Smoked Flat Iron is THE BEST Alternative to Brisket! | Harry the Horse BBQ
Smoked flat iron is easily the cheapest and most delicious alternative to cooking brisket! New life was brought to this cut by the good ol' folks at LeRoy and Lewis, who are smoking flat iron as their daily sliced meat option (or alternative to brisket). But what is a flat iron? Flat iron, or top blade, are cut from the shoulder of the cow (chuck). Top blade has a clear line of connective tissue down the middle, and the grain runs across the cut. A flat iron should show no connective tissue, and the grain will run vertically. This cook took a total of approximately 10 hours and was rested in my oven at 155 F for 12 hours.
I have not been to LeRoy and Lewis and I am not suggesting that this is how they cook their flat iron. This is just my delicious take on this smoked beef cut. Shoutout to Evan LeRoy, Joe Yim, Cole Parkman, and everyone else at LeRoy and Lewis for inspiring the resurgence of this cut. The flat iron really does taste like brisket and is NOT HORSIN AROUND! Let me know what you think of this brisket alternative in the comments below! Let me know what other cooks you want to see me do next!
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Excellent job, Harry!!❤😊
@harrythehorsebbq
Ай бұрын
Appreciate all of you over at L&L! Keep killing it and I hope to visit soon! 🤙🏻
@m9hrdad
Ай бұрын
This is the camaraderie I love BBQ for! Great job to both of y'all.
Looks pretty good to me! Thanks for the shoutout.
@harrythehorsebbq
Ай бұрын
Appreciate it Joe! Nah man, thank you for the great content and info you put out there 🤙🏻
@m9hrdad
Ай бұрын
I love the BBQ community, and this is why! Good show on both your parts. Keep up the great work boys!
@harrythehorsebbq
Ай бұрын
Much appreciated! It’s all about celebrating the craft, the food, and each other!
This is great content, Harry! Way to go buddy!
@harrythehorsebbq
Ай бұрын
Much appreciated man! Just trying to try new things, cook good food, and celebrate the knowledge and success of everyone
That looked very tasty! Great cook and thanks for showing us the way on the flat iron !
@harrythehorsebbq
Ай бұрын
Much appreciated Ted! It was damn good! I’ll definitely be making this regularly. I’d rather cook a high quality flat iron than a lower quality brisket. This is just one way to do it and I hope I did the flat iron justice
Looks like a job well done man!!
@harrythehorsebbq
Ай бұрын
I always appreciate you watching Mr. Silver Fox 🤙🏻
@SilverFoxCooking
Ай бұрын
@@harrythehorsebbq Thanks Mr The Horse!
That looks insane my dude
@harrythehorsebbq
Ай бұрын
Appreciate it man! Definitely one of the best cuts I’ve had. Super easy to cook too!
The Alt-Brisket Rap at the end is reminiscent of MF Doom's Mm..Food record -- love it!
@harrythehorsebbq
Ай бұрын
Thank you! For some reason that sounds familiar! I’ll have to check it out to see the similarities. I’m gonna need to put together a bbq rap album haha
@dwhonan
Ай бұрын
@@harrythehorsebbq the beat you used wasn't quite the same as the typical Doom flavor profile, but I've never heard of any other rappers putting out an entire album about food, so you're in good company there.
@harrythehorsebbq
Ай бұрын
I’ll have to continue writing then!
I watched that Flat Iron video from L&L as well. I've been looking for whole flat irons around me and have been unsuccessful. However, there are plenty of flat iron steaks to be found. I was wondering, do you think this will work on a steak if you roll it up and truss it? The steaks tend to look pretty well marbled but are thin.
@harrythehorsebbq
Ай бұрын
I appreciate you watching the flat iron video! Yeah it’s going to be difficult to find the whole flat iron or “top blade” at a grocery store. Butcher is your best bet. If you just smoke the flat iron steak, you’ll be left with essentially the bottom portion of what I cooked. You don’t necessarily need to roll and truss it, but that would be a cool idea. Smoking the flat iron whole should give you thin and small sections of sliced beef that would taste like brisket flat
I did this a month or so ago. Didn't know anything about Leroy and Lewis or anyone else doing them at the time. I have been doing tri tips like brisket for a while and knew a flat iron has similar make up of marbling etc so wanted to give it a go to see if results would be similar. I looked all over KZread and there really were not any videos of people doing one for a full low n slow. While the final result was similar to brisket and tri-tip, I much more prefer doing a tri tip brisket style and will keep doing those. I enjoyed the experiment cook though.
@harrythehorsebbq
Ай бұрын
Nice! If it wasn’t for L&L I would’ve never thought to try this. I have yet to cook tri tip. Sounds like you enjoy cooking it like a brisket so I’ll have to check it out! Does the tri tip get too shreddy/tender when cooked to high internal temps? Appreciate you watching!
@CLECK81
Ай бұрын
@@harrythehorsebbq Not at all. It turns out just like a brisket flat to me. The tri tips we get around here are about 2-3 lbs, mostly 2 pound range. I do 275 2 hours unwrapped then wrap in butcher paper and run it up to the 200 range which typically takes another 2 hours or so. It itches my brisket craves without the time or cost commitment.
@harrythehorsebbq
Ай бұрын
This is something I definitely have to try! Always looking for alternatives to brisket to save some time and money on occasion. Adding tri tip to the to do list! Thanks for the tips and suggestion!
@LLRUPP
20 күн бұрын
I stumbled on some videos where they called it an Oyster Blade. It seems to be more popular overseas.
@harrythehorsebbq
20 күн бұрын
@@LLRUPP interesting…I’ve never heard of an oyster blade. Do they smoke it like this overseas? It’s a great cut
Make a bacon explosion. If you dont you are a horses ash. Im kidding im kidding. But make a bacon explosion
@harrythehorsebbq
Ай бұрын
Hahaha I will definitely try to make a bacon explosion! But first, what is that? 😂
@ricsbbq9999
Ай бұрын
@@harrythehorsebbq Make a weave of bacon, flatten out a square of ground meat the size of the weave, add seaaoning use pork, sausage, or beef. Sprinkle 1lb fried bacon bits on the meat square, add BBQ sauce. Roll meat into a tube. Place tube of meat onto the bacon weave and wrap bacon around the meat. Add more rub. Place on smoker 2 to 2.5 hours or until bacon is crisp. Add sauce if you want and cook on. Cool and slice into 1/2 inch wide slabs. Place on sandwich or eat as a meat dish. Alternate instructions. Watch a youtube video of how to make a bacon explosion. Watch several because most of them kinda suck. Start with simple BE and you can add or change the next one. By adding onions or mac and cheese. The options are limitless
@harrythehorsebbq
Ай бұрын
Wow this sounds insane! Thank you for the step by step instructions. I will definitely have to give this a try! Almost sounds like a breakfast fatty but with a twist. Options seem endless and sounds like a crowd pleaser for sure! Appreciate the idea! 🤙🏻
Looks great, I’m actually doing one right now. But as a butcher, please call the animal a steer, not a cow.
@harrythehorsebbq
Ай бұрын
Thank you! Hoping your flat iron comes out great! I will try to address the animal appropriately moving forward. Thanks for the tip!
nice content, def video style and such inspired on @ChudsBbq
@harrythehorsebbq
Ай бұрын
Appreciate it man and I appreciate you watching! Yeah he has a big influence. Trying to add my own spin to bbq cooks and KZread vids 🤙🏻