Brisket... Second attempt

twirled · Joined: 03 Mar 2009 Posts: 7

Smoked another brisket today... This time, after making the mods suggested in the forum for my cheapie brinkmann square smoker, it went much smoother. It was a smaller brisket... Next one I'll try a larger one. This one went 9 hours. I got a real nice smoke ring, which you can see in the pic. The flavor was awesome and it was tender and juicy. Thanks for all the tips guys! I think I'm hooked on smoking!

One question... when reloading my smoker I alternated using hardwood chunk charcoal and charcoal briquettes. Both I used a charcoal chimney and both I used 3/4 of a chimney. The coals were blazing hot when I put them in there. Glowing orange with flames. In both cases where I used the hardwood chunk, they were about 30 degrees cooler than when I used the same size load of briquettes. Is this normal?

Harry Nutczak · Posted: Mar 09 2009 Post subject:

Charcoal burns hotter than seasoned wood, So that might explain your heat differences.

I am sure the science behind it can be verified and explained through a google search.
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Canadian Bacon · Posted: Mar 11 2009 Post subject:

Nice looking brisket twirled,like harry said ..charcoal burns hotter than seasoned wood....and lump charcoal burns hotter than briquettes.
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