What to put in the smoker this weekend?

[Aloha_Shooter]

Was in the mood for ribs and almost picked up a rack at the commissary but then I saw a this beautiful flat of brisket that I HAD to pick up. Only question when I got home was whether to rub it for smoking or maybe experiment with corning it.

Has my vote. It's on my later in springlist.

Picked up the spices for Alton Brown's recipe (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/a...ef-recipe.html) after work and made the brine. Brisket is now curing for 10 days. In spirit of the thread title, I think I'll cut it in half at the end and smoke one half to make pastrami. The other half will of course be boiled per tradition with carrots, cabbage, and potatoes.

[Great-Kazoo]

Picked up the spices for Alton Brown's recipe (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/a...ef-recipe.html) after work and made the brine. Brisket is now curing for 10 days. In spirit of the thread title, I think I'll cut it in half at the end and smoke one half to make pastrami. The other half will of course be boiled per tradition with carrots, cabbage, and potatoes.

Any reason to not smoke the corned brisket?

[DenverGP]

Any reason to not smoke the corned brisket?

Smoking corned beef gives you pastrami... So depends on if you want corned beef or pastrami. I've got a brisket in the cure now to turn into pastrami need week.

I've got 2 racks of babybacks on the smoker today:

[Aloha_Shooter]

Any reason to not smoke the corned brisket?

Smoking corned beef gives you pastrami... So depends on if you want corned beef or pastrami. I've got a brisket in the cure now to turn into pastrami need week.

That's what I said I was doing -- curing the brisket for 10 days then cutting it in half with one half to smoke for pastrami, one half to boil with cabbage and carrots.

[Great-Kazoo]

That's what I said I was doing -- curing the brisket for 10 days then cutting it in half with one half to smoke for pastrami, one half to boil with cabbage and carrots.

Ahh. Smoked it become pastrami , mmm maybe.

For home made / brined CB
I'd bake it in casserole dish. On a rack wrapped in foil, with water in dish. Haven't boiled a corned beef in years. Maybe try it with this CB project.