HALP!!!! No platesetter or firebricks, need to do a brisket

[fsckedagain]

ok so I got my egg today (sorry, smokejumper, I am too impatient to wait ) and the stupid hardware store near me that has fire bricks is closed. I missed 'em by 10 minutes (kids going to the prom mod). Now I need to do a brisket tonight and have no platesetter or firebricks...


Ideas? FIRE AWAY!!!

 

[MilitantSquatter]

put it on a wire rack and place that in a roast pan ??

wing it and go direct.. and try to keep temps in line ???

bring it to the kitchen and toss it in the oven ala Nightrain ??

 

[fsckedagain]

Yeah I am thinking if I don't get any solid answers I am gonna throw a weber otg charcoal grate in the bottom, toss a drip pan with some water in it on top then a grate on top of that with the brisky on it. woot go me lol

 

[Braddog]

The water pan will probably work. Got a pizza stone? Like the Pampered Chef ones? Supposedly, they aren't as durable as the BGE stone (lots of stories on the Egg forum of them breaking), but it'd do in a pinch.

Cheers,
Braddog

 

[LMAJ]

Wow.. congrats on the Egg.
I would say keep the fire low and put anything you can find between the fire and the meat.
Do you have a second grate? Put one grate on the fire ring, set a pan on that, then put a second grate on that with your brisket.
Good luck.

 

[fsckedagain]

I have a pizza stone for grills. So you mean weber otg charcoal grate then pizza stone then drip pan then brisky?

 

[Braddog]

Right, pizza stone on the cooking grate, drip pan on that, second rack over the drip pan, brisket on the top.

Good luck,
Braddog

 

[SmokeJumper]

ok so I got my egg today (sorry, smokejumper, I am too impatient to wait )
Ideas? FIRE AWAY!!!

No worries, I'm just glad you joined the ceramics club. How did the deal turn out?

These guys have a great solution for your brisket cook. Pizza stone on egg grate, drip pan on pizza stone, weber grate on top of drip pan, and brisket over the top. One thing that might really be helpful is to put the drip pan on top of the little green feet that came with your egg instead of resting it directly on the stone. This will prevent the drippings from burning and will allow you to use them as a baste or juice for the final product. Enjoy your first cook and keep us posted.

 

[fsckedagain]

No worries, I'm just glad you joined the ceramics club. How did the deal turn out?

Deal was 750 out the door for BGE and a couple little things. But it's only 20 miles from my house and like I said, I am extremely impatient. Plus the wife might have been inclined to spend some of my egg money if I didn't allocate it ASAP lol. Not really, she's great and excited about the egg, too.

ok I will post some pictures later of the newly assembled egg, pre-birsky, then the brisky setup, then the brisky on there. And tomorrow am when I get up, the final product

Wish me luck brothers!

 

[Norm]

Wrap the pizza stone in heavy duty foil if you have some. It makes the clean up easier.

 

[fsckedagain]

Woke up this morning and lo and behold. JERKY! LOL

It was in itsy bitsy brisket but I heard I am supposed to do some low cooks first before I can get this sucker hot (is that true) so I don't really care.

 

[LMAJ]

OK - it's 11 hours later - where's the update???

 

[TactTm1]

fsc: I didn't do any 'break in' and went hot on my EGG first day....no problems.

That 'plate setter' is a must for BGE, so add that to your list asap.


SmokeJumper - thanks for the tip on the little green feet!

 

[fsckedagain]

OK - it's 11 hours later - where's the update???

One post above yours :-D

The basic update is it's horked lol. No worries if everyone thinks I can get away with just straight up using this thing, then I will be cooking all kinds of chit today.

Still waiting on opinions. Where's RTD when you need him lol?!?

 

[SmokeJumper]

fsc:
That 'plate setter' is a must for BGE, so add that to your list asap.
SmokeJumper - thanks for the tip on the little green feet!

Happy to help. I prefer using a stone on one of the rigs at the ceramicgrillstore.com for indirect cooks over the platesetter. These rigs offer many more cooking options to give you more flexibility. The platesetter works fine but if I did it again I would have just gone for an adjustable rig.

Woke up this morning and lo and behold. JERKY! LOL

I'm sure many here would be happy to help if you could post the details on how you cooked the brisket. If you have pics that would be good as well.

 

[fsckedagain]

I'm sure many here would be happy to help if you could post the details on how you cooked the brisket. If you have pics that would be good as well.

Sure thing!

220 for about 8 hours while I was sleeping. Set up was:

fire ring, weber grate, pizza stone, drip pan, bge grate, brisket. Rubbed with some Montreal steak seasoning and muss-tard. Used lump for the coal.

I know the brisket was waaaaay too tiny to do an overnighter with, but was more concerned about needing/not needing to do some low cooks in the BGE before I can get that sucker hot.

 

[SmokeJumper]

Did you take a final internal temp of the brisket?

 

[fsckedagain]

Did you take a final internal temp of the brisket?

lol, no need, it was so stiff I couldn't even bend it. I cut it open to see what it looked like on the inside and it looked like wood :becky: