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Old 07-14-2010, 04:44 PM   #16
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My theory is that brisket used to a difficult piece of meat to cook because the techniques were passed down from generation to generation within the family, all in a small region of the country. If anybody wanted to learn how to cook it they had to go to grandpas house and hope that he would share his secrets. Now with the internet all of those little secrets are exposed for the world to see. Now that mysterious piece of meat isn't so scary once we've seen others cook it with success in all varying degrees of styles.
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Old 07-14-2010, 04:52 PM   #17
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Every Brisket is Different.

No Texas Myth.

No Ancient Whatever Secret.

Prep It. Season It. Smoke It Low & Slow OR HIgh Heat.

Remove Brisket When Done.

Great Eats To ALL.

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Old 07-14-2010, 05:17 PM   #18
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I recall a post way back this year where there was a u tube video of a couple making the best ribs they had ever eaten. Grandma's secret recipe.

They boiled them! and then smothered them with Sweet Baby Ray's in another pot. Yummy.

Wonder if I could get the same brisket every time if I did it that way.

I personally don't think brisket is the Holy Grail but I sure do like the way it tastes. Even if I didn't do it that good this time.
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Old 07-14-2010, 06:43 PM   #19
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I don't see it as the Holy Grail or difficult to cook well. I'll tell you right now that cooking fully jointed half chickens for comps here in Texas and getting them right is what's nerve racking for me. I think ribs are easy too.
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Old 07-14-2010, 07:30 PM   #20
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My theory is that brisket used to a difficult piece of meat to cook because the techniques were passed down from generation to generation within the family, all in a small region of the country. If anybody wanted to learn how to cook it they had to go to grandpas house and hope that he would share his secrets. Now with the internet all of those little secrets are exposed for the world to see. Now that mysterious piece of meat isn't so scary once we've seen others cook it with success in all varying degrees of styles.
That's who taught me how to cook brisket..... My grandpa that is. And I'm still learning from the Internet. Good barbecue is a journey, not a destination.
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Old 07-14-2010, 07:59 PM   #21
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That's who taught me how to cook brisket..... My grandpa that is. And I'm still learning from the Internet. Good barbecue is a journey, not a destination.
Thank you. I'm still following that journey.

This is an old pic, but it makes me hungry anyway.

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Old 07-14-2010, 08:07 PM   #22
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Brisket is the "holy grail" because it's hard to cook a great one every time. It's pretty easy to screw up brisket; much easier than it is to screw up a pork shoulder, for example. Many can cook a good brisket but the good cooks can cook a great one most of the time.

Speaking of competition brisket, I have had boxes full of brisket slices as thin as the canvas from a Chuck Taylor Converse sneaker and just as tough. I have also had a few exceptional briskets. But most of them are average at best. So, even a lot of competition cooks struggle with it.

If you can routinely cook a great brisket you are doing well and you deserve bragging rights.

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Old 07-14-2010, 08:11 PM   #23
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why is the brisket looked upon as being difficult?,, there seems to be so many different ways to cook it with great results,,,

im no expert and being new to this forum I dont have nearly the experience as most,, but my first brisket was done on the fourth and I did have guests over...
the only practice I did was with the smoker itself.. learning the temps and how to regulate...

I just feel that the brisket is fairly simple and that it cooks itself... im having a more difficult time perfecting ribs and chicken

I cant wait to do brisket again.

I will admit though , I did research/read online aswell as ask lots of questions at my favorite bbq joint in the city of compton...

just curious
If its your first brisket, how do you know if it was good?
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Old 07-14-2010, 08:12 PM   #24
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Old 07-14-2010, 08:17 PM   #25
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sweet.... I wish I had the time to do it often ,,,, after the time and energy spent with the first one it looks like it will have to reserve brosket for holidays or special occasions....

im super excited about my first but now that I think about it, im more concerned about my second with my first being a reference point....
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Old 07-14-2010, 09:12 PM   #26
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I think if you are doing one brisket, for service whenever you want to serve it, just how you want it, it is not that difficult to turn out acceptable product. However, it is a bit more difficult to cook a large amount that will hold. Most of what makes brisket a legend is that most folks do not and will probably never cook one for themselves, their only experience being the stuff bought from BBQ restaurants. Further, it is highly variable, like all of the meats we cook.

I would suggest that while most of use think we cook all out meats pretty darned good, none of them is really easy. If it was, then people would not crock pot/boil/oven bake their BBQ. I find that making really great ribs to have it's own difficulties, as does ribs, brisket and pork butt. To do them really well is never easy.
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as has been expounded on by many above, it is several things...that some briskets are done at 190 internal and others are done at 202 for instance.....most people can and do produce a good brisket every now and then, but I have come to find out, like already pointed out above, that making very good brisket all of the time is what is tough (because every piece of meat is so different). They are not as forgiving as a pork butt either - hell, most people can produce acceptable pork 9/10 times....same with ribs...nailing 9 out of 10 briskets is the challenge imo...I am still trying to replicate "my" perfect brisket I cooked a couple months ago...I have not even come close for some reason (modified low heat, then high heat cook).
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If it was easy then my ex-wife could've cooked it. No, really, I think that we all feel that our first brisket was pretty darn good. That is, until we taste some really gooood brisket at a competition. Then, we have to go home and try to figure out how to make ours better, and better, and......
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oh dang,,,, now that I think about it.. my temps were not a consistent 225 nor 250,,, more like up and down between 215-275,,,, due to periodic checking and sleeping... since it was done overnight....

the person that tasted my brisket did say that it was close to competition and with a lil work it could be competition. but since I havent had competition brisket im not sure how close or far I was from that level,,, I can only go by what ppl said

now I have tasted other briskets ,,, BLUDSO'S,, the texas grill place in el toro,, and from newport rib company in ladera ranch,,,, I have to say Bludso's taste better than mine and all the others I have had... I would like to get to Bludso's level
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Son of a Bitch! He is spot on. This the product of my father teaching at Ball High and SFA for 40 years. Dude you are so "on" I cannot believe we do not bump into each other. Note were I am from.


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