Competition Cook Off with BS Brisket HELP

[FirstHandSmoke]

I don't know if any of you have used the BS in a Cook Off and I am looking for a little help with brisket.

The meat must inspect on Saturday at 10:00 AM and the meat must be sealed,not seasoned and under 40 degrees. This is the easy part, now come the hard part.

You can start working on the Brisket at 10:00 AM Saturday and it's being judged at 10:30 AM on Sunday. This means the meat must be seasoned--cooked-- and cut and to the judges booth by 10:30 AM. Any good Brisket takes so much longer then that and this is the area we score low in every year. We have tried less seasoning times and higher temps and it just does not work out.   

The question is how would you attempt in cooking a moist and flavorful brisket in this short time??

Season Time
Cook Time
Cook Temp
Dry or Wet Rub

[westexasmoker]

Welcome to forum firsthand!

I think you can pull this off, after your inspection do your trimming and go with a dry rub once you get a nice sweat on the meat no more than an hour, probably closer to 30 minutes since you'll be working outside into your smoker @ 220 with 4 hours of mesquite (of course) pull wrap tight in foil and back into your smoker for your cook.  Heres two I did this past weekend, just shorten your FTC time and cook time a bit and you should be fine. Skip the foil pan and just go with heavy duty foil!  You've got 24 hours to play with I bet ya'll will do great.  Good luck and keep us posted!

http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=7825.0

C

[Habanero Smoker]

Hi FirstHandSmoke;
Welcome to the forum.

I've been looking for organizations that allow electric smokers for competition. What organization is having the cook off. Hopefully they are not judging by the look of the "smoke ring", the Bradley does not produce one.

Also search will also give you a lot of ideas on methods use with the Bradley to smoke brisket.

[westexasmoker]

I'm with you Habs same deal, all of the sanctioned events the BS is not legal, but you can still pull off the same routine with the bonus of the smoke ring in an offset!  Our chamber of commerce has a cookoff each year, but its geared for business's that are associated and they allow any type of smoker as long as your part of the association and a business!  I've gotten approval from the boss to build a new smoking rig and buy a new RV  for next years events!  Haven't had a vacation in 5 years, thats the plan for next year hit some local cookoffs for some fun!

C

[FirstHandSmoke]

westexasmoker--- Thanks for the help, what size Brisket do you think I should go with so I can get a longer season time? i was thinking dry rub also!

[FirstHandSmoke]

Habanero Smoker this event is in St Louis and the link is below. This is the first year for the St Louis BBQ society and the past years have been KC style and rules. This will be are third year and last year we just missed by a few points being named Grand Champs. St Louis eats more BBQ the KC and smokers around here got sick and tired of KC being named the BBQ city.

  www.stlouisbbqsociety.com

This is the event with rules http://www.stlouisbbqsociety.com/aroundstlouis/ballwinbash.html

[Gizmo]

Rules didn't mention you could use electric, but then didn't prohibit it either.  I would also suggest you ask first.  If anything, you will need to make sure you have electricity available, either supplied or a gas generator.  Since Propane is allowed, you may have a good chance.

5.   Teams may cook with any grill they wish – Propane, Wood, Charcoal.  No Lighter fluids of any kind will be allowed. 

[FirstHandSmoke]

Yes I been using the BS for the past few years and they are OK with it.   Also power is at every space!!

Rules didn't mention you could use electric, but then didn't prohibit it either.  I would also suggest you ask first.  If anything, you will need to make sure you have electricity available, either supplied or a gas generator.  Since Propane is allowed, you may have a good chance.

5.   Teams may cook with any grill they wish – Propane, Wood, Charcoal.  No Lighter fluids of any kind will be allowed. 

[West Coast Kansan]

Old Time KC BBQ - King of the Q  :)  :)  :)

[Habanero Smoker]

That's great. I wish the organizations that gives cook offs in my area would relax their rules. In my area generally organizations will team up, and you can enter under Kansas City Barbecue Society, or New England Barbecue Society or both depending on which rules you want to follow.

[westexasmoker]

what size Brisket do you think I should go with so I can get a longer season time?

I'd go with a 10 pounder, if ya get much bigger than 12 you'll have a hard time fitting it on your rack without trimming it down some!

C