Kick off your summer with some of Pork Barrel BBQ's popular grill recipes:
• Award Winning Smoked Brisket
Ingredients:
1 (7 pound) beef brisket (flat cut)
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
½ cup Pork Barrel BBQ All American Spice Rub
1 bottle Pork Barrel BBQ Original or Sweet BBQ Sauce, for serving
5 chunks of hickory for smoking
3 chunks of oak for smoking
Method:
Place the brisket on a cookie sheet and pat the meat dry with a paper towel. Rub the brisket with extra virgin olive oil then rub Pork Barrel BBQ All American Spice Rub onto the brisket, covering the entire surface area of the meat. Cover the brisket with aluminum foil and let it sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
While the brisket is sitting get the smoker or charcoal grill ready. We recommend you use 100% hardwood charcoal in lump or briquette form and we strongly encourage you to use a charcoal chimney to light the charcoal (stay away from lighter fluid if at all possible). The charcoal is ready to use when it has burned to a white ash. If you don’t have a smoker with a separate fire box you can use a grill (like a Weber Kettle) to smoke the brisket. If you are using a grill arrange the coals on one side of the grill so you can leave an area of the grill open to cook the brisket over indirect heat with no coals underneath it.
After getting the coals arranged place the lid on the smoker or grill and let it reach a temperature of 225 degrees. Once the smoker or grill has reached 225 degrees you are ready to place the brisket on the grill. This is also the time you will want to begin adding wood onto the coals (place 3 chunks of hickory and 2 chucks of oak on your charcoal at this time).
Keep an eye on the smoker or grill and make sure it maintains a temperature around 225 degrees. After the first hour add more coals if necessary and add another 2 chunks of hickory and 1 chunk of oak. Check on the coals ever 90 minutes adding more as needed.
When the brisket reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees (this will occur about 5 hours into the cooking process) wrap it in aluminum foil and return it to the smoker or grill. The brisket is finished when it reaches an internal temperature of 190 degrees (this will occur about 6.5 hours into the cooking process). Remove the brisket from the smoker or grill and let it rest wrapped in the aluminum foil for 30 minutes.
Unwrap the brisket and slice against the grain. Serve with your favorite roll and Pork Barrel BBQ Original and Sweet BBQ Sauce on the side.
• Grilled BBQ Chicken
Ingredients:
4 chicken halves
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
8 tablespoons Pork Barrel BBQ All American Spice Rub
1 bottle Pork Barrel BBQ Original or Sweet BBQ Sauce, for serving
3 chunks of hickory
2 chunks of oak
Method:
Place the chicken on a cookie sheet and pat the meat dry with a paper towel. Rub 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil onto each chicken half covering the entire surface area of the meat. Rub 2 tablespoons of Pork Barrel BBQ All American Spice Rub onto each chicken half, covering the entire surface area of the meat. Cover the chicken with aluminum foil and let it sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
While the chicken is sitting get the charcoal grill ready. We recommend using 100% hardwood charcoal, in lump or briquette form, and we strongly encourage you to use a charcoal chimney to light the charcoal (stay away from lighter fluid if at all possible). The charcoal is ready to use when it has burned to a white ash. Place the coals on one side of the grill leaving an area of the grill open to cook the chicken over indirect heat with no coals underneath the meat.
After getting the coals arranged place the lid on the grill and let the grill reach a temperature of 325 degrees. Once the grill has reached 325 degrees you are ready to place the chicken in the grill. This is also the time you will want to add the hickory and oak chunks onto the coals.
Keep an eye on the grill and make sure it maintains a temperature around 325 degrees. When the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees (this will occur about 45 minutes to an hour into the cooking process) remove the chicken from the grill and let it rest for 10 minutes.
Serve with Pork Barrel BBQ Original and Sweet BBQ Sauce on the side.
• Grilled Peaches with Whipped Cream and Raspberry Mint Mash
Ingredients:
4 peaches, halved and pitted
vegetable oil, for brushing peaches
1 tablespoon sugar
1 pint raspberries
whipped cream (wither homemade or store bought)
15 mint leaves
8 mint sprigs
Method:
Place the raspberries on a cutting board (reserving 8 whole raspberries for garnish) and coarsely mash. Cut the mint leaves into thin strips and mix with the raspberry mash.
Cut peaches in half and brush with vegetable oil. Lightly sprinkle peach halves with sugar. Place the peaches on the grill, over direct heat, cut-side down. Grill for 2 ½ minutes and turn the peaches over and grill for another 1 minute. Remove the peaches from the grill and onto a place.
Place 1 tablespoon of the raspberry mint mash into the seed cavity of each peach and 1 tablespoon of whipped cream on top of the raspberry mint mash. Garnish with one raspberry and one mint sprig.
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