SPICY SMOKED BEEF BRISKET

Spicy Smoked Beef Brisket image

Smoked brisket, perfect recipe for a sunny weekend day! Save the juices in a bowl for gravy.

Provided by Patty Meisenholder

Categories Main Dish Recipes Roast Recipes

Time 6h

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

1 (5 pound) beef brisket
¼ cup ground paprika
¼ cup salt
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 tablespoons black pepper
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 tablespoons ground cumin
2 tablespoons granulated garlic
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or more to taste
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
wood chips
aluminum foil
½ cup Hot Chili/Red Pepper Sauce
½ cup beer
¼ cup brown sugar
½ medium onion, chopped

Steps:

Bring brisket to room temperature early in the morning, about 1 hour.
Whisk paprika, salt, sugar, black pepper, chili powder, cumin, garlic, cayenne pepper, and cinnamon for dry rub together in a small bowl. Apply rub liberally to the complete brisket and leave at room temperature while you prepare the smoker.
Preheat a smoker for indirect heat to 225 to 250 degrees F (107 to 121 degrees F) according to manufacturer's instructions. Add wood chips to the charcoal and place a small cast iron pan of water over the fire.
Lay brisket, fat-side up, about 8 inches away from the fire and smoke for 1 hour, maintaining the smoker's internal temperature at 200 to 225 degrees F (93 to 107 degrees F). Add 12 to 15 charcoal briquettes, replenish wood chips, and add more water to the pan; smoke for 1 more hour. Wrap brisket in aluminum foil, replenish charcoal, wood chips, and water, and smoke for 1 more hour.
Meanwhile, mix hot chili sauce, beer, brown sugar, and onion for finishing sauce until well combined. Remove brisket from the smoker and place on a second sheet of aluminum foil. Unwrap brisket, being careful of the hot steam, and pour finishing sauce over the meat. Re-wrap brisket tightly with both pieces of foil and return to the smoker.
Smoke brisket, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers at least 160 degrees F (71 degrees C), about 1 more hour.
Remove brisket from the smoker and let it rest in the foil for 45 minutes. To serve, slice it against the grain.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 199.7 calories, Carbohydrate 16.4 g, Cholesterol 45.6 mg, Fat 5.4 g, Fiber 2.8 g, Protein 21.5 g, SaturatedFat 1.9 g, Sodium 3608.8 mg, Sugar 9.3 g