Holding Brisket

[Slawman]

Hey all,

I put a brisket on last night for lunch today and it has cooked a lot more quickly than expected :roll:

Pit ran between 210 and 220 all night. By 4 internal temp at the point was up to 180, I foiled it and by 7 it's done.

Anyone have any thoughts on how to hold it till 1 today for lunch without it all falling to pieces?

[HorseDoctor]

Wrap the foiled brisket it in a couple old towels & stick it in a cooler. It should be fine for a few hours.

[MBMorgan]

Here's a local link to what HorseDoctor described ... the faux cambro:

https://amazingribs.com/tips_and_technique/faux_cambro.html

Personally, I use a 28 qt. cooler with a handle rather than wheels since I have to run up and down stairs to get to my PBC.

[Slawman]

Great, thanks gents. In my esky now. Will let you know how it comes out.

[Spinaker]

I would hold it in the cooler until serving. How did it turn out?

[Slawman]

It looks great, nice mahogany and the nice wobble. Still a few hours till serve......

[Huskee]

I've done the "power cambro" where I hold it, wrapped, in my smoker/grill at 180ish until I run out of coals or get bored with it. Then teeter between the faux cambro & oven at 170 until chow time.

[CeramicChef]

I second the foiled and wrapped and coolered method with one twist. I pour a gallon of boiling water into my cooler about 30 minutes before I put the cook into the chest. Of course I pour out of water and dry the insides quickly. This process preheats the chest and can add time to the holding period off the cook.

[Huskee]

I second that, I do something similar- I put mine in the bathtub (if using my big cooler for a big cook) and fill it halfway or so with hot-hot water, let it sit "a while" then drain it.

[Fine Swine]

It varies for me. Summer time always in a faux cambro. Winter, I use the weber and just lower the temp 150-160 if enough coals are still left? Oven set to 150 works great.

[Slawman]

It worked out very well. Foiled and towel and into the cooler for about 6 hours. Moist and tender, a few hours really seemed to make very little difference at all. Good to know it can hold for that long without being wrecked.

[MBMorgan]

In my esky now.

Must ask: Is that "Esky" the brand ... or does someone speak Aussie?

[Slawman]

Esky = cooler.....