Barbecued Whole Beef Brisket For a Charcoal Grill

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 1998, America's Test Kitchen TV

Extra-heavy-duty foil and a slow oven can turn any backyard into a barbecue pit.

SERVES 18 to 24

TIME 6 to 6½ hours, plus 2 hours chilling, 1 hour standing and 1 hour soaking

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

When developing our barbecued beef brisket recipe, we wanted to figure out a way to make cooking this potentially delicious cut of meat less daunting and less time-consuming. We weren't able to get the total cooking time below six hours in ...

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