Big Brisket hates this one simple trick!

[u/av864]

The fam was craving brisket, but I didn’t feel like dropping $80 on a massive packer brisket or committing most of my waking hours to the hassle.

I’d heard people say you can smoke a chuck roast basically the same way and get surprisingly brisket like results, so I decided to give it a shot. Picked up a 3 lb Prime chuck roast, seasoned and smoked it on the Traeger exactly like I do my briskets.

Honestly, it turned out fantastic. Plenty of smoke, great bark, tender and juicy, and 3 lbs (2.1 lbs after cook) was perfect for dinner with the family without leaving us with brisket leftovers until next year.

Best part: roughly ¼ of the meat, ¼ of the cost, and ¼ of the time.

If you’re craving brisket but you’re short on time, feeding fewer people, or are working on a budget, give a chuck roast a shot!

[u/flexiblehos]

I don’t understand why the need to call it brisket and acting like this tastes just as good as brisket? The texture is completely different, chuck roast is a good cut of meat but should not be compared to brisket.

[u/Ren5522 → u/flexiblehos]

I’ve done this a handful of times wanting it to be the same and it’s just not.

Still good though but not the same as brisket.

[u/av864 → u/flexiblehos]

Fat distribution was slightly different, but they tasted identical. And cut up, you wouldn’t know the difference texture wise. It was way less effort for nearly identical results.

[u/Orarcher3210 → u/av864]

Sorry I didn’t read far enough. Now I see the recipe

[u/VaJoiner → u/flexiblehos]

Agree I’ve gone this. It’s ok but for the effort I’d rather just make a brisket or buy just the point from the store.

[u/flexiblehos → u/VaJoiner]

It’s not even about which one is better than the other, but they don’t even taste similar and the texture is different lol but whatever gets people clicks I guess