It was the whole packer, not huge, around 10lbs. The cutting board isn't crazy big, I think it's around 20" by 14". Enough brisket to feed 7 adults and 4 kids with left overs for several days.Was that a whole packer? Looks good but rather small unless that is a big cutting board.
I can't say that there are never 10lb packers at my store but I've never seen one. What I normally find is 12-16lb which is a pretty big difference so it threw me. Sometimes I have to start mine in a curve standing on the side in my BGE for the first few hours until it shrinks enough to lay flat. Not often but it has happened a few times. Sometimes a rectangular grill has advantages over a circular one.
What size is your BGE?
I have a butcher who specializes in smaller steers. Whole tenderloins are rarely over 5#. His meat grades closer to prime than choice. Independent butchers are more expensive than the chain grocery, but sometimes worth the extra cash.
Doc
Obviously you've never had Bubbie's brisket.I dunno, Doc. I discovered smoked brisket when I moved down here to Texas and was like "where have you been all my life?" I can't go a month without picking up a pound of it at Rudy's.
Tonight was rotisserie chicken tacos. Local supermarket, HEB, does a great rotisserie chicken and as a bachelor, there's 3-4 meals in one of those birds---first night, chicken and potato salad and beans; second night, chicken tacos, third night, chicken quesadillas . . . maybe a chicken omelette or frittata after that . . . sometimes a chicken salad sandwich with the scraps . . .
~Boar
Isn't that a Kosher Brisket? Dang Jewish Delis in New York had the best Brisket I've ever eaten. Nice and moist, and great meat flavor vice the heavy smoke. I love it both ways, but I sure miss those Delis. I can remember getting a beer and sandwich for $1.25. And you could hit the condiment bar for Pickles, peppers, kraut, etc.Obviously you've never had Bubbie's brisket.
Doc
Yea, that's what got me to think Kosher. I had a Jewish "uncle" (very close family friend) that called us "Bubbie" or "Bubala".Bubbie is Yiddish for grandmother
I'll have to go check it out, since I'm one city over!The best brisket I've ever had, and what got me on the kick to smoking my own, is from a hole-in-the-wall place here in Sacramento called Jamies Broadway Grille.
They were on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, which is what got me to try them in the first place......
Heard a comic one time talking about chicken omelets and how wrong they were. "That's a meal that spans two generations!"I dunno, Doc. I discovered smoked brisket when I moved down here to Texas and was like "where have you been all my life?" I can't go a month without picking up a pound of it at Rudy's.
Tonight was rotisserie chicken tacos. Local supermarket, HEB, does a great rotisserie chicken and as a bachelor, there's 3-4 meals in one of those birds---first night, chicken and potato salad and beans; second night, chicken tacos, third night, chicken quesadillas . . . maybe a chicken omelette or frittata after that . . . sometimes a chicken salad sandwich with the scraps . . .
~Boar