Smoked Brisket South Texas Style

Smoked Brisket South Texas Style

Time: 10 hrs 10 mins

Ingredients

• 10 -12 lbs beef brisket
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 cups brown sugar

Directions

• 1 Prep your pit with your favorite wood.
• 2 I prefer pecan for the mellow flavor.
• 3 Optimum cooking temperature will be between 200 to 250 degrees.
• 4 Trim excess fat from brisket and place in smoker.
• 5 Let it slow smoke for 2 hours or until you have a good smoke ring around it.
• 6 Remove from smoker and rub it down with a stick of butter and then rub in the brown sugar.
• 7 Wrap in tin foil and place back in the smoker cooking at 1 hour per pound while maintaining slow smoked temperature.
• 8 If the temperature is too hard to control then you can cook as above for the first two hours or until you get a good smoke ring, add butter and brown suger, wrap in tin foil and cook in oven at 225 degrees for the remaining cooking time.