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rcw320
12-27-2013, 02:57 PM
Howdy all,

I found myself home alone today with a day off of work and the wife/kids out of town.

I had planned on saltwater fishing all day, but blew it off due to the cold and wet weather.

I started my BBQ day with lunch at a local place: Mac's BBQ in Gregory, TX.

I'd never been there before and ordered the brisket and jalapeno sausage plate.

I normally hate eating at BBQ Joints, due to the high price and usually nasty BBQ.

Mac's surprised the heck out of me, it was awesome. Yes, I like BBQ sauce with my brisket :icon_blush:

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I found a smallish select brisket at HEB and trimmed it down to 7lbs.

At the last minute, I got a wild hair and decided to cook it on the Weber kettle instead of the WSM.

I've never done a brisket on the kettle before, so this will be a first for me.

I also decided to skip the internal meat thermometer and cook it by look/feel.

Here's my babies and the brisket rubbed down with Head Country:

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sliding_billy
12-27-2013, 03:04 PM
Sounds like a great day!

Happy Hapgood
12-27-2013, 03:22 PM
Double whammy! Very Nice!

cholloway
12-27-2013, 04:50 PM
Good start to a nasty day!
When I lived in Dallas I used to fish the Kingfish Tournament out of Dolphin Docks in Port Aransas.
Good times.

T&S BBQ
12-27-2013, 05:06 PM
If you ya got to be without family, I can't think of a better thing to do.

TroyA65
12-27-2013, 05:34 PM
Don't forget to post the back end of the cook!?!?

FatCoyote
12-27-2013, 05:50 PM
I haven't eaten at Mac's since I was a kid with my dad. (many years ago) I think I need to stop in on my way through town next time. Thanks for the memory and poke.

Blythewood BBQ'er
12-27-2013, 06:05 PM
Better lunch than I had, leftover pizza. Yeah!

rcw320
12-27-2013, 07:31 PM
The Weber kettle held like a rock at 275 for 5 hours. The temp was beginning to drop a little, so rather than mess with more coals, I am going to finish it off in the wife's roaster oven device.

This is actually pretty cool, being able to poke around on the brisket in the comfort of my own kitchen.

I have no idea what the internal temp is.

I've got it set at 300 and will start poking on it in an hour or two :wink:

The house smells like a bbq joint :eusa_clap

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aawa
12-27-2013, 08:17 PM
Great looking cook!

Have you tried the snake method (aka the ring of fire) on your kettle? I get prolonged burn times of 6-8 hours at 300-325 degrees without issue (longer at lower temps) with this method. This will allow you to finish if not almost finish your brisket on the kettle without having to reload your coals.

loco_engr
12-27-2013, 08:53 PM
nice looking hunk o beef!

rcw320
12-27-2013, 10:51 PM
Dinner time :thumb:

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Great looking cook!

Have you tried the snake method (aka the ring of fire) on your kettle? I get prolonged burn times of 6-8 hours at 300-325 degrees without issue (longer at lower temps) with this method. This will allow you to finish if not almost finish your brisket on the kettle without having to reload your coals.

Hi, I normally use a WSM. This cook was an experiment.

Tonybel
12-27-2013, 10:57 PM
Well done buddy. Beautiful smoke ring. :-D

Diesel Dave
12-28-2013, 03:15 AM
Dang fine lookin brisket, for the second time that day :thumb:

woodpelletsmoker
12-28-2013, 03:47 AM
lucky man!
I like sea water fishing also.
But I have to fly 1000 mile south. Day time in Beijing is 2 C(35F), and -8C (17F) during night
I like BBQ, but I have to wait a windy day when pollution in Beijing is not so much, otherwise my neighbor will kill me. PM 2.5 in Beijing can simply be 200,300,400

bluegrass smoke
12-28-2013, 08:27 AM
very cool!!

Bigr314
12-28-2013, 12:07 PM
Very nicely done on the kettle. Good eats.

caliking
12-28-2013, 01:46 PM
Yowza! That brisky looks amazing. I'm super jealous... I love days like that.