Marinating a Brisket: Thermodyne Foodservice (2024)
Brisket is one of the toughest forms of meat that can be cooked, though if one cooks it properly, it will come out tender and filled with flavor. The trick is how it is marinated.
First, you should take a naturally-thawed brisket (never thaw this kind of meat in a microwave) and pierce it across the grain with a knife. Cut the meat every half inch or so.
Pour apple cider vinegar over the brisket. The vinegar will help tenderize the meat and will add sweetness to it.
Proper brisket should be cooked low and slow in a smoker, using wood or charcoal. However, if weather or lack of patience makes you unable to do this, add liquid smoke and Worcestershire sauce to the marinade.
Finally, you should add a rub to the meat. Here you can use your imagination, but a good mix would include garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne pepper, chili powder, and black pepper.
Cover the brisket and place it in the refrigerator. Leave for 24 hours to allow the marinade time to work its magic.
The vinegar is acidic enough to help to break down the brisket's meat fibers to make it softer and easier to chew. Piercing the meat with the knife allows the marinade to penetrate below the surface and aid the tenderizing process. It also allows the marinade's flavorful spices to penetrate.
When you are ready to cook, remember that whether you use a smoker or an oven, you need to cook low and slow. If you try to cook too quickly over high heat, the meat will come out very tough, defeating the purpose of the marinade.
For an oven, a good rule is to cook at 300 degrees for about eight hours. A smoker should be set to about 250 degrees, and the meat will take ten to twelve hours to cook. In both cases, baste every hour,
The result should be tender meat that is easy to slice. Serve either as an entre or with sandwich bread and your favorite barbeque sauce on the side,
Often used for other meats that require long, slow cooking on the barbecue, such as ribs, the 3-2-1 method essentially involves firstly smoking the meat as it is for three hours, wrapping it for the second two hours, and finally finishing the cooking unwrapped for the last hour.
Pour the marinade over brisket and let it marinate overnight in the refrigerator, turning occasionally. Remove brisket from marinade. In a medium saucepan, boil the marinade for 5 minutes to use as a mop.
Add the salt and sugar and stir until it dissolves. Add the black peppercorns and bay leaves. Add the brisket and let soak in the brine solution for up to 3 hours in the refrigerator. For the rub: Combine the salt, paprika, pepper, sugar, and onion powder together in a bowl.
Watch for an internal temperature of 185F (it will come up to 190 while it rests). If your brisket has little marbling or inconsistent marbling, the 225F temperature for smoking a brisket makes sense. It smokes the meat more quickly, preventing rubberiness, and produces a rich smokiness.
195°F to 205°F (90°C to 96°C): This is often considered the sweet spot for the internal temperature of brisket. When the meat reaches this range, it's usually tender, juicy, and bursting with flavor.
Plan on marinating your brisket for more than 1 hour per pound, but no more than 2 hours per pound. Most brisket will require marinating overnight, so plan ahead.
The answer comes down to personal preference. Marinades tenderize meat, which brisket needs, but dry rubs add texture and helps to develop a crusty bark on the meat.
Texas Crutch Method: The Texas crutch method involves wrapping the brisket tightly in foil or butcher paper during the cooking process. This helps retain moisture and speeds up the cooking time, resulting in a tender and flavorful brisket.
For a very tender brisket, you can let your brisket marinade overnight, prior to slow cooking the meat. In order to help tenderize the brisket, your marinade should include an acidic element. This could be wine, citrus juice or vinegar.
Pour apple cider vinegar over the brisket. The vinegar will help tenderize the meat and will add sweetness to it. Proper brisket should be cooked low and slow in a smoker, using wood or charcoal.
After two or four hours of cooking, you can lightly spray your brisket with water, hot sauce, apple cider vinegar, or apple juice. You can do this every 30 minutes or every hour, based on preference.
Brisket contains a lot of connective tissue, which can make it tough. The type of connective tissue in brisket is called collagen. Cook the meat quickly and you get tough, dry meat. Cook a brisket slowly, with some liquid, and the collagen turns into gelatin.
Set your pellet grill to 225℉ and preheat, lid closed, for 15 minutes. Place brisket on the grill grate fat side down, and cook for approximately 6 hours or until the internal temperature reaches 160℉. Remove the brisket from the grill and wrap in butcher paper or foil.
Brisket can be done in a range of 200-210°F (93-99°C), but as a general rule, it's safe to bet on 203°F (95°C). Brisket should be tender but not so tender it's falling apart.
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