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Title: Taking another crack at brisket...and leftovers!
Post by: Tom72 on October 16, 2012, 10:40:17 pm

Brisket is the one thing I'm still not confident with, so I figured it was time to do another one.  This time I tried going at 250 instead of my usual 220:

Separated point and flat:

(http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l518/mooveebuff/Brisket%20100812/IMG_2618.jpg)


Point done about 6 hours in:

(http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l518/mooveebuff/Brisket%20100812/IMG_2655.jpg)


Chopped up and tossed with rub and sauce for burnt ends:

(http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l518/mooveebuff/Brisket%20100812/IMG_2657.jpg)

(http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l518/mooveebuff/Brisket%20100812/IMG_2661.jpg)


Burnt ends done after another 2 hours:

(http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l518/mooveebuff/Brisket%20100812/IMG_2662.jpg)


Flat done at around eleven hours:

(http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l518/mooveebuff/Brisket%20100812/IMG_2671.jpg)

(http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l518/mooveebuff/Brisket%20100812/IMG_2670.jpg)


All in all, I was okay with how it came out.  It was a bit on the dry side for my tastes, but still good.  The only real problem I had was that there were a lot of almost inedible pieces on the ends (REAL burnt ends!), so I trimmed all of it off and chopped it up to use for beans or something at another time.

Then it occurred to me I already have a lot of trimmings for beans, so I wanted to try something else.  I started by caramelizing half of a big onion, chopped up and four cloves of garlic, finely chopped with lots of butter.  Once they were ready, I mixed in my chopped up brisket:

(http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l518/mooveebuff/Q%20Rolls/IMG_2682.jpg)


It was pretty good, and the meat re-hydrated pretty well, so I tossed it all with some BBQ sauce:

(http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l518/mooveebuff/Q%20Rolls/IMG_2683.jpg)


Now it was REALLY good, so I just had to come up with a way to serve it.  Enter egg roll wrappers!


(http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l518/mooveebuff/Q%20Rolls/IMG_2686.jpg)


(http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l518/mooveebuff/Q%20Rolls/IMG_2687.jpg)


(http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l518/mooveebuff/Q%20Rolls/IMG_2688.jpg)


Four minutes in the fryer at 375:

(http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l518/mooveebuff/Q%20Rolls/IMG_2689.jpg)



Mixed some of my spicy rub with some Ranch dressing:

(http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l518/mooveebuff/Q%20Rolls/IMG_2684.jpg)



BAM!  Perfect snack for Monday Night Football!

(http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l518/mooveebuff/Q%20Rolls/IMG_2701.jpg)



Thanks for looking....it was nice to be cooking again!

Title: Re: Taking another crack at brisket...and leftovers!
Post by: Mark on October 17, 2012, 12:52:17 am

Very impressive stuff. :P Great shots. Thanks for posting!

Title: Re: Taking another crack at brisket...and leftovers!
Post by: AzScott on October 17, 2012, 06:51:46 am

Those egg rolls look awesome. 

Title: Re: Taking another crack at brisket...and leftovers!
Post by: Yeller on October 17, 2012, 07:40:52 am

Great job Tom !! That bark looks like it could bite. Why weren't we invited for MNF?

Title: Re: Taking another crack at brisket...and leftovers!
Post by: FIREANDDESIRE on October 17, 2012, 04:02:18 pm

I think he's inviting us over for Thursnight football

Title: Re: Taking another crack at brisket...and leftovers!
Post by: smitty250 on October 17, 2012, 04:10:16 pm

Wow - those eggrolls look awesome!

Title: Re: Taking another crack at brisket...and leftovers!
Post by: Mark on October 17, 2012, 04:48:46 pm

I've recently found individual pie dough crusts at Food City. You can use them to make Cornish pasties and Puerto Rican empanadas; even southern-style fried pies. Much like won ton wrappers and egg roll skins, this Goya product  come in handy for making stuff like these beautiful burnt-end egg rolls.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XZjoC_QzzyQ/S04kFCu6vfI/AAAAAAAAAE4/F6x2b2ASZzE/s400/IMG_0041aa.jpg

Title: Re: Taking another crack at brisket...and leftovers!
Post by: Gizzy's Smokin Crew on October 22, 2012, 08:40:59 am

Looks awesome Tom.....Great job :P

Title: Re: Taking another crack at brisket...and leftovers!
Post by: The Smokin Shanty on October 25, 2012, 07:32:04 pm

very nice job...it all looks great :)

Title: Re: Taking another crack at brisket...and leftovers!
Post by: millie on October 26, 2012, 12:11:35 pm

Great idea, I just may have to try that one myself.
Thanks for sharing.
Great JOB!