Can you put butter on brisket?

Fold up sides and lay the stick of Challenge Butter on top of the meat and pour on the remaining injection. Seal up remaining sides at the top and place back on the grill. After 3 more hours, check internal temperature. Sauce the meaty side of the brisket and slice across the grain rather than parallel.

What do you spritz your brisket with?

After the first 2-3 hours start spritzing your brisket with water, apple juice, hot sauce or apple cider vinegar every 30 minutes to an hour. This helps keep it moist and stops it from burning.

How do you make a juicy brisket?

Add Moisture After two or four hours of cooking, you can lightly spray your brisket with water, hot sauce, apple cider vinegar, or apple juice. You can do this every 30 minutes or every hour, based on preference.

How often should I spritz my brisket?

Using a spray bottle filled with liquid, lightly spritz your brisket every 45 minutes to an hour. What’s the liquid? Pitmaster’s choice! It can simply be water to keep things moist, or beef stock to add some richness, or beer for flavor, or a combo of all 3.

Do you add anything when wrapping brisket?

Franklin wraps his brisket in pink unlined butcher paper. The advantage of butcher paper over foil is that it breathes, holding the moistness in the meat, but without making the bark (crust) soggy. Once you wrap the brisket, there’s no need to continue adding wood to your charcoal.”

What does apple cider vinegar do to brisket?

Open the pit each hour to spritz the brisket with Apple Cider Vinegar. This will help keep the meat moist during the smoking process and break down some of the tougher portions of meat.

Do you flip a brisket when smoking?

Flipping the brisket does even out the exposure of the meat to heat. Ideally, flip and rotate your brisket at least once during the cooking. If you need the fat to shield the meat from the fire, then leave it fat side down for the majority of the time.