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Brisket

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  1. The Wood Wolverine

    The Wood Wolverine

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    Wife found 3 cuts of brisket on sale so she brought them home. Seeing all that food in Dennis’s final GTG thread made me want que!

    Mustard binder, 2 got our favorite brand rub, Twisted Q, 3rd is from a local chain place called Redd’s.

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    Barkless cherry for smoke.
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    About 3 hours in. Keeping temp 250-300.
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    Looks really good. What's up with the mustard thing? I got a friend who smokes brisket alot, but never used mustard.
     
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    Many, myself included, use mustard as a binder to make the rub stick to the meat better.
     
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    I started out with basic olive oil as a binder, but after rendering a lot of tallow from the trimmings, that’s what changed to… I say, “perfect!”
     
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    I use mustard on pork but never tried it on beef , I have been doing just S&P on moo-cow.
     
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    As others have said, mustard is used to help the dry rub of spices stick to the meat better. I’ve used mayo too. Neither really leaves a taste that you can notice on the finished product.
     
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    That's a good tip. I'm gona smoke my first brisket sometime this summer.
     
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