Beef brisket cooked long and slow: Hometown in Red Hook sells it smoked at $20 a half pound, and Izzy's in Crown Heights smokes it 18 hours under kosher supervision.
Where to eat it: 2 restaurants across 1 city.
Brisket comes from the breast or lower chest of the animal, and its heavy connective tissue turns tender only after long cooking. American cooks rub it with spices and cook it slowly over indirect heat from charcoal or wood, such as oak, and smoked brisket is popular in Texas barbecue. Hometown Bar-B-Que opened in Red Hook in September 2013 and smokes meats on oak wood in the classic Southern technique. At Izzy's, a kosher smokehouse in Crown Heights under the supervision of the OK, pitmaster Izzy Eidelman smokes brisket for 18 hours.
Tip from the editors. Choose second-cut brisket; its extra fat keeps the meat moist through the long oven time.
Hometown Bar-B-Que is a Red Hook, Brooklyn smokehouse on Van Brunt Street, open since 2013, selling oak-smoked brisket, pork and ribs by the half pound.
OrderBrisket at $20 a half pound, spare ribs at $16, and a side of the day.
TipMeat is sold by weight at the counter. Friday and Saturday service runs until 22:00 or until the smoker runs out. Closed Mondays.
Izzy's Brooklyn Smokehouse on Troy Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, is a kosher barbecue spot under OK supervision, known for brisket smoked for 18 hours.
OrderThe brisket, smoked for 18 hours, and the smoked then fried chicken sandwich.
TipOrder the smoked then fried chicken sandwich on toasted brioche with horseradish mayo. It is closed Friday and Saturday.
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