Recipes:
1. Beef Brisket With Texas Barbecue Sauce
2. Texas Barbecue Sauce
3. Smoked Brisket
4. Oven-Baked Brisket
Most of the South considers barbecue to be all about pork, but in the Lone Star State, barbecue means one thing--brisket. If you've never tried this Southwest favorite, you're missing a real treat.
Brisket comes from the chest of the cow, so it requires long, slow cooking to tenderize the meat. Although store-bought briskets in Texas are very large, those found in most grocery stores range in weight from 3 to 7 pounds. I purchase mine at a wholesale club, where they range from 7 to 11 pounds. If the brisket is untrimmed, ask your butcher to trim off the excess fat, leaving about 1/8 inch fat on the meat.
