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Beginners Guide to Smoke a Brisket on a Pellet Grill

Smoking a brisket can be fairly intimidating - especially to a beginner! But I'm here to help dispel the anxiety and nerves and give you all the tips and tricks for the cooking process of how to smoke a brisket on a pellet grill. It's a labor of love that takes a couple of days - but it's worth it when you get that perfect smoke ring!!!

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Prep Time 2 days d

Cook Time 12 hours hrs

2 hours hrs

Total Time 2 days d 14 hours hrs

Course Entree

Cuisine American

Servings 20 people

Calories 250 kcal

Equipment

• Traeger Grill
• Traeger Pellets
• Instant Read Meat Thermometer
• Meater 
• heavy duty aluminum foil
• Boning knife
• Carving Knife
• Cutting Board
• Plastic tub
• collapsible tub & cutting board
• Injector 
• heavy duty injector

Ingredients

  

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• 1 15 lb Beef Brisket
• 2 cups beef broth
• 1/3 cup Kosmos Beef Brisket Injection Powder Mix
• 1/2 cup favorite bbq rub

Instructions

 

• On a large cutting board, trim fat cap off brisket with a boning knife to leave approx 1/4" fat
  1 15 lb Beef Brisket
• Mix together 2 cups beef broth and 1/3 cup Kosmos Beef Brisket Injection Powder until powder is dissolved. It helps to warm the beef broth.
  2 cups beef broth, 1/3 cup Kosmos Beef Brisket Injection Powder Mix
• Place brisket in a large tub. Using an injector, inject the brisket on all sides and use up all of the injection liquid
• Heavily coat all sides of brisket with the bbq rubs of your choice
  1/2 cup favorite bbq rub
• Cover your brisket with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight
• Preheat your smoker to 225 degrees F
• If using smoke tubes, fill with pellets and light with butane lighter. Blow out flames and set on grill grates on side and back.
• Place brisket on preheated smoker fat side up
• If using a smart thermometer, insert probe thermometer into brisket. Be sure to check that your hopper is full of pellets.
• Smoke at 225 for 45-60 minutes per pound - typically overnight
• When meat reaches 205 degrees F - remove from smoker.
• Wrap brisket in butcher paper or foil and place in empty cooler to rest for a minimum of 2 hours.
• If longer than 2 hours, you may need to reheat brisket. Preheat oven to 300 degrees and place whole brisket - still wrapped - in oven for 30-45 minutes.
• Remove from wrap and slice against the grain with brisket knife
• Devour brisket!!!

Notes

**We are not dietitians and recommend you seek a nutritionist for exact nutritional information. The information in the nutrition box are calculated through a program and there is room for error. If you need an accurate count, I recommend running the ingredients through your favorite nutrition calculator.**

Nutrition

Serving: 0.5lbCalories: 250kcalCarbohydrates: 0.4gProtein: 17.1gFat: 20.1gSaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 72mgSodium: 2022mgPotassium: 21mgFiber: 0.2gCalcium: 21mgIron: 2mg

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