Brisket rubdown experiment

FLBentRider · April 11, 2010, 04:01:31 PM

1st half

2nd half

Comparison:

ronbeaux · April 11, 2010, 04:19:06 PM

They look great! Taste???

ArnieM · April 11, 2010, 04:23:11 PM

I'm with Ron here - taste ??? ??? ???

Maybe you could FEDEX up some samples? I'm always willing to help out with a worthy cause ;)

FLBentRider · April 11, 2010, 04:25:10 PM

Taste as great.

The WTS rub is a winner.

Wildcat · April 11, 2010, 06:18:52 PM

Mighty fine looking brisket. Now - about the comparison?

SnellySmokesEm · April 12, 2010, 06:32:32 AM

Brisket looks good. Thanks for playing with your food so the rest of us can benefit. I always wondered if I could buy an untrimmed flat, spilt it and freeze one half and smoke the other if I m cooking for a small crowd. So which one was better???

OU812 · April 12, 2010, 07:16:00 AM

Good lookin brisket FLB.

Sounds like were goin to have to wait a couple more weeks to here the results from the taste test.

And I was bitchin $2.79/lb was too high.

Caneyscud · April 12, 2010, 07:29:20 AM

Yowzers - Does that ever look good!

meus ventus

FLBentRider · April 12, 2010, 11:25:39 AM

Ok - So I thought about it and considered that waiting for the newsletter would be cruel and unusual.

So here we go.

By no means was this a scientific test, done by professional taste testers. Better than that! I used my family.... ;D

I did the slicing, and presented each person with two slices of brisket, one from each half.

My 18YO looked at the plate and immediately piled on more from one of the platters. >:( _ relocated the extra brisket until the taste test was done.

They were instructed to taste each piece and tell me the following:

1. Can you tell a difference between the pieces?

2. Which one do you like better?

The results were suprising.

It was unanimous.

The test subjects included:

Mrs. FLBentRider
Mother FLBentRider
DS and two DDs

ok enough stalling....

EVERYONE liked the 24 hour one better!

They all stated that the brisket and especially the bark had MORE flavor.

So there you have it. This justifies the effort and the space in the fridge, at least to me.

FWIW, I took some to work today for lunch and shared. They made the same observation. I presented it like this: can you tell the difference between these 2 pieces of brisket?

Tenpoint5 · April 12, 2010, 11:28:22 AM

Sounds good enough to me!! Will continue to do the 24 hour thing around here when possible.

ArnieM · April 12, 2010, 11:28:35 AM

Thanks for the update FLBR. Now I can pee again ;D ;D

Interesting to hear the results and thanks for your time and effort.

KevinG · April 12, 2010, 11:33:22 AM

Now that's not right, they should've been blindfolded and have a third entry of a piece of onion.

SnellySmokesEm · April 12, 2010, 11:34:29 AM

Thanks FLB for not making us wait and thanks for experimenting. I am personally glad to hear the 24 hour method tasted better. Good Job!

OU812 · April 12, 2010, 11:51:53 AM

Well what do ya know, must be the rub.

I did this a few years ago and no one (brother, son, and some of there friends) could taste the difference, but I just use a light coating of salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder.

Next time I use a rub I will be doin the 24 hr thing.

Thanks for not makin us wait and your time to get this done.

FLBentRider · April 12, 2010, 12:00:37 PM

We were a Salt Pepper Garlic crew too, and to tell you the truth I'm not sure those would make that much of a difference.

Everyone said they liked the rub, especially the Mrs.

Try the WTS rub.

I will state that the recipe as written on the recipe site is enough for 2 briskets.