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The BBQ Blunder That Ruins Brisket By Maria Scinto Aug. 7, 2025 9:00 am EST

Brisket may not be the best cut of beef to cook on the grill , but when it's smoked over a wood fire, it's practically perfect. Well, as long as you have sufficient patience. Smoking brisket takes a long, long time , possibly an entire day or more, and many a brisket has been sabotaged by a cook who's too eager to move things along. Scott Thomas, who blogs about his favorite cooking method at GrillinFools , told The Takeout, "The biggest mistake with brisket is not being patient during the stall."

So what's a stall? According to Thomas, it's the point where the cooking temperature hits a plateau: "Many hours into the cook, the temp will flatline for multiple hours. It's maddening." He w

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