What in the trailer park hell is that? I was scrolling down and asked: Is that a bone?, before I saw your confirmation. That looks like it came from the opposite end of the cow.A friend mentioned awhile back that she purchased a "brisket" at some organic, grass fed, free range, hippy dippy farm. She asked if I'd smoke it for her sometime. Sure, no problem.
We are going to hang out with her and her hubby at a lake house they're renting tomorrow. I asked earlier in the week if she'd like to eat that brisket on Saturday. She did and got it out to defrost. I asked how much it weighed, she said 7 pounds. 7 pounds? Ain't much of a brisket. Figured maybe it was just the flat. Anyways she dropped it off last night and I'm at a bit of a loss...
Yeah, that's a bone.
What kind of "butcher" cuts a piece of meat like this and calls it brisket? If we're lucky, there's about 2 pounds of meat in this thing. That fat next to the bone is hard fat that I'd normally trim off.
I guess I'm just gonna rub it with Meat Church Holy Cow, throw it on tonight around 225 and see what happens.
Unless anybody has a better idea.
That is gonna be some greasy meat. I think you have the right idea to make the best of it. I would almost be inclined to cut away all the fat, especially the hard fat, then roll it up and tie it before smoking.
Let us know how it turns out.
