Category "brisket"

Safety of Sous-Vide for long cooking times

Note: all of the questions I saw on this focused on higher temperatures. Brisket, being a fairly large and tough cut of meat, takes longer to cook than a a ste

Are long brines neccesary for sous vide?

I'm looking at a recipe which calls for two weeks of wet brining followed by 48 hours of sous vide for beef tongue. I've seen similar recipes for other tough cu

Meat defrosting too fast

I had purchased a 14 pound packer brisket a couple weeks ago to smoke for Easter. I put it in the freezer after I got home. I pulled it out of the freezer and p

Can you add seasoning halfway through cooking with sous vide

I plan to cook a brisket for 48+ hours. However I ordered some liquid smoke online and it wont arrive until the next day. I cant wait for it to arrive or I will

How can brisket have separable lean and fat, when it is trimmed to 0" fat?

The USDA has different calorie amounts for brisket Lean and fat, 0" fat (1.69 kcal/gram) Lean, 0" fat (1.37 kcal/gram) Lean and fat, 1/8" fat (2.78 kcal/gram

Brisket Smoking - Rest Time [duplicate]

I smoked a brisket last night and it got finished (up to 200F) faster than expected. Took it out to rest wrapped in tinfoil in a cooler. Fel

Can a beef brisket be tenderized by cooking a second time?

A neighbor gave me about 2.5 pounds of cooked brisket. He said he cooked it overnight but he did not say a temperature. I have roasted several briskets overnig

Smoked a brisket that was edible but not great. What would you do differently?

I smoked my first brisket last weekend and even though it wasn't terrible it was a little dryer and rougher than I would have liked. Here is the smoker I used:

What makes sous vide brisket tender?

Recently a friend of mine made a sous vide brisket. This was done by leaving the brisket at 140F for 4 hours, then finishing it on the stove with high heat. I

Why am I not getting any smoke out of my smoking pouch?

I am cooking some brisket on a gas grill. Following YouTube tutorials I made a smoking pouch/smoke bomb just like the ones they do on YouTube and filled it with

Reheating whole Brisket w/out drying out

I made brisket last night (to serve tonight) using a recipe I have made several times. I usually cook the night before serving, using a Large Le Creuset pot. Re

Slow cook beef brisket slices method

What's the best method for cooking beef brisket slices? I see tons of recipes for the full brisket, but I only have a couple of slices that are about an inch th

Should I marinade brisket for smoking overnight, or only do a dry rub?

I normally grill flank steaks in a marinade w/ citrus juices, soy sauce, garlic and chipotle overnight... I want to get into smoking brisket and wanted people r

Brisket been cooking for 4 hours and rock hard -- what am I doing wrong?

I cut it up into 1.5 inch cubes and cooked it at 200 degrees F. I'm trying to make brisket curry and It's just been simmering at that temp for the last 3-4 hour

Rescuing a tough brisket roast

I let brine overnight a 450 g piece of point cut beef breast. Then I dry rubbed it with spices and put in my small crock pot with 150 ml of Guinness, a cou

Can I pre-smoke a brisket safely?

For Thanksgiving, I was planning on slow-cooking a brisket in a smoker. However, I have learned somewhat last minute that instead of my family coming to my plac

Pastrami dry cure calculator

I have a left over chunk of brisket flat that I'd like to use to make pastrami. I make bacon regularly, and always dry cure as it's tidier and I think it's eas