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First brisket tonight. Fat side up or down?


 

Bruno

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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?
 
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!
 
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.
 

 

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