Smoke brisket on edge?

[BBQ97229]

I have a small offset, want to do two 14 lb packers. If I lay them flat I pretty much cover the whole grate which will impede airflow, can brisket be smoked on edge? (Like ribs in a rib rack)

 

[SmittyJonz]

No - raise the center up. Done them. Can put stainless bowl or small split under middle

 

[SmittyJonz]

Or build a 2nd grate/top grate with bolts for legs

 

[bschoen]

Care to opine on why? I am not a brisket guy, but don't some people hang them? Kind of seems like the same geometry.

 

[SmittyJonz]

You can try it - might cook uneven ? I like fat cap down , point towards fire box

 

[Callahan-que]

They will shrink some

 

[thirdeye]

Many moons ago I replied to a similar post about a brisket that was too long to fit on a BGE. I said something along the lines of 'stick a beer can under the brisket, and once it shrinks.... take the can out.

The guy writes back and said "...worked great, next time I'll use an empty beer can".

 

[snadamo]

Many moons ago I replied to a similar post about a brisket that was too long to fit on a BGE. I said something along the lines of 'stick a beer can under the brisket, and once it shrinks.... take the can out.

The guy writes back and said "...worked great, next time I'll use an empty beer can".

Have done something similar with a big wood chunk, and oversized brisket, and a WSM 18" in the past.

 

[rob g]

I've used a rib rack 7nder the center of a large brisket to pull the ends 8n enough to fit on my KJ. The wires don't impede any air/smoke flow while lifting the center of the brisket

 

[1911Ron]

If I remember correctly Harry Soo raises the center also when he uses the 22" WSM.

 

[Bill-Chicago]

Have done something similar with a big wood chunk, and oversized brisket, and a WSM 18" in the past.

Did you remember to empty out the wood chunk?

 

[bschoen]

Nobody has answered the op, well, Smitty said no, but no one has offered an explanation as to why no on edge. Some insist fat cap up, others insist down (not in this thread, but a recurring theme everywhere), what you guys are all politicians and just refuse to compromise? What about the PBC hang everything pov, same geometry.
I want science people!

 

[4ever3]

I think you’d have a hard time supporting it as it approaches prob tender. Prop the center up as Thirdeye’s example shows.


There’s a difference between hanging and standing, there’s yer science!

 

[Nuco59]

Hanging in a pcb has the same geometry as a rib rack... but that's as far as it goes.

Hanging briskets in barrel is one thing. Heat rises normally, cook has a lot of radiant heat.

I would think that side standing briskets could impede airflow on a "small offset" - convection /heated air is basically all you have to work with.