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Photo by Angie Mosier

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yields

About 12 8-ounce portions depending on brisket size, expect to lose up to 20 percent of weight during cooking.

    Ingredients
  • 1 large all-natural beef brisket Preferred BBQ spice (make your own or buy something you enjoy)
  • 1 cup mustard (optional)
  • 1 cup light brown sugar (optional)
  • 1 cup horseradish (optional)
steps
  1. Rub brisket liberally with BBQ spice on all sides.
  2. Preheat a smoker to 250 degrees. (Note: Consider purchasing a smoker if you don’t have one. You can find one for about $140 at a place like Home Depot. They are far easier to use than you may think!)
  3. Place brisket on smoker and cook for a minimum of 3 hours and a maximum of 12 hours. If you smoke for the full 12 hours, be prepared to serve immediately.
  4. If going on the smoker for a shorter period of time, then after 3-6 hours, combine mustard, sugar, and horseradish into a paste. Rub paste liberally all over brisket and wrap tightly in foil.
  5. With fat cap side up, place foil-wrapped brisket in a roasting pan. Roast in a 200 degree oven for about 11 hours. Serve with charoset (recipe follows).

Note: If you don’t have a smoker, you can cook the brisket entirely in the oven. Simply follow the foil wrapped instructions.

  • from Eli and Andrea Kirshtein of The Luminary, Atlanta, GA

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