Brisket demistified by Raichlen

[lumpy]

Got this emailed to me.


Up in smoke

[classicrockgriller]

thanks lumpy

[beefmann]

good information.. need to keep that  handy

[KyNola]

Saved that.  Thanks Lumpy!

Just happen to have a Snake River Farms Wagyu brisket in the freezer.  Darn the luck, ;)

[Caneyscud]

Sorry Lumpy - not directed in any way toward you - just a rant against so-called self-proclaimed experts.  I used to know pitmasters (the public will never know their name and Oprah will never have them on her show) who knew more about brisket in just their little toe than Raichlen will ever know - they did them day in day out for decades.  They did not need some Cordon Bleu trained, James Beard award winner to tell them how to make brisket.  They smoked, people came, people bought, people ate, and people loved it.  

Maybe he needs demistified - he says to separate the deckle from the flat.  Per the USDA Institutional Meat Purchasing Standard- the deckle has already been removed from a whole brisket to make a "packer trimmed" brisket.  The deckle deckle is the hard fat and intercostal meat on the inside surface of a "whole" brisket.  I'm not saying this - the USDA is saying it - contrary to popular belief, the deckle is not the same thing as the brisket point. Rather, it's the fat and muscle that attach the brisket flat to the rib cage.  BTW a "whole" brisket is not the same as a "packer" brisket. 

Demistified Brisket ?????  From what perspective?   Apparently the  man either has never been to the Brisket Belt, or didn't keep notes, or was blind to how the pros who do brisket everyday do it!  I've seen a lot of the top rated pits and I've never seen fancy rubs, bacon wrapping, foiling, or mixtures of wood in any of them.  You get that on the contest circuit and backyards.  Cater to the KCBS trained judges.  Good food certainly - but "demistified"?  What's to demistify?  You take a hunk of meat, put some seasonings on, smoke it until it's done, and then you slice and eat.  Where's the mystery?  What is hard to understand.  The same thing is done to butts and ribs - do they need demistifying also?

Lets see born in Maryland, living in Florida and Massachusetts, college in Portland, Oregon, Le Cordon Bleu and La Varenne in Paris.  Yep, he can certainly "demistify" brisket.  

Not to say he can't make a good brisket - h. e. double hockey sticks I even bought a can of his highly over-priced Java Rub once and used it on a brisket.  Wasn't bad - but did not get a walk.   But to say he demistifies brisket - come on!  I've seen the same and better instructions here on this forum - and better explanations.  AND with no marketing!

[mow_delon]

Gee Caneyscud, a little pent-up rage towards Raichlen? 

[Caneyscud]

Is my slip showing?

[Mr Walleye]

Is my slip showing?

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Awwww come on Caney.... tell us what you really think!  ::)  ;D

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Mike

PS
I couldn't agree more... there's always a lot of "experts" in the world, just ask them!  ::)

[Uncle Pigfat]

When I read this at work it pretty much made my day.  Thanks Caney.  That kind of vitriol warms my heart.