Today was the day I have been looking forward to for a while.
Our first attempt of making a real brisket on the green egg.
Last night my friend Fabio (@fabrews) and I went to butcher Schell to pick up the meat.
We marinated it overnight.
This morning after making my vlog I went to my grill to start the session.
It was going to be a long wait! But o man! What a great attempt it turned out to be.
I filled the Green Egg fully with enough coals for 8 hours and lit them with 3 fire starters. After they went out I put in the convector plate and closed the green egg. I regulated the temp until it was a stable 110 degrees Celcius.
Then I put the meat on.
Fabio arrived around an hour later with a huge confession. He trimmed to much of the fat off. It was a mistake. Luckily I saved the fat and it was in the fridge. We opted for a very pragmatic option of just layering the fat back on.
Half way through the slow roast we got hungry and Ben had arrived to so we fired up my old grill and prepared part of the back-up meat.
After 4 hours we took the brisket of the grill and wrapped it in baking paper. According to our studies online this would preserve moisture in the meat. We then put it back on for another 4 hours.
After all that time I could finally get the meat of the grill and I let it rest for 45 minutes. I unwrapped it and it looked like this. We cut into it and juice just poured out. It was awesome!
To give a better of how moist the meat was I made this small video.
We served the brisket on a simple bun with a home-made coleslaw and we had one of those special beers Fabio and I brewed not long ago.
For a first try I was very happy with the result.
Yes, there is a lot of room for improvement no doubt. But this is now the base line.
It has made me pretty curious what a brisket must taste like made by one of those pit-masters with decades of experience you seen in cooking shows.
It must be out of this world.
The rest of the night we talked and had some more beers and enjoyed each-others company.
The night was everything I could have hoped for!
It was fantastic!
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