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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.

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 ).

Congrats!

I think that all the parts are there and you have a Winner - - - - - Bark, Smoke Ring and Moisture makes one proud and Hungry

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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Does your sister know that?

@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.

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.

Beautiful!