Stop calling it Turkey Day

Since everyone is offended these days and it’s disrespectful to the turkey. Turkey’s have it rough, they are big, fat, and serve no other purpose than to feed large families a couple times a year.

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Deep Fried Turkey

I’m not a fan of turkey. I’ve been smoking a brisket for the past few years on my Traeger. I’m not going to serve it until everyone has a heaping plate of turkey meat. Once we all sit down and I have brisket all up on my plate people will ask, Where was that? I will be like, “Ah, thought you all wanted turkey and condescended at the idea of barbecue.”

Thanksbrisket Day Receipe

  • Get a brisket flat and wood pellets from Costco
  • Warm up the Traeger to 225 and set it on super smoke
  • While the Trager is preheating, open the brisket and slather with yellow mustard and season heavily on all sides with a mix of kosher salt and coarse ground black pepper, and let set for 30 mins
  • Insert a probe into the thick part of the brisket and set for 165.
  • Place brisket (fat side up) in the center smoker with thicker end near the heat source.
  • Run super smoke for an hour then go to normal
  • Once the probe hits 165, wrap the brisket in butcher paper (think big burrito)
  • Return to the smoker and place it fat side up and set the probe temp to 205
  • Set the smoker temp to 275
  • Once the probe hits 205, put the brisket in a cooler to take a nap. It will stay super warm until you are ready to serve.

I start the prep around 10:30pm, get to bed around 12am, and then wrap the brisket at 5am to finish it off.

Traeger Ironwood Pellet Smoker Grill, Electric Wood Pellet Grill with WiFIRE App Control, 165F – 500F Degree Temperature Control Super Smoke Mode, 6-in-1