Brisket backfire

by panch033

17 Comments

  1. Polyhedron11

    Looks undercooked possibly. It’s either under or over.

    Have you checked your smokers internal temp with a separate thermometer to verify actual cooking temp? It could be running high or low.

    I see some connective tissue that doesn’t look broken down which would tell me it didn’t get hot enough or for long enough.

  2. whippleshuffle

    Temp inside the smoker seems off. Looks partially dehydrated like it’s actually running at 140 or similar. Get even just a simple oven thermometer and do a test, ideally at a similar time of day/similar ambient temperature. If it’s in full sun maybe that’s tricking a damaged sensor.

  3. BenefitVegetable694

    Put it in a crock pot with a cut up chunk of salt pork and chicken stock and braise it down to make hash.

  4. Fecal_Tornado

    RIP to the poor cow that lost its life to be turned into that.

  5. tiggitytony

    Braise it and make some pulled brisket sandwiches or burnt ends

  6. eletricboogalo2

    Not hot enough and pulled too early.

    Tight brisket is early, stringy is too long.

  7. Revolutionary_Pilot7

    I do 226 for 8 hrs, 250 for 3-4 hrs and then wrap it and turn to 275 until the flat is prove tender around 203-205 ( the point will usually be 198 ish and then I let it cool off and I put it in the oven at 150 for like 8-12 hrs

  8. BenefitVegetable694

    You sure that wasn’t a corned beef brisket you started with? Coloring almost looks like it. I do those all the time on smoker but they don’t take half the time as raw brisket.

  9. placated

    You didn’t cook it anywhere near long enough.

  10. Hookmsnbeiishh

    Stop squeezing it! You’re letting all the air out.

  11. SalamanderNo3872

    Definitely looks like it did not hit 203* Internal temp.. slow and low is the tempo. Slow smoke at 200* until it hits 160 internal temp and then pull and wrap in butcher paper, and increase temp to 235* until it hits 203* internal temp and probes like warm peanut butter.