Star by American Barbecue Systems Weber Cowboy Campfire Grill Char-Griller Duo

03-02-2009, 08:11 AM	#3
Midnight Smoke somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-24-08 Location: Southern Arizona Desert	That is a great looking Brisket!!!!!!!! Good thing you have a dog to protect the Kettle! __________________ ************************ * Terry ~ aka Pork Smoker * XL-BGE Hatched 06/20/2008 09:42 pm ** * Couple Weber Kettles, CharGriller, UDS * * Ultra Fast Red Thermapen * Projects Kamado Restoration Bandera Restoration

03-02-2009, 08:12 AM	#4
Hachie Qer Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 01-02-09 Location: Newton, KS	Camping trip? Sounds like a COOKING trip! Looks great! Where did you go? __________________ Jonathan - Blue Weber One Touch Gold, rescued NBBD, Weber Smokey Joe

03-02-2009, 08:22 AM	#5
EatonHoggBBQ Babbling Farker Join Date: 11-28-08 Location: SW Florida	That's some good looking dinner there. Whats in the side dish there? Beans, rice....What else? __________________ John, KCBS/MCBJ

03-02-2009, 08:26 AM	#6
1_T_Scot is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 06-03-08 Location: Pontiac Illinois	Good looking Eats! __________________ Certified "MOINK" ball maker. Supporting Disabled Veterans. Link Removed. Diveheart .org Large Big Green Egg - Fathers Day 2009

03-02-2009, 08:34 AM	#7
Smoke & Beers is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 09-10-08 Location: Ellis Co. KS	Damn...8:30 in the morning and my stomach's growlin'....Fine looking eats there! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shawn aka: [B]BUBBA's QUE CREW Competition Team[/B] Blue Weber Performer w/SS top & gas assist Weber One Touch Gold & a Weber 22 1/2" Silver Traeger Jr 2 UDS's Born 9-19-08 & 3-6-09 Weber Smokey Joe Platinum [COLOR=red][COLOR=black]Super Fast[/COLOR][B] RED THERMAPEN[/B][/COLOR] "If you got them by the MOINK balls, their hearts and minds will follow" -John Wayne

03-02-2009, 08:48 AM	#8
HeSmellsLikeSmoke somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 04-02-07 Location: Warren, Vermont	Man, that brisket looks perfect. Sounds like a great trip. __________________ Jim - Another transplanted Texan Former KCBS CBJ Large and Medium Big Green Eggs , Black 18.5" WSM, Blue Weber Performer - Stainless, Green Weber OTG Kettle , Brinkmann SnP Pro, and a Stainless UDS. One retired Portable Kitchen grill. Red Thermapen, Maverick ET-732, EdgePro Apex Sharpener. Avatar is the original 1951 Weber Kettle

03-02-2009, 08:59 AM	#9
Cliff H. is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 03-03-07 Location: Jonesboro Arkansas	Dang man, That brisket do look real juicy. __________________ Cliff Triple 5 Competition BBQ Formerly know as : Metro Appliances and More Cooking Team

03-02-2009, 09:07 AM	#10
Smokey Al Gold is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 08-13-08 Location: San Antonio TX	You're right now that I think of it all we did was eat. We were in Campwood TX at Cooksey Park. Did a little fishing and drinking.

03-02-2009, 09:08 AM	#11
Smokey Al Gold is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 08-13-08 Location: San Antonio TX	Sides were boracho beans, spanish rice and Miller Lite

03-02-2009, 09:45 AM	#13
smokinvic is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 02-06-08 Location: Santa Ana, CA	Very good looking brisket there. Awesome. __________________ Double barrel smoker, one stacked over the other. (55 gal drums). 85 Gal UDS Large Kettle Grill "I am the Lizard King.... I can do anything." "Out here on the perimeter there are no stars... out here we is stoned.... immaculate" - An American Poet

03-02-2009, 09:52 AM	#14
Radical Rick Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 02-21-09 Location: Southside, AL	man, sounds like a great trip! glad everything went well! goodlooking food you guys ate! __________________ Sweet home Alabama! http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f52/RICK0365/grill/

03-02-2009, 09:55 AM	#15
Norcoredneck somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-11-06 Location: Norco, Ca.	Good food, good times. __________________ *Low and Slow.....* *The Prontologist is in...* *Ok let's see your Butt!*

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