Kansas City Beef Brisket Recipes

KANSAS CITY-STYLE BURNT ENDS

Steps:

• Sift the brown sugar, granulated sugar, salt, chili powder, paprika, black pepper, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder and cayenne pepper into a medium bowl and mix well. Set aside.
• Trim all the hard fat from the brisket. Trim all the soft fat to 1/4 inch. Prepare a smoker or a grill, following the manufacturer's directions. Stabilize the temperature at 220 degrees F. Use a mild wood such as hickory or cherry for the smoke flavor. Generously cover all sides of the brisket with the rub and gently massage it in. Reserve the leftover rub. Smoke the meat until an instant-read thermometer registers 170 to 185 degrees F when inserted into the flat part of the brisket, about 1 hour per pound. For example, a 10-pound brisket may need to smoke for about 10 or more hours. Monitor the internal temperature.
• Separate the point of the meat from the flat. At this time you can slice the flat part off the brisket and eat. Trim the visible fat from the brisket point and coat it with the reserved rub. Return the meat to the smoker and continue cooking until the internal temperature of the brisket point reaches 200 degrees F. Remove the brisket from the smoker to a cutting board and let it sit for 10 to 20 minutes. Cut into chunks and transfer them to a serving platter. Serve it hot with your favorite sauce on the side.

RATTAN DIRECT

Steps:

• 1 Skin the meat and cover with the salt. Place in the fridge for at least 2 hrs. 2 Light the barbecue with about 12 briquettes on one side. 3 Place a tin of water on the other side and add a rack with an oven thermometer. The fire is ready at 225F. 4 Mix the rub ingredients together and rub the meat all over. Place the meat on the rack and close the lid. 5 This stage could take between 4 to 6 hours, until a meat thermometer reads 150F. 6 Wrap the meat in foil and place back on the rack. Close the lid once more. 7 Cook the meat this way until the thermometer reaches 203F, just beyond the red zone on the thermometer. It can take between 1 and 2 hours. 8 Make the sauce over the hot side of the barbecue, or indoors if you prefer. Heat the oil in a saucepan and add the shallots, garlic and salt. Stir until translucent. 9 Add the paprika and black pepper; stir. 10 Add the rest of the ingredients, stir, and simmer until thick. About 15 minutes. Leave aside to cool. 11 When the meat is up to temperature, push the rack to the hot side of the grill. Remove the foil and grill on each side for 5 or 10 minutes to crisp up the bark. 12 Serve thinly sliced with the sauce and any other barbecue sides such as corn, coleslaw, potato salad.

KANSAS CITY STYLE BARBECUED BURNT ENDS RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• Brisket and rub: Dissolve 2 cups salt and granulated sugar in 4 quarts cold water in large container. Slice brisket with grain into 1 1/2-inch-thick strips. Add brisket strips to brine, cover, and refrigerate for 2 hours. Remove brisket from brine and pat dry with paper towels. Combine brown sugar, pepper, and remaining 1 tablespoon salt in bowl. Season brisket all over with rub. Just before grilling, soak wood chips in water for 15 minutes, then drain. Using 2 large pieces of heavy-duty aluminum foil, wrap soaked chips in 2 foil packets and cut several vent holes in tops. For charcoal grill: Open bottom vent halfway and place disposable pan filled with 2 quarts water on 1 side of grill, with long side of pan facing center of grill. Arrange 3 quarts unlit charcoal briquettes on opposite side of grill and place 1 wood chip packet on coals. Light large chimney starter halfway filled with charcoal briquettes (3 quarts). When top coals are partially covered with ash, pour evenly over unlit coals and wood chip packet. Place remaining wood chip packet on lit coals. Set cooking grate in place, cover, and open lid vent halfway. Heat grill until hot and wood chips are smoking, about 5 minutes. For gas grill: Add 1/2 cup ice cubes to 1 wood chip packet. Remove cooking grate and place both wood chip packets directly on primary burner; place disposable pans each filled with 2 cups water directly on secondary burner(s). Set grate in place, turn all burners to high, cover, and heat grill until hot and wood chips are smoking, about 15 minutes. Leave primary burner on high and turn off other burner(s). (Adjust primary burner as needed to maintain grill temperature of 275 to 300°F.) Clean and oil cooking grate. Arrange brisket on cooler side of grill as far from heat source as possible. Cover (positioning lid vent over brisket for charcoal) and cook without opening for 3 hours. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 275 degrees. Remove brisket from grill and transfer to rimmed baking sheet. Cover sheet tightly with foil. Roast until fork slips easily in and out of meat and meat registers about 210 degrees, about 2 hours. Remove from oven, leave covered, and let rest for 1 hour. Remove foil, transfer brisket to carving board, and pour accumulated juices into fat separator. For the barbecue sauce: Combine ketchup, sugar, vinegar, Worcestershire, granulated garlic, cayenne, and 1/2 cup defatted brisket juices in medium saucepan. Bring to simmer over medium heat and cook until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Cut brisket strips crosswise into 1- to 2-inch chunks. Combine brisket chunks and barbecue sauce in large bowl and toss to combine. Serve. Notes: Look for a brisket with a significant fat cap. This recipe takes about 8 hours to prepare. The meat can be brined ahead of time, transferred to a zipper-lock bag, and refrigerated for up to a day. If you don't have 1/2 cup of juices from the rested brisket, supplement with beef broth. Cut Brisket into Strips Slicing a flat-cut brisket into 1 1/2-inch strips creates more surface area to facilitate brining, browning, and smoke absorption. We cube it just before serving. Go with grain: Cut the brisket into strips before brining.

