My best low and slow oven brisket recipe is everything you’ve been looking for in a brisket. It has a deliciously seasoned bark, tender meat, and is extremely juicy. You may just find that oven brisket is better than turkey or ham during the holidays.

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Low And Slow Oven Brisket

Brisket can be cooked in an oven and have it be just as good as if it was smoked. By oven-roasting brisket at 250 degrees for 1-1.5 hours per pound, the brisket will come out tasting almost as though it has been smoked on a grill.

The low-and-slow method for cooking briskets is the best way to ensure that your tough cut of brisket turns as soft as a cloud. Okay, maybe it won’t be as soft as a cloud but this brisket will be tender enough to cut with just your fork.

The reason for using the low-and-slow method when cooking brisket is that brisket is actually a tough cut of meat that only becomes tender once all of the connective tissue has had enough time to break those tissues down.

Not only does cooking brisket slowly tenderize the meat it also renders the fat and builds a fantastic bark.

Throughout this recipe, I will try to provide plenty of information on how I cook my briskets in the oven, however, if you want a complete breakdown of the reasons behind why I do everything you can find it all in my complete guide to cooking brisket in the oven.

My Best Oven Brisket Recipe

This may seem a bit extreme but using this same recipe I did cook an 18 lb brisket for just two people and for my 200 lb English Mastiff. Everyone loved this recipe. Especially, Hercules who got leftovers as well.

However, for this recipe, let’s assume it is a 10 lb brisket you are cooking because it is enough to feed several people and still provide leftovers.

Cooking a 10-pound brisket will take roughly 10-15 hours to cook in the oven.

Oven Brisket Ingredients

10 lb Full Packer Brisket
50/50 Kosher Salt And Coarse Black Pepper
Smoked Paprika
Onion Powder
Garlic Powder
Yellow Mustard

Cooking Equipment

Oven
Baking Sheet
Cooking Rack
Pink Butchers Paper
Wireless Meat Thermometer
Boning Knife
Slicing Knife
Cutting Board
Turkey Baster

How To Cook Oven Brisket

Step 1: Preheat oven to 250 degrees to cook brisket low and slow. Lower the oven rack to one level below the center position.

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Step 2: Using a clean sharp boning knife trim all of the fat on the brisket down to 1/4 inch thick. This measurement is just eyeballed. No need to break out the tape measure. Trim off any silver skin or meat that is less thick than the width of your thumb. Pay attention to which way the grain is running.

Joshs Cookhouse Tips: If you are looking for more information on trimming briskets, you can check out How To Trim A Brisket For Cooking to find out everything you need to know.

Step 3: Grab your yellow mustard and apply a thin even layer over the entire brisket to act as a binder for the seasoning.

Packer brisket fully seasoned

Step 4: With the binder in place, first apply an even and generous amount of the 50/50 mixture of kosher salt and coarse black pepper. Next, apply a lighter layer of the remaining 3 seasonings.

Joshs Cookhouse Tips: When seasoning, make sure the layers are spread as evenly as possible for best results, and also, make sure all sides of the brisket get seasoned.

Step 5: Place a cooking rack onto a baking sheet and then set your brisket on top of the cooking rack. Don’t forget to insert your wireless meat probe if using one. Make sure the brisket does not hang over the baking sheet, otherwise drippings will get into the bottom of your oven. Place the brisket into the oven.

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Step 6: If you are cooking a full-packer brisket, you can let the brisket cook for 3 hours before checking on it. Once the 3 hours are up, make sure to drain any pooling on the meat. This will wreck the brisket’s bark in the area. Using the turkey baster, you can suck up any drippings and apply them to any dry areas so they don’t burn.

Step 7: Repeat the process of draining any pooling and apply drippings to dry areas every 45-60 minutes until the brisket goes through the stall.

Joshs Cookhouse Tips: Brisket typically comes out of the stall somewhere between 170-185 degrees. This is when I choose to use pink butcher paper to wrap briskets. This will probably occur somewhere around the 6-8 hour mark.

Step 8: Wrap your brisket with butcher paper after the brisket has come out of the stall.

Brisket cooked in butcher paper in the oven

Step 9: Keep cooking until the brisket has come to 205 degrees internal or until the brisket feels completely tender. Your brisket should be done between 10-15 hours. I expect it should be closer to 10 hours in most cases.

Step 10: Rest the brisket for 1-hour minimum.

Step 11: Using a 10-12 inch slicing knife, place the brisket on a large cutting board and start cutting slices of brisket roughly 1/4 inch thick across the grain starting at the flat side of the brisket. If you need more directions, feel free to read how to slice a brisket.

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Step 12: Serve up the perfectly cooked brisket with some delicious side dishes.

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Oven Brisket That Turns Out Just Like Smoked Brisket

It may be hard to believe but my oven brisket recipe came out exactly like my smoked brisket recipe. The only difference you will find is that my low and slow oven brisket is missing that smoke factor. I know that is a big turn-off for many people and I understand.

I personally agree that brisket is best when smoked, however, this recipe is for those who don’t like smoked meat, don’t own a smoker, or similarily to my case, some parts of the year are just too cold to enjoy standing outside for a 12-hour cook.

Even though I cook brisket all throughout winter it gets increasingly hard to run a smoker when it is 20 degrees below zero or even worse when the wind chill takes effect.

Brisket fat side up in the oven

How Much Time Does It Take To Cook Brisket At 250 Degrees?

Just like smoking brisket at 250 degrees in a pellet grill or offset smoker, cooking a brisket in the oven takes roughly 1-1.5 hours per pound. This means cooking a 12-pound brisket in the oven would take roughly 12-18 hours to cook.

This may seem like a long time to cook a brisket, however, I have found that most briskets do not take the full 1.5 per pound to cook. Also, once you wrap your brisket I believe that you can increase the temperature some in order to speed up the process if necessary.

How Much Brisket To Serve Per Person?

Obviously, everyone eats different amounts of food. However, when it comes to making sure you have enough food for everyone you are trying to feed, 1/2 pound of brisket per person is a good rule of thumb.

Typically you can go off of the pre-cooked weight for this. So, if you have 10 people coming over, you will want to buy a brisket that is 5 lbs or larger. I recommend always going a little larger as the brisket will lose some weight after trimming the brisket fat.

I would also go larger if you want to ensure you have leftovers for a couple of meals. This is something I always do as I like to make brisket grilled cheese sandwiches, easy-to-cook brisket sliders, and brisket mac and cheese using the leftovers.

The Best Ways To Enjoy Oven Brisket

Brisket finished cooking in the oven

After you have successfully cooked your brisket in the oven, you may be wondering what the best way to enjoy brisket is.

Here are just a couple of ways I prefer to eat it.

Slice the point into cubes and make bbq brisket burnt ends.
Make a side of homemade mashed potatoes with gravy using the fat drippings to eat with the brisket slices.
Make a sandwich by taking a bun and buttering it, then add brisket, pickled onions, and spicy pickles.

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My Best Low And Slow Oven Brisket Recipe

My Best Low And Slow Oven Brisket Recipe is everything you’ve been looking for in a brisket. It has a deliciously seasoned bark, tender meat, and is extremely juicy. You may just find that oven brisket is better than turkey or ham during the holidays.

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Prep Time: 30

Cook Time: 10

Resting Time: 1

Total Time: 11 30

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: best oven brisket recipe, brisket, low and slow brisket, low and slow oven brisket, oven brisket

Servings: People

Calories: 352kcal

Equipment

Oven
Baking Sheet
Cooking Rack
Pink Butchers Paper
Wireless Meat Thermometer
Boning Knife
Slicing Knife
Cutting Board
Turkey Baster