Tips: 1st Brisket

[drinkoj]

Going to smoke my first brisket (11.5 pounds) in my vertical smoker using the Meat Church pellet recipe and seasoning. I plan on smoking at 225F overnight (have a 55 pound hopper so I'll be good to sleep if I can). Plan on rendering down the trimmings to put back over the brisket while it's resting. Any tips appreciated as I've youtube'd myself to death on the trim, seasoning, and the smoke.

 

[Jimsmokes]

First tip. Raise your temps. Nothing magical happens at 225. Unless you just want to drink a lot of beer.
I start on smoke setting with smoke tube around 8-9. Let it roll till I go to bed 11-12. Set grill to 280 and let it go.
I use a inkbird IBBQ-4T to monitor temps with a high and low alarm for grate temps and meat temps.

 

[sparkyv]

I use a smoke tube with 100% mesquite or hickory pellets because the grill itself doesn’t give my food enough smokiness. My hopper will rathole after about 6 hours, even though I've got plenty of pellets for a full overnight cook. I use a remote temp sensing device to alert me if the temp drops while I'm sleeping.


On my Lexington, I get more smoke at the lower temp SP. More smoke is magical to me.

Nothing magical happens at 225.

 

[bobissmokin]

I go 200 overnight with a smoke tube! Enjoy the process. You'll learn and modify from every brisket cook. That's the fun!!

 

[drinkoj]

I use a inkbird IBBQ-4T to monitor temps with a high and low alarm for grate temps and meat temps.

I have the same inkbird and was wondering if there was a low alarm. I'll have to play with it tonight after work. THANKS!

I use a smoke tube with 100% mesquite or hickory pellets because the grill itself doesn’t give my food enough smokiness. My hopper will rathole after about 6 hours, even though I've got plenty of pellets for a full overnight cook. I use a remote temp sensing device to alert me if the temp drops while I'm sleeping.


On my Lexington, I get more smoke at the lower temp SP. More smoke is magical to me.

I was thinking about using my cold smoking tube with it to pack the smoke early on, so this just reassures my idea to do it. Plan on using a Fruit blend pellet and Hickory pellets and luckily my vertical smoker holds 55 pounds of pellets.