This was my first attempt at cooking a brisket on my Rec Tec pellet smoker. I had my concerns about the amount of smoke flavor it would have since I had been using an offset smoker for over 30 years. I am happy to say that the smoke flavor of this brisket was great and it was as tender as any brisket I ever cooked or tasted. I made burnt ends and chopped BBQ out of the point and they were also great . Enjoy!!
I cooked a Prime brisket Saturday on my Rec Tec that was about 8.5 lbs. after trimming and cooked @180 degrees(extreme smoke) for 8 hours untill it hit the stall at 155 internal degrees. I wrapped and put it in the oven inside the house @210 degrees and after 4 more hours the point was 205 internal degrees and the Thermapen went in like butter.. I wrapped in a towel and placed inside a cooler for 4 hours. It turned out great. Total cook time was 12 hours or about 1.5 hours per lb.
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Got an ST-700 coming. Hope my first brisket turns out as well as yours. Your comment on smoke flavor is comforting. That has always been one of my doubts about pellet smokers.
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tpack wrote:This was my first attempt at cooking a brisket on my Rec Tec pellet smoker. I had my concerns about the amount of smoke flavor it would have since I had been using an offset smoker for over 30 years.
Beautiful looking brisket. Makes me wanna fire up the smoker now!
I had the same concerns about pellet smokers when I first got my Camp Chef, also having a background in stickburners. But from Day One, the Q has been great, plenty of smoke, plenty of bark. When friends & family have some of my BBQ, they universally love it (assuming I didn't screw up the cook ).
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My sister gave me a pellet smoker for Christmas two years ago. Never even took it out of the box. Looks like I have some erector set building to do this weekend.
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phillymike wrote:My sister gave me a pellet smoker for Christmas two years ago. Never even took it out of the box. Looks like I have some erector set building to do this weekend.
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@tpack If you don't mind me asking, what pellets did you use for that brisket? I find it hard to get heavy enough smoke flavor on my briskets for my taste with my RT-680. I've never tried cooking at 180 degrees though.
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bigtex52 wrote:@tpack If you don't mind me asking, what pellets did you use for that brisket? I find it hard to get heavy enough smoke flavor on my briskets for my taste with my RT-680. I've never tried cooking at 180 degrees though.
I used the Rec Tec pellets that I bought when I purchased my pellet smoker. I was surprised with the flavor. I am going to use B&B mesquite on my next one. They seem to have a more robust smoke flavor.
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Beautiful!
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