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Kansas-City Burnt Ends

Time: 10 hours 50 minutes

Yield: 10-12 servings

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About

Kansas-City Burnt Ends are a traditional part of Midwestern barbeque culture and a delicacy in their own right. The richest, most flavorful beef brisket is slow-cooked to melt-in-your-mouth tenderness and charred with a sweet and smoky spice rub that gets mouths watering. Burgers will seem like small potatoes once you serve up Kansas-City Burnt Ends, especially when accompanied by onion rings or fries.

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup salt
  • 1/3 cup chili powder
  • 1/4 cup paprika
  • 6 tablespoons black pepper
  • 3 tablespoons ground cumin
  • 3 tablespoons garlic powder
  • 3 tablespoons onion powder
  • 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 (10-12 pound) beef brisket, whole, packer, and trim

Directions

Step 1 -Sift the brown sugar, granulated sugar, salt, chili powder, paprika, black pepper, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, and cayenne pepper into a bowl and mix.

Step 2 -Trim all the hard and soft fat from the beef brisket.

Step 3 -Prepare the smoker according to the manufacturer's recommendations, stabilizing the temperature to 220 degrees F.

Step 4 -Cover the brisket with the dry rub and gently massage. Reserve some of the rub for later.

Step 5 -Smoke the meat to an internal temperature of 170-185 degrees F, about 1 hour per pound.

Step 6 -Separate the meat from the fat.

Step 7 -Trim any visible fat.

Step 8 -Coat the brisket in the leftover rub.

Step 9 -Place the brisket back on the smoker to cook until 200 degrees F.

Step 10 -Remove the brisket from the smoker and let it cool.

Step 11 -Cut and serve!

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