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    Re: Grilling, Gas or Charcoal?

    My favorite BBQ cooker is at Blacks or Smitty's in Lockhart, City Market in Luling or Killen's in Pearland. Period. Otherwise I don't do BBQ myself. I will grill steaks, chicken, shrimp etc, but it's not BBQ.

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    Re: Grilling, Gas or Charcoal?

    Quote Originally Posted by Houston Techsan View Post
    My favorite BBQ cooker is at Blacks or Smitty's in Lockhart, City Market in Luling or Killen's in Pearland. Period. Otherwise I don't do BBQ myself. I will grill steaks, chicken, shrimp etc, but it's not BBQ.
    speaking of city market, do you know if "luling city market" in houston is anywhere near as good?

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    Re: Grilling, Gas or Charcoal?

    Quote Originally Posted by arkansasbob View Post
    speaking of city market, do you know if "luling city market" in houston is anywhere near as good?
    Haven't been there in years and really can't remember. I just remember they tried to mimic the atmosphere serving on butcher paper, etc. It was not affiliated with the actual City Market in Luling which does not have "Luling" in the name.

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    Re: Grilling, Gas or Charcoal?

    For arkansasbob:

    Just read a newer review of the "Luling City Market" in Houston. Evidently it's really gone down hill the last few years becoming more of a bar than a BBQ joint. The original pit master in 1981 was from City Market in Luling but left in 1990 or 1991 to go back to small town life.

    Lulling is a convenient lunch stop between Houston and San Antonio on I-10 and I generally do when I go by at or near lunch time. Good BBQ in Luling then Tex Mex in San Antonio. Can't get more Texan than that.

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    Re: Grilling, Gas or Charcoal?

    Quote Originally Posted by Houston Techsan View Post
    My favorite BBQ cooker is at Blacks or Smitty's in Lockhart, City Market in Luling or Killen's in Pearland. Period. Otherwise I don't do BBQ myself. I will grill steaks, chicken, shrimp etc, but it's not BBQ.
    Had my first Killen’s at the Steeler’s Texans game Christmas Day. It was awesome.

    I might try to finagle a discount when I make it to Pearland��

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    Re: Grilling, Gas or Charcoal?

    After a year with the pit barrel, I couldn’t be more pleased. I’ve cooked everything on my list except a brisket.

    With Christmas coming up, I think it’s time to fork over the cash and try my hand at the brisket. I know in Texas that means post oak, salt, pepper, and pink butcher paper.

    I haven’t found post oak locally yet. Will pecan and/or hickory do the trick? I’m told mesquite is too much for that long of a cook.

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    Re: Grilling, Gas or Charcoal?

    Quote Originally Posted by johnnylightnin View Post
    After a year with the pit barrel, I couldn’t be more pleased. I’ve cooked everything on my list except a brisket.

    With Christmas coming up, I think it’s time to fork over the cash and try my hand at the brisket. I know in Texas that means post oak, salt, pepper, and pink butcher paper.

    I haven’t found post oak locally yet. Will pecan and/or hickory do the trick? I’m told mesquite is too much for that long of a cook.
    To me either will do well and I agree about mesquite. To me more important is to get a good brisket. If at all possible buy certified Angus beef (may be abbreviated CAB on the price sticker). Basically that means it's a "choice" grade of beef.

    If you have to settle for "select" grade, take the brisket by the ends and see if you can bend it into a U. Even better is if the ends will touch or nearly touch. What that tells you is how much fat is hidden inside the brisket. Cold fat is hard to bend. The thicker the fat layer the less flexibility. It's pretty disappointing to spend a lot of time on a brisket and find a 2" layer of fat when you go to slice it.

    You might want to checkout a website called www.amazingribs.com. The guy that runs it has put years of research into outdoor cooking. He's got a lot of info about brisket techniques and a lot of it is based on real food science, not hearsay and old wives tales.

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    Re: Grilling, Gas or Charcoal?

    Quote Originally Posted by johnnylightnin View Post
    After a year with the pit barrel, I couldn’t be more pleased. I’ve cooked everything on my list except a brisket.

    With Christmas coming up, I think it’s time to fork over the cash and try my hand at the brisket. I know in Texas that means post oak, salt, pepper, and pink butcher paper.

