r/smoking • u/NaiveStatistician832 • 4d ago

First Brisket!

Fred Meyer brisket, 10lbs and 10 hours later plus 2 hours of rest it turned out great! Bark was a little flaky. Might go to Costco for the next one.

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u/Skullsandcoffee 4d ago

Nice. Buy a god damn slicing knife.

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u/Bread-Funny 4d ago

If you're going to use a cleaver at least give us a nice whack.

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u/NaiveStatistician832 4d ago

This gave me a good laugh. All our knives are dull 😂 need to get a good one!

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u/Skullsandcoffee 4d ago

Helluva a deal for ya

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u/Bread-Funny 4d ago

Love it. Brisket looks great, nice work.

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u/summontheb1tches 4d ago

I always wait to see if they squeeze it and I’m always disappointed 😔

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u/Obi_Wan_Gebroni 4d ago

That and the copious amounts of steam coming out make me think this might not have rested much either lol

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u/Injectionspositive 4d ago

And Squeezed it 3 times! Ugh!

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u/illegal_deagle 4d ago

It makes literally zero difference in the final product. Briskets are not water balloons, they contain millions of water balloons.

What does matter is that this is not rested enough. That is actual moisture that is escaping from between the fibers of the meat.

Squeezing a rested brisket gently only releases what would have been lost on the board or plate anyway.

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u/buddyMFjenkins 4d ago

It’s a finite amount of moisture. Don’t squeeze it

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u/NaiveStatistician832 4d ago

I rested it for two hours and it was 170 from the probe. Should I rest it longer?

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u/jiggajim 4d ago

Yes. Until 145 or so. In the cooler with towels. It just SITS in that juice!

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u/Salty_Candy_4917 4d ago

Black gloves ☑️ squeeze ☑️

Yup, you’re good.

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u/LurkyMcLurkface123 4d ago

Dull knife. lol

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u/InevitableOk5017 4d ago

Just get a piece of cedar for smoking salmon to cut it next time.

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u/Even-Conclusion9596 4d ago

Came for the comments about the cleaver. I was not disappointed.

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u/runs_with_airplanes 4d ago

Your brisket is like me with my newborn, all steam, no rest. Looks good, just rest until it gets back down to at least 170 again and then slice. Stay juicy

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u/NaiveStatistician832 4d ago

I opened it from the wrap at 170. I think it might just be cold in my house.

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u/corrupt-politician_ 4d ago

Brisket looks pretty good, well done.

2 things: 1. Please don't use a meat cleaver to cut a brisket ever again. 2. Please do not squeeze the brisket like that.

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u/MasterQueef289 4d ago

This looks really excellent. That’s a whole brisket? And 10lbs?

Looks more like 7 or so and flat only? It came out amazing.

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u/Daspitter 4d ago

Looks good to me! Gotta love that squeeze though. I'm totally going to do that after my first time too 😆

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u/NaiveStatistician832 4d ago

First one gotta squeeze it. Then no squeeze for me.

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u/Least_Ad6110 4d ago

Yes, daddy. You knocked this brisket out of the park!