Sunday Cook!

So I decided to do a brisket and pastrami yesterday. Didn't cure the pastrami myself, I cheated. Brisket was one I purchased a while back at Sams Club and threw in the freezer. Just your standard 14 lb Choice brisket.

Meat out for a thaw



Meat rubbed down. Brisket with Peppered Cow Pastrami with Bovine Bold



Beautiful Sunday morning in NC. Was around 29 degrees. Used the 22.5 for this task.



About five hours in. Pastrami is underneath.



Pastrami about to be wrapped...





Pastrami Sliced...





Brisket and Burnt Ends







Sorry for the large pictures, they are hosted off Facebook and I didn't bring the originals with me. If I get a chance tonight I'll move them to another site and re-size.

As for the brisket it was good. It was a strange piece of meat, I could slice and hit tender after tender piece. Then the next slice would be tough. Still worked out though. Wife loved the pastrami, said it was as good as Neil's, so I'll take that as a compliment (the woman loved Neil's (bigmista) Pastrami).

Next weekend...the old standby...Pulled Pork! :becky:

EDIT: Fixed the picture sizes.

I got lucky, I found that one for about 3.35 /lb. Been right around 7 - 8 /lb. Same reason I haven't done more. If I'm spending that much money on beef, I might as well get a whole beef tenderloin or a whole ribeye.

gtr said:

Looks fantastic, Lionel!

I've been holding off on briskets at well due to prices. For the $ I'd just as soon do shorties or, like you, ribeye. Plus I'm not as consistent with brisket as those other cuts.

Good to see you putting up pron!

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I figured I've been here long enough, might as well start putting up some pron! At least once a week I will do it.

I've been eyeing that chuck roll....that's just a lot of beef to do at one time.

tdwalker said:

Looks like you smoke close enough to attract the neighbors!

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Yea this is the hardest part of our recent move back to NC. Went from a dead end road on top of a hill to a neighborhood. Hoping it's only for a year or two max. Nothing wrong with neighborhoods, I'm just not made for them! :-D