re: Brisket is overrated

If you ever eat at Louis Mueller's in Taylor Texas you will change your mind. I guarantee it.
There are very few people who know how to 1) Select the right meat, 2) Trim it properly, 3) Season it properly, and most importantly 4) Smoke it properly over an 8-12 hour period.
When you do all of these things right consistently, you get written up in magazines.

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Brisket is overrated

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Not if it’s smoked correctly. I have had smoked brisket from “award winning” brisket restaurants that tasted like dry cardboard. Not many people excel at it. But if it’s done correctly, which most can’t do, then its underrated.

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Gristle tacos? Nah, I'm good.

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This is the closest pic I could find of the tacos sold at a stand that sells them on Saturday at a flee market 2 towns over. The meat has a texture like brisket, but taste way better, probably fattier or something.

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you ever eat at Louis Mueller's in Taylor Texas you will change your mind. I guarantee it.
There are very few people who know how to 1) Select the right meat, 2) Trim it properly, 3) Season it properly, and most importantly 4) Smoke it properly over an 8-12 hour period.
When you do all of these things right consistently, you get written up in magazines.

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I've done all these things, I've used prime briskets, I use post oak, I trim for even fat layer and shape for airflow, I develop the bark properly, I do the long rest down to eating temp, I get it so it folds over and just holds together, all that stuff, I've tried all the different ways to wrap it, boat it, tallow or no tallow, just s&p, spg, spg with Lowry's, spg with msg, etc. The ones I've made taste to me as good as what I've gotten while in Texas, it's just I don't think properly done brisket is as good as properly done beef ribs. The payoff is not worth the time and money. I think the best thing you can do with a brisket is turn it into pastrami and put it on rye bread

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I don’t like roast beef with bbq sauce.

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Texas brisket isn’t served with sauce.

If the cook doesn't have a proper pit and know wtf they're doing, brisket is a waste of time. Done right and there is nothing better..except possibly beef ribs also done right. I like pulled pork as much as anyone, but you gotta admit it's pretty pedestrian next to an expertly done brisket or beef rib.

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Of course it is. It's a cheap cut

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You been to a grocery store lately?

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Done right and there is nothing better..except possibly beef ribs also done right. I like pulled pork as much as anyone, but you gotta admit it's pretty pedestrian next to an expertly done brisket or beef rib

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the actual best tasting thing you can cook with wood and smoke is a full pig over coals

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Nothing like cow cheek tacos.

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Beef tongue tacos are definitely better.

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best tasting thing you can cook with wood and smoke is a full pig over coals

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Truth.