Beef Brisket Recipe (Oven Baked) - The Cookie Rookie® (2024)

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How long to oven cook a brisket? ›

Place in the oven and bake for about an hour and 15 minutes per pound, until the brisket reaches 170-180° (Initially, I used one of our 4 1/2 lb. flat briskets that took about 4 hrs., 15 min). Update: after cooking one of our 7 lb.

Set the temperature to a low heat, around 225°F to 250°F (107°C to 121°C), and cook the brisket slowly. You can wrap it in foil or use a roasting pan with a lid to help retain moisture. Slow Cooker Method: Using a slow cooker is a convenient and hands-off method.

Preheat the oven or smoker to 225 degrees F. Trim the fat evenly across the top to 1/4-inch thick. Season the brisket liberally with the seasoning rub. Cook in the oven or smoker until the internal temperature on an instant- read meat thermometer reaches 175 degrees F, about 6 to 8 hours.

Wrapping a brisket in butcher paper or aluminum foil will speed up the cooking process. Wrapping the brisket will prevent what's called "the stall" — when evaporation from the surface of the brisket halts the cooking process.

After two or four hours of cooking, you can lightly spray your brisket with water, hot sauce, apple cider vinegar, or apple juice. You can do this every 30 minutes or every hour, based on preference.

The brisket is at its most tender when it reaches an internal temperature of around 195 to 205°F (90 to 96°C). However, the exact temperature for peak tenderness can vary based on factors like the cooking method, the grade of the meat, and personal preference.

Often used for other meats that require long, slow cooking on the barbecue, such as ribs, the 3-2-1 method essentially involves firstly smoking the meat as it is for three hours, wrapping it for the second two hours, and finally finishing the cooking unwrapped for the last hour.

You'll need to cook brisket at 250° for about 30-40 minutes per pound. Upping the temperature to 250°, from the established tried and true rule of smoking at 225°, has some shocking and actually delicious results!

What is the best cooking method for brisket? ›

It's a tough cut of meat, which is why the best way to cook brisket is a low-and-slow method: Long, slow cooking makes it tender.

While it can be tempting to sear that fat at a high temperature, doing so will likely result in tougher meat. For this reason, be sure to roast brisket at a lower oven temperature, between 225 to 300 degrees Fahrenheit to achieve tender brisket. What is this?

High-heat Brisket Recipe

Place the brisket fat-side down in a smoker preheated to 350°F (177°C).

There are many others who will cook at 250 or 275 to speed up the cooking process. In the competition BBQ space, many pitmasters cook at 325 degrees F and have great results. Again, it's all about preference, but for your first brisket I recommend low and slow.

It becomes a little trickier to execute the perfect cook when there's so much fat to render and meat to get up to temperature. You'll need to plan your cooking schedule in advance, since you can expect the brisket to be in the smoker for 8-12 hours at base temperature (250°F).

Our general rule of thumb is to plan on between 30 and 60 minutes per pound when learning how to cook a brisket. For example, a 16-pound brisket cooked at 275 degrees Fahrenheit will take between 10 and 12 hours. The entire process from trimming, injection, seasoning, and cooking will take between 18 and 20 hours.

Holding Brisket For 4 Hours In My Oven

The next time I smoked a brisket in my WSM, I wrapped it in pink butcher paper part way through the cooking process. When it was done, I placed it on a rimmed baking sheet pan and moved it into the electric oven set to 170°F.