I've been wanting to try a brisket for a long time, but have had to settle for chuck roasts because of the lack of availability of decently priced briskets in my area.
On a saturday trip to costco, I found whole briskets in the meat area at around $3/lb, so I picked up a 14lb brisket.
After doing a few hours of reading about how to prepare them- whether to inject or not, what rubs to use, learning about the 'Texas crutch', I came upon this video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCttAGngw8UI watched it through twice, and followed it carefully. Started my charcoal (lump) around 12AM sunday (after daylight savings adjustment), had the meat on at about 1:00AM, and off at about 11AM. I did his 'burnt ends' treatment while the flat part of the brisket was resting.
The results far exceeded my expectations. The kids ate the 'burnt ends' on kayser rolls, and my son probably ate about 2 lbs of the brisket flat himself. This beats the hell out of pork shoulders by a mile... I've had bbq'd brisket from local restaurants before, but was never impressed with brisket until now.