How to Barbecue Beef Brisket on a Gas Grill

Beef brisket is often used in barbecue recipes.

When you're trying to cook the ideal slab of beef brisket, which is a cut of meat from the lower chest of a cow, you want to cook it slowly at low temperatures, infusing it with the flavors of the wood used to smoke the meat --- something that's tough to do on a gas grill. However, all is not lost if you don't have access to a slow-cooker or smoker. By using a few tools creatively and a couple techniques to infuse some of that woody flavor into the meat, even a gas grill can cook great brisket. Does this Spark an idea?

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1 small and 2 large disposable aluminum pans (2 to 3 inches deep)
Mesquite wood chips
Grilling thermometer

Instructions

- 1
  
  Fill a small disposable aluminum pan with mesquite wood chips, and fill two larger disposable aluminum pans with hot water within about a half inch from the rim.
- 2
  
  Place the pans on top of your grill's flavor bars below the main grill so that the water is directly over the burners but the wood chips are off to the side. Don't place the pans directly on the burners.
- 3
  
  Place the grate over the pans. Turn the center burner on medium heat and wait about 30 minutes for the water to heat up to 225 degrees F. Use a grilling thermometer to test it. Adjust the flame to keep it at this temperature.
- 4
  
  Turn on a burner under the wood chips and place the meat on the rack above the water, and close the lid to the grill. Cook for about six hours, or until you reach an internal temperature of 185 degrees F in the meat. You will need to replenish the wood chips periodically, so check the meat on occasion during cooking.