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    First Brisket Cook Ever

    Hi all, It's been a very busy month or so. In fact I've had a Slow and Sear sitting in the box in the hallway for a month that I haven't opened yet. But I was able to give a Costco brisket, dry brined 48 hrs. and rubbed with BBBR a try today. It came out ok...not good but not bad either. The major issue was, I must have been a little heavy handed with the salt. Edible but requires a lot of water near by.
    Fired up the PBC at 6AM. I put the meat on at 7AM, temp 270F. At noon it hit the stall at 155F held that until 3PM. At 4PM it stalled again at 174F and stayed there until 7PM. It was getting kind of hungry out by then and I was eyeing the peanut butter jar pretty steady by this point. But I was able hold off and by 8:30 the brisket reached 196F and was probe tender. I sliced of a few slices off the flat and put the rest in cambro (I wasn't about to wait any longer for dinner). I'm not too disappointed with the results for the first cook, learned a bit for the next cook.


    Bill

    BTW I neglected to add that the brisket was wet aged in the original vac pack for 32 days.

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    Last edited by wmferg; May 7, 2017, 09:08 AM.

    #2
    Excellent bark and good-looking slices. Sorry about the salt! It's a wonderful thing to learn and critique and adjust! Your next one will be even better!

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      #3
      Wow, excellent first effort, looks great!

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        #4
        That looks great. Getting the salt right will be very easy.

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          #5
          Congrats on climbing up several rungs of the brisket learning curve, wmferg . Now you know that you can make a good looking juicy brisket. As others have said, balancing the salt in the brine and rub should be easy. Your next brisket cook will be spot on, I just know.

          Kathryn

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            #6
            Nice cook, FYI I have only done three but I followed MeatHeads recipe/Technique and have been very satisfied with the results. The Crutch definitely shortens the cook, on the bark has been fine.

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              #7
              Nice looking Brisket wmferg . Brisket isn't as hard as some make it sound IMO, but it can be intimidating so just keep at it and you will be fine. Good job!

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                #8
                It looks like it was properly cooked. Too much salt is easier to fix than improperly cooked. Like Kathryn said, it looks like you nailed all of the difficult stuff and were just too heavy-handed with the salt.

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                  #9
                  Beautiful!!

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                    #10
                    Nice bark 👍👍👍

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                      #11
                      Looks great. I have never had the patience to hold a brisket for a month. Congratulations.

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                      • wmferg
                        wmferg commented
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                        It's not easy. Every time I open the door to the refrigerator in the garage I'm tempted to fire up the PBC and go to work. Now it will be doubly hard after I make a Costco run this week to not cook it next weekend.

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