Birthday Beans And First Brisket Cook

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Got this yesterday:

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And a few other things....

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I rubbed the brisket with 1/3 salt, 1/3 pepper, 1/6 garlic powder and 1/6 oinion powder by weight....did it last night and it sat for about 7 hours. The red hunk of meat in the front is a piece of cured pork belly rubbed in paprika and chili powder.

Onto the grill at the break of dawn at about 250f running a mix of mostly oak and 30% cherry:

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After a couple hours the pork belly is done:

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Time to make the beans. Half a package of bacon sliced up and on it's way to being crisped:

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Once bacon is crispy put it in a pot and add oinions to bacon fat.....drain off none of the bacon fat:

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After a few minutes add in jalapeno, red and orange peppers:

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Pork belly diced up and crisping abit and my bowl of pinnapples....use canned as they are softer than fresh:

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Into the pot everything goes along with garlic powder, Guiness and some Jack Daniels bbq sauce:

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Into some backware and onto the Bradley smoker with hickory and cherry smoke rolling:

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The brisket after about 5 hours or so internal is almost 160f at this point:

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I spritzed with a combo of 2 parts beef stock to 1 part Guiness. The brisket was pulled and foiled with 2 tbsp of the spritz at 165f and returned to the grill:

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Beans are pulled at an internal of 155f....the pinnapples at his point are just starting to really soften:

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The brisket is still foiled and I will be starting to smoke that cheese in the Bradley soon. I will update with photos. I posted a question about brisket cooking in general yesterday.....got some good advice and am now putting it to use. Thanks to those who helped.
 
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Nope. Tinfoil in the bottom of the kettle and the Bradley has a water bowl below the heat diffuser.

I got ya'!

For a minute I was thinking why the fark does he have ice in his grill!:laugh:

Brisky and beans look great!
 
Put the rounds of brie and camambert in the Bradley with the heating element shut off and the unit cooled down from the bean cook. I used straight cherry pucks in the end for this. The cheese smoked at about 150f for 2.5 hours:

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I did not get a shot but he rind turned smokey yellow/brown. I turned the heating element on about 45 minutes or so before guests came and it got up to 230f on the units readout. The cheese was a hit with everyone.

I returned the point of the brisket to the smoker for 2.5 hours then foiled it and put it aside. I shut the kettle down then after about 25 minutes I moved the foiled brisket into it in preparation for eating.....sliced up:

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The brisket was very good. I am so glad I had some experience smoking food before tackling this one. I was not the only one busy today though boys. My wife made me cornbread, a coconut cake and a lemon merangue pie:

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There ain't nothing like a fresh lemon merangue pie....eat it while the merangue is still hot...just like cotton candy it is it is:

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Almost as sweet as my wife....unless she's mad then the above rules.
 
Everything looks great!! Love the looks of that cake and pie too. :-D
 
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