This might be a little long winded, but I wanted to share my experience with you guys, and a few things I learned. I cooked my first Prime brisket today, all my others have been Choice or….😱 Select. It actually turned out as "probably" my best brisket ever, or at least that I can recall. I was a little surprised because I started out the cook a little bit short of ideal accessories on hand. I had only one hickory chunk to use and no digital grate or leave in food probes. I had to rely on the factory thermometer built into the Bronco and a hand held instant read food thermometer. THE HORROR!
I bought some B & B Charcoal Briquettes for the first time yesterday and decided to use them instead of Kingsford. And I’m glad I did! More on that later. I lit the coals this morning at 7 am and went to the local Walmart to get some more Hickory chunks while the coals were getting started. Imagine my surprise when I found out there was none in stock, and I had to settle for Hickory chips! Below is me showing my disdain after I saw there was no chunks in stock. What really pissed me off was that I got all dressed up for nothing!
After returning home I forged ahead with the cook. As mentioned above, I decided to use some B&B Charcoal Briquettes because of a recent thread here, and other people raving about them. Immediately after lighting the coals I noticed the absence of the dirty smoke and smell from my previous uses of Kingsford. For long cooks in the future, I’ll never go back to Kingsford. I’m now a converted B&B fan.
Anyway, this was definitely one of my best brisket cooks ever and I attribute that to a few things. #1 was becoming a member of Amazing Ribs. The people here and their shared knowledge with each other is invaluable. I’d never heard of a vortex or SnS until I joined AR. Now I have both.
The brisket was absolutely tender, juicy and flavorful. And I only ate some of the flat tonight. I haven’t even tasted the point yet. Of course a lot of credit has to go to it being a Prime grade brisket. And I also give a LOT of credit to The Bronco, which is a smoking machine!
I bought some B & B Charcoal Briquettes for the first time yesterday and decided to use them instead of Kingsford. And I’m glad I did! More on that later. I lit the coals this morning at 7 am and went to the local Walmart to get some more Hickory chunks while the coals were getting started. Imagine my surprise when I found out there was none in stock, and I had to settle for Hickory chips! Below is me showing my disdain after I saw there was no chunks in stock. What really pissed me off was that I got all dressed up for nothing!
After returning home I forged ahead with the cook. As mentioned above, I decided to use some B&B Charcoal Briquettes because of a recent thread here, and other people raving about them. Immediately after lighting the coals I noticed the absence of the dirty smoke and smell from my previous uses of Kingsford. For long cooks in the future, I’ll never go back to Kingsford. I’m now a converted B&B fan.
Anyway, this was definitely one of my best brisket cooks ever and I attribute that to a few things. #1 was becoming a member of Amazing Ribs. The people here and their shared knowledge with each other is invaluable. I’d never heard of a vortex or SnS until I joined AR. Now I have both.
The brisket was absolutely tender, juicy and flavorful. And I only ate some of the flat tonight. I haven’t even tasted the point yet. Of course a lot of credit has to go to it being a Prime grade brisket. And I also give a LOT of credit to The Bronco, which is a smoking machine!
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