For starters, I don’t have a smoker. I wish I had the $$ for one, but I’m just a young guy a few years out of college with a love for BBQ, and a Costco membership.
My old roommate and I found a tabletop propane grill for $99 and decided to split the cost, so for my share of $50 I got the grill, and got to keep it even when we moved into separate places.
I bought a 12lb brisket for just under $60, trimmed the fat cap a bit, and then put it on the grill on indirect heat, with one side burner on low, and the other two burners off. Let it go for 8 or so hours before wrapping it and basting it in some of its juices, and then let it go for another 4-5 hours or so. Then I let it rest in the oven for a few hours after taking it off the grill. I sliced the flat up, and when approaching the point, I started cubing it up and then put it back in the oven for a little longer with some more sauce and juices to make some burnt ends.
Overall I may have overdone the flat slightly, as while the flavor is good, it doesn’t fall apart super duper easily. Lightly sauced up and cut up there are no problems though. The burnt ends are immaculate and are divine. For lacking a smoker, I got some pretty decent smoke rings, the only thing missing is that next level smoke flavor from a smoker. At the end of the day, it’s still delicious.
I know this doesn’t compare to many of the delicious briskets out there on this sub, but for a young man with a dream making do with what he has, I like to think I’m doing pretty decently. Just wanted to share, that’s all 🤘
by GuitarDude2001
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Forgot to say I also seasoned the f**k out of it with salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, a maple bbq rub (has mainly the above listed spices but also with maple sugar, powdered molasses, and crushed red pepper), and a little bit of cocoa powder.
Looks delicious to me, I’d eat it.
Brisket is an art that you never get exactly 100% right every time. Most come out pretty decent, but a few outliers are occasionally amazing and occasionally not great.
Sitting around a stick burner all night drinking cheap beer with a friend is a fun experience, but these days I can throw one on the pellet grill and go to bed… set a temp alarm if the fire goes out or if a temp target is hit.
With your gas grill setup you might try a smoke tube next time for a little more wood flavor if that’s what you’re after. They’re pretty cheap on Amazon. And honestly I use that $13, 40lb bag of Costco pellets for almost everything.
I get more excited about what I’m going to do with the leftovers now than the main meal… brisket enchiladas have been the go to for a bit now.