Finally found a recipe that turned out great, including plenty of smoke flavor. I used the method by Meat Church on YouTube using Bear Mountain Hickory on my Recteq. Keeping it at 200F really cranked out the smoke.
- Trim
- Place trimmed fat in container to render tallow
- Slather
- Rub
- Seasoning – let rest for 30-60 minutes
- Place in evening night before in smoker at 200F
- Cook for 12 hours
- Next morning – take it out – look at bark. Should be dark mahogany color and temp should be in 170s (175) at flat
- Increase temp to 225 if color isn’t right and internal temp is too low and put back until correct
- Start straining out tallow through coffee filter into jar
- When 175 – wrap
- Back to smoker at 250 until probe tender
- Take some liquid tallow from rendering pan and pour on wrapped brisket (on sheet tray)
- Leave out for 1-3 hours (on warm day)
- Then/ or into cooler until meal time
- Remove from wrap – drip juices from wrapping paper and sheet pan on top
- Make sure some juices are on cutting board
- Cut and get slices in juice
by cheesephilly
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Forgot to add: 12lb prime brisket from wild fork. Was actually missing a chunk of the point but they refunded me the money once I complained. Was still great!
I salute your tallow handling!! 🫡
I did a flat recently, rendered trimmings on the stove, wrapped in butcher paper at the stall (165°), and also injected with tallow after wrapping.
Then brought up to 203° and rested for 2 hrs in a towel/cooler.
I will be tallowing from now on.