A wood wedge tilting the brisket to drain the fat

2024-10

A wood wedge tilting the brisket to drain the fat, 2024 — photograph by Ray Patrick

Food

Subject

Two briskets on the smoker grate with the bark gone dark and crusted, the near one propped up along one edge by a split wedge of pale wood so the rendered fat runs off rather than pooling on the meat.

From the artist:

Bark looking good. Almost ready to wrap. The piece of wood is a trick to get the brisket fat to drain rather than pool