17.5 pound brisket

[speedwell]

Read many way to smoke this! Just need some tips
1).225 or 250 temp?
2) is 1 he 15 mins / pound
accurate?
3) I was going to wrap @ 170 temp
4) Pull @ 195 temp
5) Rest in cooler 2 hrs
Thanks

 

[RustyJake]

Here's someone that just did one that size recently. You may be able to gauge yours from his experience

Help! - HELP PLEASE: Cooking a 17.5lb Brisket

Hi All, I’m a big Traeger fan, but still feel fairly novice at cooking great meat. I cooked brisket once before on my older Pro34 and it took >15 hrs. Last week I upgraded to an Ironwood 885. I’m cooking an 18 lb brisket right now and I miscalculated how long it would take. I started it way too...

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[dsmero]

Briskets are hard to gauge by time. It's more about feel than anything but you might want to take it past 200 (somewhere between 202-204). My last one didn't stall and finished 4 hours before I thought it would. I would probably aim more for 250-275 but you could start low to put some more smoke on it before kicking it up. 225 might be a little low to not fully render fat and build bark.