Secret Santa contest this past fall @ amazingribs.com. No problem these can be a lot of fun! So i signed up; that fall a box appeared on my doorstep. Did we order anything? No, looked at the label and it was addressed to me., and then it hit this was the secret Santa gift from somebody
Unpacked, and WOW. 13.5 pounds of WAYGU brisket. Shipped frozen, it was still frozen, so into our deep freeze it went! This was December 2024.
Fast forward to June 2025, Thawed 3 days in our refrigerator. Broke out a disposable cutting board taped to the counter and unpacked this baby. YouTube that’s been a great help and learning all things barbecue or spine surgery or whatever..
In either case I’m following a protocol 200F, 8 hours unwrapped, pull, wrap, extend charcoal ring, and cook 8 hours wrapped.
Cooking on a Weber Performer, with FireBoard control / Fan
The flat side looked great, only only trimmed a little fat. Found no silver skin. Went through the trimming process as portrayed by Meat Church BBQ. I did round the corners just a bit. The Point side was not pretty, but cleaned up nicely.
Here you can see my workspace, a disposable cutting board taped to the counter right next to the sink. Trim the fat down to about a quarter inch. On the opposite side that’s a bad meat edge so to speak, so it was trimmed off. I speak highly of the “Butcher wizard” slicing knife, it worked great.
Always protect my holding hand.
And here here she sets all trimmed and heavily coated with “Oak Ridge Bbq”” Black Ops Brisket rub”
Now we ship our attention to preparing the Weber Kettle.
First thing is build a charcoal ring. 2+1, with hunks of hickory.
Next, the rotisserie ring, with the air gaps sealed with aluminum tape. The brisket will cook now 8 inches higher than normal.
Built a charcoal ring on my table. Ready to load into the kettle base.
Now for inside prep. I’ll be up at 5 AM to wrap.
Butcher paper laid out and ready.
It’s now 7PM June 2025. I will start up the kettle, and load into kettle at 9PM.
9Pm, brisket is loaded. Channel 1 flat, channel 2 point.
5AM. Wrapped and back on kettle
