Full Packer for my Brother's Belated Birthday dinner..

[Sheila Cochran]

Been awhile since I've been on the forum, thought I'd post up on my activity this weekend…

My brother loves brisket, he didn't THINK he did until I invited him over for brisket dinner about a year ago. That's all he talks about since, nothing I grill or smoke compares to brisket. Anyhow, he's down with his back this past month and has been stuck in the house for several week - spent his birthday laid-up. So earlier this week I decided to pick up a full packer from Sam's and surprise him with it today…6 days late.

I did NOT expect a snow storm this weekend though!

…am I cheating? maybe, but I'm sure a heck of a lot more comfortable!

Sorry, no pics of the meat getting prepped - but I trimmed the packer two nights ago and injected with beef stock, worcestershire, and some of the rub .. and let it sit for 24 hrs. Last night I rubbed it down real good and tossed on the smoker at 7:50.

And here we are 12 hours later, the smoker remained locked at 220-225:

Meat is sitting at 170ish - WSM is chugging along perfectly, no effort at all since I tossed this on last night.

I'll post back with the final results this afternoon, its great to be back amongst my fellow smokers and grillers!

 

[Noe]

Looks good so far...Happy belated BD to your brother.

 

[Frank H]

Looks reall nice. Smart move putting the WSM on the screen porch .

 

[Tony R]

Glad to see you back in action Sheila.

 

[Robert McGee]

Sheila, that SURE looks good! I wish I had a roof to smoke under. Right now my patio is buried under 10" of snow. It seems to be melting a bit - maybe I'll be able to get to my equipment in a couple of days or so...

Dale53

 

[SE Davis]

Great looking brisket Sheila. BBQ under the porch and soak in the hot tub.
Scott

 

[Tim McCann]

Brisket looks good. Smoking inside…that's just wrong!

 

[Bill Schultz]

Your going to make one happy Brother Sheila, that brisket looks fantastic

 

[John Wheeler]

Now that's a great ATC! Looks good.

 

[Sheila Cochran]

An awesome day, had many family over, almost felt like Thanksgiving again! I separated the point and flat, flat was foiled, both back to the smoker for a bit:

This was my 2nd full-packer cook, this time the burnt ends were edible - my first attempt was a disaster lol. What a treat these were:

Flat ready to slice, And I failed to get pics as I sliced…had two very hungry brothers banging their knives and forks on the table chanting "brisket..brisket..brisket".

Sadly, all I can show you is a picture of my meager leftovers:

An amazing day with amazing family… thanks for letting me share with you! Now, I think I will go take a soak in the hot-tub… Peace and love to y'all !!

 

[Jon K]

They look moist and that smoke ring! Sheila, you hit a home run. Congrats on a great cook.