Just got my first smoker

[MileHighGrowler]

(02-23-2021, 05:46 PM)michaelsean Wrote: I’m going to do some more briskets (only done two) and if/when I ever get to the point where I feel comfortable and confident I’m going to try something like that. Right now I don’t think I want a lot of variable.

Can you make your own tallow out of trimmings or is it more specialized?

I'll let you know how it turns out when I try it!  I haven't had an issue with dry briskets before so without an A/B comparison it might be hard to tell.  But I'll do my best! 

You can make your own by rendering down beef fat.  You just need to clean any meat off of it, then you can toss it in the slow cooker until it renders.  Or any other method of heating it.  I've considered it before but just never have a ton of fat unless I'm trimming a brisket.  And making tallow is never top of my mind on those days... 

Btw, your breakdown of just about every brisket video is pretty spot-on.  Still, I must have watched about 12 of them before I did my first one.  Everyone tells you how hard they are and how you don't want to mess it up because it's so expensive (even though per pound it's really not unless you're getting a wagyu cut or something).  But they were all the same.  Almost exactly.