Pre-cooked brisket?

[Puppyboy]

Last week buddy of mine asked me to smoke 60# of brisket and 40# of chicken. He is providing the meat. No problem I say. Gives me an excuse to sit up all night, drink some beer, and play with fire.

Yesterday he calls and says his wife had a change up. Says he will just need the chicken. Tells me his wife tried an already cooked brisket from the grocery store. All you do is heat it in the oven and add the bbq sauce.

Told me his wife said it was very tender. I have never had one but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it is probably overcooked.

Anyone ever try one?

 

[tonto1117]

Never heard of or seen a pre-cooked brisket except maybe if it's corned beef. I don't know .....I woulda kind of took that as a slap in the face. Has your buddy and his wife ever tasted your BBQ? I can't imagine that a pre-cooked store bought brisket can compare to the real deal.....better get a deposit on the chicken before the wife decides to buy rotiserrie chickens and throw some BBQ sauce on them.:eusa_clap

 

[CajunSmoker]

They sell precooked, sliced brisket in the stores here. It is vacuumed packed. It's a lot more expensive than buying packers and doing it yourself so I don't understand why they would want to do it. I've never tried it so I can't speak for the taste.

 

[Papa Hogg]

Never heard of or seen it around here, but I have never really looked for it either & I agree with Cajun that it has to be a lot more $$$! I think you need to have a long serious talk with your buddy & his wife about BBQ :biggrin:

 

[lizzydog]

Pre-cooked brisket

Sam's has an already cooked brisket. Tasted one ----It is fairly tender if you do not over heat it.

 

[thirdeye]

A buddy of mine ordered a case through a restaurant for an Oktoberfest block party. These were flats, oven cooked and I believe had some sort of injection after they were done so they would produce a little liquid during the reheat. They required about an hour or 90 minutes of reheating. The texture was okay, I didn't care for the seasoning so all-in-all the finished product was really only sandwich grade brisket. They borrowed a trailer mounted gas cooker (really suited for cooking burgers and dogs) and did the reheat in there, giving the impression they were fresh cooked.

He was satisfied because the convenience and the reheat time justified the higher price.

 

[big brother smoke]

Sacriligous(sp)

 

[Bigdog]

Sam's has an already cooked brisket. Tasted one ----It is fairly tender if you do not over heat it.

OK, I guess if you like that sort of thing. Myself, I know what real Q is and can't stand fake **** with liquid smoke cooked in an oven.:sad:

 

[SmokeWatcher]

Reminds me of those individually wrapped and already washed potatoes, or the pre-cooked and shelled eggs, or the vacuum packed pound of ground beef already cooked "for your convenience". Just goes to show ya....people will buy anything.

 

[Puppyboy]

...I don't know .....I woulda kind of took that as a slap in the face. Has your buddy and his wife ever tasted your BBQ? I can't imagine that a pre-cooked store bought brisket can compare to the real deal.....

I not too much of a slap, because I do not believe they really know what BBQ is. They have had my chicken before but not my brisket. From what I can tell, they made the switch for cost rather than the real deal. When I deliver the chicken, I am gonna check out the brisket.

 

[tonto1117]

I not too much of a slap, because I do not believe they really know what BBQ is. They have had my chicken before but not my brisket. From what I can tell, they made the switch for cost rather than the real deal. When I deliver the chicken, I am gonna check out the brisket.

I'll be curios to know what you think when you try it....let us know.

 

[FatDaddy]

ive seen em in the same case with the lloyds chopped brisket and pork in a tub.. id cook a brisket any way and sit at home and enjoy it while you know that they are eating crappy precooked brisket.

 

[Norcoredneck]

I second the cooking a brisket anyway. That way you get plenty of Beer time and not get cheated. Send a little sample to his wife so she can kick herself for eating mas produced meat.

 

[Puppyboy]

I'll be curios to know what you think when you try it....let us know.

Ok, I delived the chicken yesterday. When asked about the pre-cooked brisket, I was directed to two large crockpots on the counter. I knew this was gonna be bad and it was hard to keep an open mind.

The slices were thinner than the thickeness of a pencil and I was told this is how it came out of the package. The ring of fat on each piece proved the cap was not trimmed off after cooking. The meat was submerged in sauce and liquified fat. And there was no bark.

It did not even look appitizing at all but I knew I still had to taste it to close out this chaper. As a piece was being pulled from its tomb of juices, it broke apart. Obviously over cooked and/or over heated. At this point I did not even care which. I put a piece on my mouth. It disolved almost right away. I could not taste the flavor of the meat, only the diluted tomato based sauce.

I feel bad for my friends. They tried to save some money on their dinner by cutting a few corners and I do not believe it worked out.

The next time I do up a brisket, I will bring them some to show them what real brisket is like.

Kinda like that sign in the tattoo shop that reads, "Good work isn't cheap, and cheap work isn't good."

 

[tonto1117]

Sounds pretty disgusting. Sorry they tried to take a shortcut and was dissapointed ,but I just couldn't imagine that it would be anywhere close to the real deal. I think once you take them some of your Brisket, thier error will become even more apparant ,and they will know better for the next time!! Thanks for the feeback!

 

[tony76248]

I have had Eddy's precooked brisket. Sliced on bread or a roll it was pretty good. They also have it pre-cooked but not sliced. There is a sandwich shop in Euless (Halls) that serves it. People swear by it. It is real brisket, it's just precooked. Heck many BBQ joints will pre-cook their brisket. I wouldn't be too upset by it.

 

[thirdeye]

That's nothing like the stote-bought precooked stuff I mentioned earlier. The ones I sampled were whole ones. The stuff you tried sounds like TV dinner meat. I wonder if the reheat was correct? That doesn't sound good at all.

I've cooked briskets up to 2 days ahead for re-heating and also vac sealed whole ones and froze them. With some care, they reheat okay.

 

[fil]

I am willing to bet.......The chicken went a lot faster than the meat mush.

fil

 

[Jorge]

HEB, a larger grocery chain here in Texas has them. You choose between hickory and mesquite smoked, and I don't think they still sell a sliced version. $4-5/lb. and they aren't too bad. A little on the salty side sometimes. Place the whole packer in the oven with a little water and tent with foil. I've had a lot worse in some restaurants.

 

[bbqjoe]

There are those who swear by hot dogs, spam, and other mechanically prepared meats.
There is nothing in a commercial package that can equal a brisket prepared slowly with care and loving.