Free Brisket Smoking Class
How to Smoke a Brisket...Central Texas Style
by Famed Texas Pitmaster Tim McLaughlin
Whether you are trying to smoke your first brisket or looking for troubleshooting assistance, you first need to understand that smoking a brisket is as much of an Art as it is a Science. Like any scientific method, you can often achieve more consistent results by controlling variables. But, given the infinite number of variables involved in smoking a brisket, being able to adapt is really the key to success.
BBQ & A
Check out our BBQ & A with Crossbuck BBQ’s chef-pitmasters, Tim McLaughlin and Damian Alvarez as we walk through the entire process of how to create an authentic Central Texas style smoked brisket - the type of brisket made popular by the smoking techniques used in Lockhart, Texas – The Barbecue Capital of Texas.
Background Info
Meet Our Famed Pitmasters
Meet Tim and Damian, our chef-pitmasters who have smoked over 200,000 briskets
Authentic Central Texas Style Brisket
Learn about the key elements of Central Texas style smoking.
Our Smokers & Smoke Room
Learn about our 5-1/2 ton smokers and environmentally-controlled smoke room.
The Best Wood for Smoking a Brisket
Get some insight into choosing the best wood or combination of wood for your brisket.
How to Cook a Texas Style Smoked Brisket
10 Steps to Smoking a Great Brisket
Serving, Sauces, & Sides
Central Texas style brisket is not just known for its taste, it's also stands out as it was historically served butcher counter style, with no sauce, no sides and sometimes no utensils. It's known for being served with basic white bread, sliced onions, pickles and peppers - sort of like you see here without the fresh-baked Crossbuck roll. Read more about serving, sauces, & sides.
Footnotes & Disclaimers
It's probably also worth mentioning that people's tastes vary tremendously when it comes to brisket. Beyond the basic “lean or fatty” question, different palates prefer different smokes, different flavors, and different sauces. In the restaurant world, you learn real quickly how to develop a thick skin…especially in Texas…where a disproportionate number of people consider themselves BBQ critics.
Our goal with this class is to help you understand how Central Texas style brisket is prepared...not convince you that it is the best brisket or what you should like. It's what we think is think is the best smoked brisket in America and what we love.
Also, it is important to note that there is lot of guidance online about how to smoke a brisket and much of this information is based on one’s process, equipment, timing concerns and possibly even competition rules.
Realistically, smoking a brisket on a small backyard pellet smoker or Kamado style grill is going to be different than a large, wood-fired, offset smoker.
Ship Crossbuck’s Central Texas Style Brisket Nationwide
Chopped Brisket
Served in convenient oven-safe, vacuum-sealed, 1 lb. bags.
Sliced, Half or Whole Brisket
Served in convenient oven-safe, vacuum-sealed, bags.
Samplers and Gift Packs
Central Texas Style Brisket + other Crossbuck favorites.