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This artisanal post was handcrafted just for YOU using the finest in locally sourced vocabulary on 29 May 2011, and is filed under BBQ, beef, smackdown.

Smoke-a-Thon V: It Begins

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Everything smells like meat.

Behold: two 11-pound packer-cut beef briskets, destined for the smoker.

meat

They got a quick and dirty rubdown with salt, pepper, garlic and ground pasilla.

rubbed

After three hours on the smoker:

2 hours

Puff puff puff.

puff puff

After 5 hours:

5 hours

After 7:

7 hours

And a scant 9 hours later, we had brisket!

bark

Behold the pink smokey goodness.

smoke ring

This is about as far as Brian got slicing it before it became so tender it just started pulling part.

sliced

Tomorrow, we feed the masses. Well, 25 people, anyway.

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5 Comments

  1. Gina Marie
    May 29, 2011

    Looks awesome!

  2. Audrey
    May 30, 2011

    Oh Man!!! What time is dinner?!?!?

    Audrey
    aka AudreyGardenLady

  3. graciecat
    May 30, 2011

    Every year I anxiously await photographs of the Memorial Day Smoke-a-Thon, so I can stuff myself vicariously through you.

    Okay, we had a pretty awesome cookout here, but your pictures and menu are always sooooooooooo good.

  4. cynic1
    May 31, 2011

    nine hours smelling that?! I would have lost my mind! I’m salivating just over the pictures!

  5. Rachel (S[d]OC)
    May 31, 2011

    Pure smoking genius! Enjoy!

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