You’ve got a meat-loving group to entertain soon and you’re running out of ideas of what to prepare, but you know they all love a good, juicy smoked brisket. The only problem is … you’ve never prepared one. What do you do? This article will not only answer how long it takes to smoke a …
Who doesn’t love tender, perfectly smoked brisket? With hundreds of briskets smoked by our expert Texas barbecue panel, we’ve got your back, and we’ll also share essential tips from some of our favorite pitmasters along the way. It takes 10-12 hours to smoke a 10 lb. brisket at 225 degrees. The span in time is …
We’ve all seen our favorite barbecue pitmaster with squirt bottle in hand spraying a rack of cherry-red ribs or a rub-encrusted whole brisket and wondered, what on earth is in there?! Today, we will continue the Brisket School series by posting our very own beef barbecue spray recipe, which is used in our cooking process …
In my previous Texas Brisket School posts, I’ve walked you through step-by-step directions for creating insanely delicious flavor in your backyard briskets. A part of that process is having a distinction between the brisket rub and the brisket injection…a brisket dry rub is meant to flavor the outside of the brisket and create bark while …
This award winning brisket rub recipe has been in the vault for nearly 11 years, and many of our readers have emailed me asking why I have so many barbecue and brisket recipes in my cookbook (and here on the blog) but have never taught our full method of how we smoke our brisket. So, we …
Whether you’re a traditional pitmaster who’s curious about pellet grills, or a barbecue beginner with a shiny new Rec Teq or Traeger, most will agree that pellet smokers are a bit of a different animal. Brimming with convenience, and loaded with cool gadgets like temperature probe to app notifications, or cell phone alarms set to …
For barbecue beginners and those with small households, the idea of smoking an entire beef brisket can be daunting, expensive, and potentially wasteful. Clever pitmasters reach for brisket’s little brother—the chuck roast, for an inexpensive, entry-level cut of meat, which delivers a very similar eating experience in a smaller package. As a Texas chef and …
As a blogger who is also a professional chef, I’m often asked, “What kitchen tools, knives, and appliances do you use in your own kitchen?” So, I am finally going to answer that question in a series of blogs that are going to detail exactly what kitchen tools I use, why I use them, and …
I should have just named my blog, “Ways To Use Up Leftover Brisket”… cause let’s face it. I spend a lot of time creating tasty new recipes from my husband’s barbecue obsession. Oh, you’re new here? Just check out any of these recipes for my favorite ways to use leftover brisket. Texas Brisket Queso Brisket …
Texas Brisket Queso is the best way to use leftover brisket after a barbecue or a holiday weekend, and today we’re going to learn how to make it! The queso is a real, authentic, tex mex queso made with American cheese, so it’s Velveeta free, much like your favorite tex mex restaurant. You won’t believe …
At least once in your lifetime, you’ll have to plan a quick, potluck style meal that everyone will enjoy. It might be an office birthday, a little league after-the-game snack, poker noshing food, maybe even dinner around a campfire, but one day you’ll be in charge and you’ll know what to do… WALKING TACOS! It’s …
Up your appetizer game with these absolutely decadent, brisket deviled eggs! We invited these deviled eggs straight to Cow Town with an infusion of creamy, smoked gouda and crisp apple. We’ll gently top them with morsels of tender brisket, and a zip of fresh barbecue sauce…with a crown of candied jalapeno, these brisket deviled eggs …