smoked wagyu brisket cooked on a pit boss wood pellet vertical smoker sliced up and served in a tray

Smoked Wagyu Brisket

Smoked Wagyu Brisket

Category Beef Smoke
Servings 12
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 hours

Elevate your next smoked brisket by using Wagyu beef — sourced from Japanese cattle, for a better texture and more flavorful result. Loved by many competition BBQers, a successfully smoked Wagyu brisket is the ultimate test of your BBQ knowledge. 

Before you start: This low & slow recipe requires plenty of time and patience. With a cook time of up to 20 hours, plus a minimum rest period of 2 hours, you’re looking at a full day’s work ahead. But don’t worry, the juice is worth the squeeze (literally), and awards you with a brisket that’s tender, juicy, and worth bragging about. 

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Author:
Pit Boss Kitchen
smoked wagyu brisket cooked on a pit boss wood pellet vertical smoker sliced up and served in a tray

Ingredients

  • 1 14-16 lb. Wagyu brisket
  • Pit Boss BBQ rub of choice

Special Tools

  • Trimming knife
  • Pit Boss Spritz Bottle
  • Foil or butcher paper

Directions

  1. Preheat your wood pellet smoker to 190°F.
  1. Trim away access fat from your brisket, but leave a 1/4 inch cap over the flat and point.
  1. Evenly coat the meat with your BBQ rub of choice and allow to sit 10 minutes.
  1. Place the brisket in your vertical smoker, or on the upper shelf of your pellet grill.
  1. Allow brisket to smoke, spritzing every hour and a half with your spritz of choice.
  1. Once the meat reaches an internal temperature of 150-160°F, remove from the grill, baste with tallow or butter then wrap using foil, butcher paper, or place in a pan covered in film and foil.
  1. Place back in your smoker at 225°F.
  1. Allow the brisket to braise and reach an internal temperature of 190-195°F.
  1. Remove from grill and allow to rest a minimum of 2 hours or until it reaches an internal temperature of 140-150°F.

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