    I haven’t found post oak locally yet. Will pecan and/or hickory do the trick? I’m told mesquite is too much for that long of a cook.
    i have just the opposite opinion. brisket with oak smoke (though popular in southeast texas) has way too much oak flavor for me. i use mesquite and it turns out perfectly. if you have long enough to cook it, you don't need the butcher paper, but it sure helps if you want to get it done in the daylight hours. also, it helps make a really nice bark if you use a little bit of sugar in your rub (don't tell any texans i said this...)

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    Re: Grilling, Gas or Charcoal?

    Found a mispriced Certified Angus Beef brisket at Brookshire’s. It’s an 18 pounder. Friday is the day! Hot and fast is how the pit barrel cooks, so I’m expecting 8-10 hours.

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    Re: Grilling, Gas or Charcoal?

    Quote Originally Posted by johnnylightnin View Post
    Found a mispriced Certified Angus Beef brisket at Brookshire’s. It’s an 18 pounder. Friday is the day! Hot and fast is how the pit barrel cooks, so I’m expecting 8-10 hours.
    Good for you on the CAB brisket!

    Recommendation especially since you're going to cook fast. When you get it to the temp you want, wrap it in heavy aluminum foil so it won't leak any juices. Then wrap it in a bath towel (or two) to hold the heat, place it in an ice chest for at least an hour and let it rest.. Kind of a po'boy's faux cambro. Doing this will help melt connective tissue, improves the brisket's tenderness and the brisket will absorb and retain a lot of the juices that would otherwise come out.

    It works.

    And look up how to slice a brisket. The grain of the meat changes from the flat end to the point and you want to be slicing across the grain as much as possible.

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    Re: Grilling, Gas or Charcoal?

    Quote Originally Posted by tenacious_dog View Post
    Good for you on the CAB brisket!

    Recommendation especially since you're going to cook fast. When you get it to the temp you want, wrap it in heavy aluminum foil so it won't leak any juices. Then wrap it in a bath towel (or two) to hold the heat, place it in an ice chest for at least an hour and let it rest.. Kind of a po'boy's faux cambro. Doing this will help melt connective tissue, improves the brisket's tenderness and the brisket will absorb and retain a lot of the juices that would otherwise come out.

    It works.

    And look up how to slice a brisket. The grain of the meat changes from the flat end to the point and you want to be slicing across the grain as much as possible.
    Thanks! My trim job tonight wasn’t pretty, but I hope it’ll turn out to be sufficient. I bet I cut 5 pounds of fat off.

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    Re: Grilling, Gas or Charcoal?

    Gas or Charcoal? Shoot, for me, beef goes on on charcoal USUALLY (but sometimes I like to put a steak on gas so I can control the temp easier), Chicken breasts on gas (same reason as the steak...easier to control, not overcook), leg quarters on charcoal, pork is somewhat of a toss up. Whatever you like, you like. Know what I mean?

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    Re: Grilling, Gas or Charcoal?

    My brisket took right at 6 hours and is holding now. Wanted to try my hand at cooking with wood too, so some chickens are on the off-set smoker with pecan providing the heat.

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    Re: Grilling, Gas or Charcoal?

    Quote Originally Posted by johnnylightnin View Post
    My brisket took right at 6 hours and is holding now. Wanted to try my hand at cooking with wood too, so some chickens are on the off-set smoker with pecan providing the heat.
    I am going to try some wood the next time I smoke as well. Ribs, chicken and a pork butt or shoulder. Not sure if I should use pecan, apple, hickory, or mesquite. BGE does a great job as a smoker. Flavor and moistness are great, but could be better.

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    Re: Grilling, Gas or Charcoal?

    Quote Originally Posted by techman05 View Post
    I am going to try some wood the next time I smoke as well. Ribs, chicken and a pork butt or shoulder. Not sure if I should use pecan, apple, hickory, or mesquite. BGE does a great job as a smoker. Flavor and moistness are great, but could be better.
    I really like pecan on a turkey, but found it too light on the brisket.

    Running the off-set on logs wasn’t too bad, but if I did it regularly, I’d have to find a better solution than academy. $14 for a few logs is too much.

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