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Texas Smoked Brisket

A peppered, slow-smoked brisket with a deep mahogany bark and a juicy quarter-inch smoke ring.

Total time 720 min
Servings 12
Rating 4.9 / 5
Skill level Advanced
Texas Smoked Brisket
In the kitchen

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Method

  1. Trim the brisket leaving a quarter inch of fat; bind with mustard and coat heavily with the salt-pepper rub.

  2. Smoke at 250 F over post oak, spritzing every hour with apple juice.

  3. Wrap in butcher paper at 170 F internal and continue until probe-tender at 203 F.

  4. Rest in a warm cooler for at least 2 hours before slicing against the grain.