This weekend is promising for sure, first we have the first bottles of Hop & Liefde clone being opened, to which I will also make a post about, and then a whole day of what me and my friends call the BBG - Burgers Beer and Gaming. It started a while back when I went to hang out with @exyle and his friends @bennierex and @eqko, and we got together to have a gaming night, and also decided to make some home made burgers to follow up. The feeling of not having a care in the world while we played games, ate awesome food and drink loads of beer was so intoxicating that we decided to repeat the event in any opportunity we could, and it became known as the BBG.
The BBG Gang
Tomorrow, that day comes again! But this time I wanted to try something different, drop the burgers for a change and take on something more challenging, and inspired by Anthony Burdain's: No Reservations - Austin, I thought the best challenge was to make a Texas Style Brisket, only possible thanks to @exyle's Green Egg of course.
So I did some research on the topic and there were two channels which really got me hyped: "Texas Style Brisket Recipe" by allthingsbbq, who give a quick summary from beginning to end of how to make a perfect Brisket, very useful general information on the cooking process.
For some more detailed tips, I went to the grand master of Brisket's himself, Aaron Frankling (BBQwithFranklin) from Austin, owner of Franklin Barbecue. This guys is widely considered one of the best pit master's in the USA and is a reference for making a perfect Brisket. He shares some very good information on techniques in this video, and I will make sure to use as many of them as I can!
For the meat, we chose our favorite butcher in town, Slagerij Schell, in Rotterdam West-Kruiskade 69. We bought a whole piece of about 4.5kg, and seasoned it with a Barbecue Rub directly from Israel which my brother brought me from his travel. We also added lots of crushed black pepper and some coarse salt.
