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GulfCoast66

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28. The key to brisket is to get a whole one with the fat cap intact.

Fri May 8, 2020, 01:17 AM

May 2020

If new to you the amount of fat might freak you out. But once you slice or chop it the fat is critical to good brisket. And the other poster is correct. Even 12-14 hour smoked beef needs to rest a long time before you cut into it. Like a steak. Never, ever cut into a steak until it is done to your preference and it has rested at least 10 minutes. Cut into a steak to check the progress? You just ruined the steak.

You called it. Same as resting a roast. Most people, even if the know about it don’t wait long enough.

Go online. YouTube can show you how to do anything.

It’s my hope Americans become the good cooks they used to be. Convenience food after WWII wrecked our cooking skills. That and most men refused to do it.

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Skip the steak, buy the brisket: Consumers need to be flexible amid beef bottlenecks [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 OP

what about the cannoli? qazplm135 May 2020 #1

Or, simpler yet..... DFW May 2020 #2

Why? Nature Man May 2020 #3

Damned if I know. rsdsharp May 2020 #5

To cook roasts, you need to know how to cook, have the tools maxsolomon May 2020 #4

This lost art will make a comeback lunatica May 2020 #12

Huh? jayfish May 2020 #14

Yes, I know how. maxsolomon May 2020 #15

I Know You Know. jayfish May 2020 #18

Buy a Joy of Cooking or an equivalent PufPuf23 May 2020 #17

I taught myself to be a good cook with them. And love mine. But... GulfCoast66 May 2020 #26

Ok. I'm a good cook. Ringing my own bell, a very good cook. Even my wife admits it. GulfCoast66 May 2020 #24

Agreed. But you have to have motivation or a teacher. maxsolomon May 2020 #31

When I get a brisket it's usually the whole, untrimmed cut... SeattleVet May 2020 #6

just visited mine in Denver, I usually get the vacuumed sealed steaks but today I found the kirkland Demonaut May 2020 #11

Thank you very much. One in Orlando. GulfCoast66 May 2020 #27

Smoking a brisket today. Behind the Aegis May 2020 #7

First time? Mosby May 2020 #8

We have smoked brisket a few times. Behind the Aegis May 2020 #9

"Sit"? JustABozoOnThisBus May 2020 #21

When cooking beef, it is better to let it come close to room temp. Behind the Aegis May 2020 #22

The key to brisket is to get a whole one with the fat cap intact. GulfCoast66 May 2020 #28

Youtube! Of course! Thanks. It's hard to find good food these days ... JustABozoOnThisBus May 2020 #30

It's actually pretty easy mercuryblues May 2020 #16

I find that after about 8 hours the smoke is about where I like it. GulfCoast66 May 2020 #29

Beef is too expensive, and has been for a long time Politicub May 2020 #10

I usually buy steak tips Marrah_Goodman May 2020 #13

We like Cauliflower sliced into large steaks, roasted with barbeque sauce GumboYaYa May 2020 #19

Speak for yourself Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 #20

This article was in the LA Times this morning. I haven't cooked a beef roast in forever... Hekate May 2020 #23

Brisket isn't cheap where I live xmas74 May 2020 #25