I've done enough pork butts that I feel comfortable with them. This will be my first brisket and am curious about cooking times. I read that with foiling my time will reduce from 1.5 hrs to 1hr per pound. So foiling a 14 lb brisket I'm giving myself a 15 hr cook time plus 3 hrs of rest . Have I given myself enough time
1st time brisket ?
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Yep need more info, and definitely check out "Big Poppa's Brisket Tips" sticky, lots of good info and various techniques.
I know cooking at around 245° & foiling when the brisket reaches around 160ish° I rarely need more than 10 hours or so for a full packer brisket. Usually it's more like 8 hours or so, depending on how well I want the bark to be developed. If you make burnt ends from the point, then that will take some extra time.
If you do foil, and like a good bark, then allow some extra time after taking it out of the foil to put it back on and tighten the bark back up.