KANSAS CITY BBQ RIB/BRISKET RUB

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and stir to combine breaking up any lumps that appear. Use for any meat that you want to grill, rotisserie, or smoke (i.e. Beef Brisket, Pork Loin, Salmon, Steak, etc). Rub meat with Olive Oil on all sides. Sprinkle rub on all sides of the meat and rub it inches
• Store left over rub in an airtight container.

KANSAS CITY BEEF BRISKET

Steps:

• The night before cooking, sprinkle brisket with tenderizer, Liquid Smoke, salt, pepper, celery salt, onion salt and garlic salt. Wrap in aluminum foil and refrigerate overnight.
• The next day add nutmeg, paprika, brown sugar and Worcestershire. Wrap well with aluminum foil - this is important. Cook 5 hours at 275 degrees F.
• Slice thin on the diagonal. Serve with homemade barbecue sauce and buns.

KANSAS CITY BARBECUE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in shaker and use as "rub" on the following meats.
• Peel membrane off the back of each slab. Then rinse the slab off to get rid of bone dust. Dry with cotton towel. Take shaker of "rub" and lightly coat both sides of meat.
• Preparing smoker: Put charcoal in chimney with paper underneath and light. (Do not use charcoal lighter-it will taint the flavor of the meat.) Let coals get hot, about 30 minutes. Transfer coals into smoker, and add 1 hickory log per hour on top of charcoal if smoker is big. (Adjust if using small smoker.) Wait until temperature of smoker reaches 220 degrees. Leave damper open so you don't trap stale smoke in chamber. Over course of cooking, maintain heat with additional coal and wood, as needed. After placing ribs inside smoker, spritz with apple juice once an hour. After about 3 hours, when meat is nice dark color, spritz one last time and wrap in foil. Let ribs cook in foil for another 2 hours, giving you a total cook time of 5 hours. You can feel when the ribs are tender rather than rubbery (they bend rather than bounce back). Unwrap them (carefully), lift them out of juice and place on cutting board, brush on room temperature BBQ Sauce. Slice into individual ribs and serve.

KC'S SMOKED BRISKET

Steps:

• Coat beef brisket with mustard. Cover with brisket rub. Let marinate in the refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
• Remove brisket from the refrigerator and bring to room temperature.
• Preheat a smoker to 220 degrees F (104 degrees F) according to manufacturer's instructions.
• Place beef brisket in the smoker and smoke until easily pierced with a knife and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads 190 degrees F (88 degrees C), 6 1/4 to 7 1/2 hours.
• Wrap brisket with aluminum foil and let rest for 30 minutes before slicing.