Texas Style BBQ Beef Brisket - Uncover the Secret to Smoked Brisket on a Pellet Grill! #brisket

beef brisket

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: pork shoulder

Pork shoulder is often less expensive and can be cooked similarly.

barbecue sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade tomato sauce

💰Cheaper: ketchup

Homemade sauce can reduce sugars and preservatives.

Start with a store-bought beef brisket, weighing a little over 10 pounds.

Trim the brisket by removing big chunks of fat and shaping it square.

Use a sharp knife and a good cutting surface to trim the brisket.

Do not wash the meat; instead, wipe it off with paper towels to avoid contamination.

Trim the fat down to about a quarter-inch, but keep more fat if cooking hot and fast.

For low and slow cooking, trim less fat, aiming for a temperature of 225 to 250 degrees Fahrenheit.

Remove any silver skin or membranes from the meat.

After trimming, weigh the brisket to see how much fat has been removed; expect about 2 pounds of fat trimmed off, leaving about an 8-pound brisket.

Prepare a Texas-style rub using a mixture of coarse ground pepper and coarse ground salt, maintaining the same coarseness for both.

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