Brisket - Recipes and Information on Barbecue Beef Brisket

Recipes and information on how to smoke the perfect brisket. Also look here for general brisket information, including grilling.

Brisket is considered the hardest barbecue to smoke. This tough, fatty cut of beef can be a challenge to any barbecue cook, but if you plan ahead, have the right supplies, and are very, very patient you will be rewarded with a fantastic meal.

For years people always said to smoke your brisket fat side up. The melting fat would baste the meat in moisture and keep it from drying out. Now there are people winning big time barbecue competitions smoking their briskets fat side down. So which way should you turn your brisket? With a little science I think we can figure out the answer and make your brisket even better by adjusting it to your smoker.

Take the great smoky flavor of these tough little brisket trimmings and make great meals with them. Burnt Ends are the perfect ingredient to anything you want to add a smoky meat flavor too.

There are a lot of variations in barbecue brisket, but a few general rules will help you make the best brisket you can regardless of the kind of smoker you are using.

The secrets to the Brisket Barbecue served at Lyndon B. Johnson's State Dinners. This might not be the smoked brisket you were expecting, but it is the way brisket was prepared long ago in a place called Texas

Getting the brisket ready for the smoke is sometimes the most important part. Start with a good brisket, treat it gently and you'll be on your way to the best smoked brisket.

Without smoke a brisket is just a tough beef roast. Low and smoke and a good dose of smoke make it Barbecue. Learn how to add the right kind and amount of smoke to make a great barbecue brisket.

Rub, mop, sop and sauce.

If you don't have the time or the equipment to do it the tried and true way, there are alternatives. While it might not be authentic barbecue it's still pretty darn good.