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Ok guys you have got me through chicken, turkey breasts, butts, and ribs now its the Brisket. I cook with a modified Char-Broil Silver Smoker using charcoal to start and then feed white oak, and hickory for smoke and fuel the remaining time.
I bought a 9.74 lb brisket at walmart tonight (had to drive 40 mins after no luck at 3 local grocery stores) I have a rub on it now and want to cook it for dinner tomorrow night at 6. From what I understand it takes 1 - 1 1/2 hr per pound at 220 degrees. Done when internal temp reaches 190.
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looks like a good start to me, just remember as smokin says "it aint done till its done" the hour and a half per pound rule is a good start however allow your self about two or three hours between the calculated "done time" and dinner time so that you have room for any adjustments in cook time, if your brisket is on time or early, double wrap in foil then in towels and hold it in a small ice chest till dinner..
Also, I usually take mine up to 195-200 internal. I find that even up in the 190 range, the brisket may still be a bit stiff or firm to the fork or temp probe. I know that it's really done when it passes that point, and it "gives" when I try to pick it up with tongs (grab half the brisket with tongs and it is pliable rather than stiff when lifting). Also, the fork or probe will go in and out easily.

Sometimes, when it got to 185 or 190 it was stiff, and I thought "uh oh... is it overdone??" But no. It just needed to go a little further.

You may want your cook temp a tad higher if you start running out of time, as well. good luck!

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