Recipe Tryouts begin!

[cjsmith]

1. BBQ Beef Brisket

This recipe is handicapped by being the first thing CJ has ever ever done in a slow cooker. It is also the first time I have knowingly seen a chunk of stuff called "brisket". It is also the first time I have ever purchased barbecue sauce. It's all new to me. :-)

Turns out my local Safeway doesn't have just a hunk of beef brisket. It has corned beef kits. Oh well -- I got an extra spice packet for my money.

My brisket weighed 2.62 pounds, and with the size of this crock pot I'm glad I didn't get anything bigger! I took one look at that squooshy piece of meat and I said I'm going to slice it later, when it's all cooked and tender and falling apart. I hope that doesn't totally hose the recipe, Gary. If it comes out mediocre that's what I'll blame it on. I had to squish it into the pot. One corner is kind of poking up.

It's all covered in thick dark barbecue sauce. I'm using Stubb's hickory smoke barbecue sauce. It smells scrumptious just out of the bottle.

I'll let you know how it comes out in a day or so!

Comments

[aelfie.livejournal.com]

Um. CJ?

There's a difference between a brisket and a corned beef brisket. The main difference is a bunch of chemicals that I would have thought would not go with BBQ sauce. I hope it turned out okay. Oh and make sure to slice it against the grain.

BTW Safeway will carry just plain brisket during the summer as it a prime chunk of meat for the smoker. And sometimes they do carry it the rest of the year, but you have to ask.

Now I'm going to go pull my corned beef out of the freezer, guess what I want for dinner tommorrow! (Which I do in fact do in the crock pot. All I do is dump in the brisket, the packet of seasonings and a bottle of dark beer. After 6 hours I dump in a bunch of carrots and cook for another 2-3 hrs. I serve with mashed potato on the side. Good stuff!)

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

i'm a longtime veg-head, so i can't help you with the meat part of this, but i wanted to give you a vote for the BBQ sauce. i'm pretty sure Stubbs is the stuff my brother raves about. This is my brother, Mr I Don't Like Anything On My Meat Except Maybe Ketchup.

I hope it came out OK, and this doesn't stop you from forging ahead into the Wonderful World of Crock-Pottery.

[jupiter29.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to say that I enjoyed this post and the resulting comments tremendously. And that is in no way meant to make fun of you, because I would have probably done the same things. It was just sort of hysterical to see everybody start commenting "Uh, CJ, ...." :) Anyway, I never did see the results anywhere in the comments, so I hope it turned out edible and you have fun with the experience!