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brisket

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ribs

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wings

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I got a kamado joe classic II a couple months ago. it's been great. basically an improved big green egg, that actually comes with the stuff you need to start cooking. Smoked ribs a while back and did some apple cider brined pork chops recently that were fantastic.

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I wish I could grill/smoke but my current apt doesn't allow it. If you can't brine, inject.

Learn to cook other things in it too. One thing that I took notice of when I got into grilling and smoking is that nigh every tutorial video on YouTube about grilling/smoking features a total fatass.
 
lol - Justin - get yourself or make yourself a real cooker. I know you think that the smoke ring is awesome but hat brisket isn't right. I can tell from the pick that it won't pass the pencil test. That means, if you cut a slice as thick as a pencil, you should be able to pull it from both ends and it should easily break.

It looks pretty and good job - but you are tackling a piece of cow that requires a lot of work to master. Fun to see an urban yuppie playing around with a cooker though. Keep us informed because I will be highly amused to see if a BGE can actually produce a quality brisket :)
 
lol - Justin - get yourself or make yourself a real cooker. I know you think that the smoke ring is awesome but hat brisket isn't right. I can tell from the pick that it won't pass the pencil test. That means, if you cut a slice as thick as a pencil, you should be able to pull it from both ends and it should easily break.

It looks pretty and good job - but you are tackling a piece of cow that requires a lot of work to master. Fun to see an urban yuppie playing around with a cooker though. Keep us informed because I will be highly amused to see if a BGE can actually produce a quality brisket :)

I do want an actual stick smoker but they're pricey

this one was really tender, but another hour on the egg would have probably been better, we were running out of time
 
I do want an actual stick smoker but they're pricey

All you need is a simple texas style offset barrel cooker.
You can make one if you want a project.

The only trick with them - and the reason that many weekend BBQ guys get a traeger - is that you have to really control your heat. A brisket is one of those cuts that will seize up and be a bitch if the temp spikes over around 220 for any length of time.

Most of the home cookers use thin metal. One of my friends got a bunch of cinderblocks and some metal grating plus a lid and built an offset thing that sat on the ground and cooked brisket like a champ. So - you can do it if you can convince the wife to let you put some man stuff in the backyard. That's your domain, bro.

All that said - you can probably get it done in the egg - I watch my brother struggle. It can be figured out but it's all about heat control and NOT opening the fucking thing all the time to check.
 
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I do want an actual stick smoker but they're pricey

this one was really tender, but another hour on the egg would have probably been better, we were running out of time


I have had a BGE for years, probably.over a decade. Have a reverse flow stick burner as well. If you know what you are doing you can crush a brisket on the BGE with much much less work than a stick burner..
 
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Last brisket (14 lbs) I made with BGE. Fat rendered nicely, passed pencil test (though some of the point was fall apart tender). Salt & Pepper rub.

12 lb pork butt (Mike Mill's Magic Dust rub recipe):
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Two racks STL Ribs (same rub as above):
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