Brisket/ Water

[Ken]

Hello all,With spring just around the corner I am ready to cook a Brisket. I have used a water pan filled with water, beer ext. Is their any benefits to using a pan filled with liquid? I sort of thought that this would help tenderize the meat. I have a small 5lb flat that will set inside my Brinkman Smoker. (Horizontal) Yes the fire pit is on the side. Do any of you put the brisket inside a pan for smoking? I will admit that this method does not allow the smoke to get beneath the meat.Thanks, Ken in Texas

[txsmkmstr]

Based on what I've read here it doesn't make much difference. I prefer having the extra moisture in the pit - lots of cooks stay far away from it. If you've used water before no sense in changing unless you want to try a comparison.

[smoken don]

I have used a water pan for ribs but not on Brisket.I know alot of comp. cooks
that cook everything in pans.If you have the fat side down,it should get
plenty of smoke.You can cover the pan with foil at about 160 to speed
up the cook. Give it a try,the juices will remain in the pan.Your Brisket
may come out more moist.Never hurts to try something new at home.

[sly2kusa]

I did one a couple of weeks ago at a BBQ class in a pan. Fat side down, and even achieved a pretty nice pink smoke ring about it.

Give it a try, and modify from there. However - if you have an offset smoker, I don't really understand why you would want a water pan (unless you do not have a baffle covering the main chamber?)

[TexLaw]

I never saw a difference when using a water pan in an offset. Maybe if you used a very large pan, you might find some difference.


TL

[bigwheel]

Onliest folks I ever knew who could cook an edible unwrapped brisket in an offset pit cooked directly over a 15 gallon SS water trough which covered the entire area below the cooking grates. Gave a nice moist cooking environment which is highly impotent when cooking not much meat at once..say a brisket or butt or two. Talk about easy clean up. You just shove the pit under a tree and pull the water plug. All the nasties head for the Gulf of Mexico. The pit was named Bubba.

bigwheel

[smokerdude65]

personally I have never used a water pan when I do my briskets. I have used one a few times with ribs but even then I couldn't really tell a difference. Good luck.

[Paymaster]

I have never not used a waterpan in my offset.I just always have and my stuff turns out good so I ain't changin.

[smoken don]

Why change brother? Diffrent strokes,diffrent folks.If it works for you,great.
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