How to Make BBQ Beef Brisket in a Smoker (Masterbuilt Electric Smoker)

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.

Trim the brisket, removing hard pieces of fat while leaving some soft fat for juiciness.

Create an injectable marinade using 1.5 cups of barbecue sauce and 1.5 cups of apple juice, whisking together.

Inject the marinade evenly throughout the brisket in a crosshatch pattern.

Cut the brisket in half for better smoke distribution.

Apply dry rub all over the brisket, ensuring good coverage on all surfaces.

Place the marinated and dry-rubbed brisket into grill pans for easier handling.

Smoke the brisket at 225°F for about 16 hours, checking periodically.

After smoking, let the brisket rest in a covered cast iron pan before slicing.

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