Decided to do another brisket, 1st one was over a year ago and we weren´t impressed. It was very tender but the taste was not what we were expecting.
So after reading up here, reading Aaron Franklin´s book and watching his videos, it was time to tackle another one. Brisket is hard to get here but my meat grocer gets some US stuff in for KCBS teams, the one I got was a Choice. I decided to do a fairly heavy trim, it was 3,9kg before trimming and was 2,5 afterwards.
I used a rub of coarse salt - coarsely grind pepper - onion and garlic powder. Put it on the Traeger at 225F around midnight. Checked back after 7 hours of sleep and sprayed with apple juice/cider vinegar. Sprayed again about an hour later. After about 10 hours, it hit 170 in the point and I wrapped it in butcher paper. After about 2 hours in the bp, I started checking it for doneness. It was ready after almost 14 hours. Let it rest on the counter for about 30mins and put it in the oven for a long rest (about 4,5 hours).
Simply put, it was amazing. Had family over and everybody loved it, it was all gone in no time.
Before and after trimming
Rubbed
After 7 hours
10 hours, time to wrap it
End result:
So after reading up here, reading Aaron Franklin´s book and watching his videos, it was time to tackle another one. Brisket is hard to get here but my meat grocer gets some US stuff in for KCBS teams, the one I got was a Choice. I decided to do a fairly heavy trim, it was 3,9kg before trimming and was 2,5 afterwards.
I used a rub of coarse salt - coarsely grind pepper - onion and garlic powder. Put it on the Traeger at 225F around midnight. Checked back after 7 hours of sleep and sprayed with apple juice/cider vinegar. Sprayed again about an hour later. After about 10 hours, it hit 170 in the point and I wrapped it in butcher paper. After about 2 hours in the bp, I started checking it for doneness. It was ready after almost 14 hours. Let it rest on the counter for about 30mins and put it in the oven for a long rest (about 4,5 hours).
Simply put, it was amazing. Had family over and everybody loved it, it was all gone in no time.
Before and after trimming
Rubbed
After 7 hours
10 hours, time to wrap it
End result: