First brisket tonight. Fat side up or down?

[Bruno]

My first brisket cook.

So I've trimmed up and rubbed a brisket for tonight. 7 pounder, should I put the fat side up or down?

 

[Enrico Brandizzi]

Against the heat, Bruno.

 

[V_Rocco]

I always put it on top.

 

[Bruno]

Thanks for the replies, I just put her on fat down.

 

[Frank Eriksen]

Most leave the Fat Cap up. But I've seen a few BBQ Guru's lay the Fat Side down, saying it protects the brisket. Flip a coin. I'm for up!

 

[Pat G]

Here is the discussion from last week:

http://tvwbb.com/showthread.php?65400-Brisket-fat-up-or-down

Seems like most put fat side down............and most agree it doesn't matter.

 

[Paul Pearson]

Bit late to this one, but i did my first brisket fat up and had 1/8" of shoe leather on the bottom side. The rest have all been fat down, and no more shoe leather layer. I ran temps 225-250 the whole time with water so excess heat wasn't an issue.