Mike's Smoked Peppered Beef Brisket. This flavorful and tender beef brisket, prepared in the oven, is perfect for the Jewish holiday feasts. Yom Tov is synonymous with meat, and in this case brisket. Even if you don't have a smoker, you can make a tasty pepper-rubbed beef brisket.

A beef brisket is composed of two parts, the flat and the point. The flat section is on the right in the picture. For this BBQ brisket recipe, I start my preparation process the night before I want to smoke the brisket. You can cook Mike's Smoked Peppered Beef Brisket using 30 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Mike's Smoked Peppered Beef Brisket

It's of ● For The Meat & Simple Wet Rub.
Prepare 3 Pounds of Certified Angus Grade A USDA Beef Brisket.
You need as needed of Worshestershire Sauce.
It's as needed of Quality Olive Oil.
You need of ● For The Rub.
It's 1/2 Cup of Brown Sugar.
You need 2 tsp of Fresh Ground Black Pepper.
Prepare 1 tsp of Hot Paprika.
Prepare 1 tsp of Granulated Garlic Powder.
It's 1 tsp of Granulated Onion Powder.
You need 1 tsp of Cayenne Pepper.
You need 1 tsp of Fresh Ground Cumin.
Prepare 2 tbsp of Table Salt.
You need 1 tsp of Dried Parsley.
Prepare 1 tbsp of Chili Powder.
You need 1 tsp of Dried Oregano.
It's of ● For The Smoker.
You need as needed of Oak Or Hickory Chips.
It's as needed of Water.
It's of ● For The Injection.
It's 1 of LG Culinary Injection Needle.
Prepare as needed of Salted Beef Broth.
You need of ● For The Wood Chips [as needed].
It's of Cherry Wood Chips.
Prepare of Apple Wood Chips.
You need of Hickory Wood Chunks.
Prepare as needed of Tepid Water.
Prepare of ● For The Finish.
Prepare of Your Leftover Juices [pour over smoking brisket].
Prepare of Additional Fresh Ground Black Pepper [both sides].

First, make sure you have plenty of work space and a clean area to prepare the brisket on. Smoked Beef Brisket is one of my favorite low-and-slow recipes. Simply season your brisket, then let the electric smoker do the work for you. Brisket is the perfect cut for families…and leftovers!

Mike's Smoked Peppered Beef Brisket instructions

Pull out your meat, rinse, pat dry and trim off any unsightly fat. Rub it down with enough olive oil and Worcestershire as needed..
Make your dry rub and it mix well..
Generously coat your brisket with all of your dry rub on top, bottom and all sides. Press it into your brisket..
Wrap brisket up super tightly in tinfoil..
Place wrapped brisket in a large pan and cover with another heavy pan. Add anything else in your fridge to your top pan for additional weight. Let brisket sit in the fridge overnight. Reserve any juices that may drain for smoking..
Sprinkle again [well] with more fresh ground black pepper on both sides..
Optional: Inject Beef or chicken broth into your brisket with a culinary needle for added moisture..
Add your apple, cherry and hickory chips to your electric smoker with a cup of water..
Heat smoker to 225°. Place brisket fat side up. Smoke for an hour. Check temp at thickest point. Smoke another hour. 165° for rare - 185° to 190° for well done..
Pull brisket from smoker and allow to rest for 5 minutes..
Slice brisket, let it set for 5 minutes and serve..
Brioche Buns pictured..
These make for great brisket sandwiches Just add cole slaw, pickles and your favorite BBQ sauce on a large Brioche Bun..
As for any sliced brisket leftovers - place them in an oven safe dish with a beef gravy [as needed] of your choosing. Place in a 350° oven for 1.5+ hours. Longer if your brisket is well done. This makes for excellent toasted open faced sandwichs and super moist Po Boys!.
Try this stacked brisket sandwich with gravy on Brioche Buns [or large rolls] with shreadded lettuce, tomatoes and red onions. Juicy and delicious!.
Enjoy!.

This hefty piece of meat is taken from the breast of the cow and is typically sold boneless in the grocery. Like a normal brisket, you can expect the cook time to be fairly extensive. Smoked Beef Brisket from Smitty's Market. It just didn't give me the expected "wow" moment, even though I had Texas BBQ brisket recipes are everywhere, but I truly believe this one will show you how to make smoked beef brisket that is tender, moist and delicious. Brisket is one of the best cuts of beef for smoking.