I know I know. I’ve never been to the big name places for brisket but I’ve made some really really good prime briskets in my time.
They are wayyyy too fatty and I mean oily from the rendered fat. Factor in the time it takes and there is just no reason to make one.
I’d rather smoke 5 chuck roasts than 1 brisket.
I know I just touched some nerves and “I must not know how to cook” but I know there are others out there that feel the same way.
There I said it.
by richard———
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get out!
I don’t dislike brisket, but I also agree in the sense that it’s not the be all end all in terms of BBQ. I also hate that it’s now an overpriced premium cut of meat when it shouldn’t be and never was supposed to be.
I think I heard the unmistakeable sound of everyone gathering pitchforks and torches.
Big Gulp huh?
Welp, see ya later!
The thing is chuck roast is actually way more expensive than brisket. A whole chuck roll is always over $5.39 a lb, brisket is $3-4 a lb. So yeah, no wonder, chuck is a better cut than brisket. The entire brisket phenomenon is just because it was a really cheap cut nobody wanted because its so tough right out the gate, which made it perfect for these long cooking, low and slow methods. I never get why people call chuck ‘the poor man’s brisket’ when they’re even buying it on a massive markup at the grocery store and paying way more per lb than they would for an equivalent amount of brisket.
If you can’t cook just say so
I find it delicious, and at the same time, very overrated and overhyped.
I concur, its delicious but overrated but your meat preference is always subjective anyway.
Tritip all day for me
You are correct. That is an unpopular opinion.
I have always felt this way. I love steak, but brisket doesn’t taste good to me. I never saw the appeal. I am a self anointed pit master and I don’t mess with brisket.
Hey OP, I support you no matter how wrong you are.
Your chucks look great! What’s your recipe/method?
I’d rather have corned beef 🙃
And you’d be correct.
totally agree
Mods, get him!
100% agree with this opinion
I’ve been waiting for some controversy around here. It’s been quiet since the Great Burnt End debate of 2023
Nah. I’m with ya. Certainly not for the $$$ they charge for it. Much like “Filet Mignon”, there are better things to eat for your dollars.
Brisket is ok but not the best. It *was* cheap until the cultists went rampant with FOMO (fear of missing out) and drove up the price.
Much the same when the Cattlemen’s Association came out with all the hullabaloo over skirt/flank steak for TexMex cooking in the 1990s to the early 00s. It drove the price up at secondary markets but no change in price for the cattlemen themselves.
I will admit brisket is much better prepared than when I was a kid. Damn that was a tough dinner meat. I think I drank nearly a gallon of milk or water to wash that down.
For the effort you need to put in to be good, it is overpriced. With perfect execution it is one of the best cuts tho. Tri tip is better imo
Agree, I feel the same about prime rib too 🫣 not my choice
If you make it taste like pot roast then ya…
Ribs(pork AND beef) > Brisket
It’s not overrated, but it’s definitely overrepresented here. If we all ate brisket as often as it’s shown on this sub we’d all be broke physical basket-cases.
But I think it’s covered so much because it’s kind of the ultimate bbq in the sense it’s the biggest challenge out of the usual suspects. You couldn’t fuck up ribs or pork shoulder if you tried, but brisket takes some finessing. At least on an offset. So I think it’s the accomplishment people share the most.
I’m still pretty proud of myself when I pull a good brisket off my cheap OKJoe. I feel like I worked for it.
As someone who loves brisket, I will say that I (and my family) prefer the flat since it’s leaner. The point is generally too fatty and I end up removing as much fat from the leftover pieces and chop up the rest to put in chili, pho, or a stew of some sort.
Now that you mention it, I should probably just buy flats to smoke moving forward.
Brisket can be good, but good lord a cheap throwaway cut of meat is now too pricey. Its not worth the price they ask. Sorry not sorry.
I went to a local bbq spot. The food was really good. The brisket was fantastic but the smoked turkey breast stole the show. Far and away much better.
Agreed. There are so many tastier proteins to bbq out there than brisket. But those others don’t make for good tik tok videos of people squeezing the juice out.
I agree to an extent… while I love a good brisket and have had many of them, the juice ain’t exactly worth the squeeze imo. I’ll take beef ribs or pork ribs over brisket any day of the week.
For the effort and cost I will do tri tip before brisket…. And not tri tip brisket style.
I agree. It’s overrated.
I by far prefer Chuck to brisket.
Agreed
I agree, it’s very over rated. I’d rather take ribs, chicken or pork over brisket. However I won’t turn it down
I’d rather have pork shoulder or ribs any day. Pig fat is a magical substance.
I have an even more unpopular opinion: beef is overrated in general. Eat pork!