Brisket - Fat Side Down or Up?

[Steve In Pa]

Love me some ribs !!
Wife buys that Stubbs in sugar free.
You won’t be disappointed trust me

We’ve had both kind of sauces before I like them so I’m sure it’ll be good.
Also, I intended this post to go into another topic but I goofed up. Sorry about that.
If you can move it, feel free to do so.

 

[Cowboy1955]

We’ve had both kind of sauces before I like them so I’m sure it’ll be good.
Also, I intended this post to go into another topic but I goofed up. Sorry about that.
If you can move it, feel free to do so.

It’s all good Let’s leave it where it’s at

 

[talon52]

I cooked this 15 pound brisket two weeks ago on my Traeger Ironwood XL fat side up, and as you can see there's lots of bark.

 

[Palancar686]

I myself prefer fat cap up. But I find it very humorous how in just about everything there are two camps. Now let me poke the ant nest also do y'all inject?

 

[Jimsmokes]

I myself prefer fat cap up. But I find it very humorous how in just about everything there are two camps. Now let me poke the ant nest also do y'all inject?

I do on select grade briskets.

 

[ANT0407]

I always run fat cap up but I have a Heavy D deflector over my fire pot, a pizza stone on the bottom rack of my 1600 directly over the fire pot, and then a pan to catch the drippings on that. The brisket goes on my middle rack. With all that protection I never have an issue with cooking fat cap up directly over the fire pot.

 

[Wiley]

How do you guys smoke Brisket? Fat side up or down?

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Fat side down.

 

[Steve In Pa]

Would it not be great if the only problem in this troubled world of ours was the fat side up or down debate.

 

[Ol' Smokey]

Would it not be great if the only problem in this troubled world of ours was the fat side up or down debate.

Thats how we got to where we are today....

 

[Ultralow787]

I have always done Brisket fat cap up on my Reverse Flow and WSM. I also score the fat in a cross hatch pattern to let the rub penetrate down to the meat.
Y'all have got me to thinking now. I am new to smoking brisket on a pellet grill! I would place it up on the middle rack and place a foil pan underneath, but I agree that the heat is coming from below on this smoker. What to do? What to do?
Brisket is on sale here tomorrow....... (if you can call $4.88 / lb a sale! LOL)

 

[sparkyv]

No, I don't. Ain't bidenomics grand?

Brisket is on sale here tomorrow....... (if you can call $4.88 / lb a sale! LOL)

 

[Redoctapus]

How do you guys smoke Brisket? Fat side up or down?

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Up or Down

Up or down?

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