Dear Brother Hawkins;
Daemon, when my late Mother used to do briskets she kept the hickory smoke going and low heat. She cut slits all over the brisket to help the sauce cook into the meat. Sometimes, she would "cook" as long as 12 hours but most times, depending in the meat, it would run 8 to 10 hours. She had her own special sauce and along with a bag of Kingsford charcoal she also had hickory chips that had been soaking in a water bucket the night before. She kept just enough heat to dry the hickory out and fire up just enough to cause the hickory to ember and smoke without an open flame. She kept the meat bathed in that sauce. When a small spot was absorbed in the meat she put more on that spot and kept doing so until the meat was about ready to fall off the bone and the hickory and BBQ taste was all the way in the meat.
With a gas grill I think you would have to use a good solid layer of those, I think they are called Lava Rocks and have them just hot enough to singe or slow burn the hickory chips. The water in the chips kept the meat from drying out. Mom tried a gas grill and quote "never liked the dam* thing!, I can't smoke like I want too with those da*ned gas things" unquote! I have to keep it watered down a bit because this IS a family channel! :wink:
Mom had several offers to sell her recipe for a good sum of money but she never did. She even had a very well to do African/American offer to set her up with her own kitchen/store/Luncheonette business and all she had to do was keep smoking the meat like she did and he would not ask again for the formula of the sauce and he would split the profits with her 50/50 and he would cover all the overhead expenses! Mom almost took the man up on the idea but backed out at the last minute.
I hope this helps ya some and I hope you been doing good otherwise. If you get the chance send me a PM and give me an update of what has been happening in your life as I've not heard from you in a while. If I can do anything else to help you with this "problem" of yours put that in the PM too and I will do what I can as you know I always do. :big_smile:
Sincerely and Fraternally,
Coyote1
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