So I skimmed a lot of this 7 page thread and concluded a large percentage of it is about football and what we throw together for the games... This post is going to turn more into a personal blog than anything, no offense taken if you with to skip to the next post...
....So it all started Saturday night when the wife went out of town to shop and was staying over night. I had the house to myself..err, and my 15 year old daughters... I ended up at the glorious H-E-B (IYKYK) to get some supplies for tomorrow's BBQ. My daughter wanted some pork for some reason. Well, baby back's always sound good... specially if my pit is gonna be hot. So I'm browsing through the babybacks and end up getting distracted and grabbed 2 packs of "ribs" and some other things. When I get home, I start whipping up a marinade for these "ribs" and everything is coming together perfectly. I get the marinade in the perfect pan and grab the "ribs" from the frige. Upon immidiate inspection I realize what I just opened is not ribs, but Pork Brisket Strips. I have never seen such a cut. Oh well, I can make a prize winning beef brisket so why not! I drop it in the marinade and put it all in the fridge. Anyway, later that evening I had an old friend come by and we enjoyed a Monte that came in the recent Cohiba & Monte humidor combo...(remember, I'm restarting my collection so I don't have much yet) It could benefit from a long rest, but it still satisfied. Well, those smoked well with some Basil Haydens.... then some Buffalo Trace... then something else he had.
Then came game day and I was abruptly reminded I'm not 23 years old anymore and alcohol has a painful detox at my age. So I shook it off, opened a Lone Star Light and lit the pit. Turned the marinade to a sop while the pit warmed up and threw the briskets on. Stuffed some jalepenos with cream cheese, beef fajita, garlic and wrapped in bacon. Dropped a few links of sausage and some fajita meat on the pit and we're cooking! Buddies come over and all is right in the world. We're watching football! The NFC game, asside from McCaffrey's single good run, was a pitiful waste of time, but the AFC game was awesome! The pork brisket, btw, was affectionately described by myself as "meat gum" and I'll never make that again. Flavor was awesome tho, so I cut it all into chunks for beans. If you're still reading; I warned ya. :p