Smoking on your Gas Grill

What if you don't (yet) own a traditional offset smoker or any other dedicated smoker? What do you do about your craving for real backyard BBQ if all you own is a gas grill? Can you smoke on a gas grill?

Barbecue can be accomplished on a propane grill, but there are a few extra steps to keep in mind. In this video I'll be showing how to prepare smoked brisket on a propane grill. With a little fire management, this brisket recipe produces a smoky, tender brisket which will likely out-perform any smoked brisket you can get at a restaurant. Ideally, one would smoke in a dedicated smoker, because they're easier to manage and give a deeper, more traditional smoked flavor, but if you keep the wood tray filled and follow the steps in this video, you'll be able to produce an incredible product. I'm shocked at how good this brisket recipe is.

Best,
Shane

Some of my favorite tools:
PK GRILL: The model I cook on is "The Original PK Grill and Smoker"
WEBER SMOKER: Weber 18" Smokey Mountain Cooker
INSTANT-READ MEAT THERMOMETERS: GAISTEN Meat Thermometer (Amazon)
TONGS: OXO Goodgrips 16" (Amazon)
LARGE SPATULA/TURNER: Mundial 8"x3" White Handle Turner
FOOD-GRADE SPRAY BOTTLES: Bar5F Plastic Spray Bottle
BLACK NITRILE GLOVES: KingSeal Ultrablack Nitrile Exam Gloves (Amazon)
LESS EXPENSIVE BONING KNIFE: UltraSource 6" Boning Knife
MORE EXPENSIVE BONING KNIFE: Victorinox Fibrox 6" Boning Knife
CHEF'S KNIVES: Victorinox Fibrox 6", 8", 10" Chef's Knives
LARGE DIGITAL SCALE: LEM Products 1167 330-lb Scale
MEDIUM DIGITAL SCALE: Bakers Math Kitchen Scale - KD8000

[MrToyota]

Good video, im a beginner at any type of smoking, and not wanting to spend a $1000 on a smoker, and you simplifyed a grill option, thumbs up.

[jeffmcgrath]

Without question the best explanation for smoking a brisket. Very informative! Thank you!

[Freedomsterfire]

Dude, I followed your instructions as closely as possible and I got rave reviews. I made three critical errors, though: 1) I bought a prime Costco brisket, but it had a ton of fat on the meat side, 2) I coated the entire thing in a rub I bought, but it came out waaaay too salty/spicy, 3) I didn’t do a temperature calibration in ice/boiling water of my probe thermometers. On point 1, I’ll do more research and look for a leaner cut in the future. I have a small, full kitchen knife and it took me like 2 hours to trim. I resorted to kitchen shears after the first 1 1/4 and it went much faster. 2) research the run and make sure to apply a little more sparingly. 3) test the probes. I couldn’t fully trust the probes, so it was more of a fight to get up to 250 and maintain it. Overall, the meat came out fantastic. First time smoking anything and to pull it off on a gas grill was the icing on top. Had a guest who has a charcoal grill and a Traeger tell me I had more balls than him trying and pulling it off. Definitely an adventure and something to build off of. Thank you!

[dannyramirez]

Thanks for post this video. I followed the process and used my gas grill to smoke my first ever brisket. Came out great!!

[demondmccray]

I won't do this because I already have a smoker....but boy this is freaking impressive....I didn't think this was even possible....Great Job!

[HTown]

smoked my first brisket this past weekend. brisket came out great! thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and having resources for us newbies. following your rules, it’s not such a daunting task to have great brisket after all. 🍻

[courtneycraig]

This is AWESOME!! Our first brisket came out with a really nice smoke ring!!!And the Cuts Temperature sheets are so useful!! We are currently “smoking” our second now!!

[petercasanelia]

Fantastic tutorial, much appreciated, From Sydney Australia

[wayneprater]

Hey neighbor that’s a great looking brisket and really low shrinkage. Bravo!! I bet dad was looking down on you and thinking when Shane was my neighbor I usually got some. Lol he was a BBQ snob and he always had great things to say about your seasoning and your snacks you had him sample. Thank you for thinking of dad when you lived by him. You did well with “Propane and propane accessories” as Hank Hill would put it.

[vincelee]

I just picked up a used grill just like this one a couple of days ago. I have got to try this. Thanks so much for sharing your video ..

[bouncegenietampabouncehous]

Great job boss. Clear speaking and great basic training.

[alanrasmusson]

My God man! You have the patience of a saint! Outstanding video. Short to the point all relevant points made. Not a lot of chatter, and at a pace that puts ya to sleep.
I'll definitely be checking out all your vids. Thank you. And man what a tasty looking end product. I gotta go know. I'm headed to the butcher.

[Bearrden]

wow you are a pro! This makes me want to try out smoking

[daoyang]

Thanks Shane for the video. This is the information I needed to see to get an idea of the full process. It’s probably still outside my comfort zone for now. But I’m bookmarking this for when I decide to smoke for the first time.

[jama]

Holy hell this looks great. Dont know if i can wait an extra morning to start digging in lol, but forsure trying this for my first time before upgrading from propane to a smoker

[OKIEBBQ]

Great video! Such great advice thanks so much!

[lisabrown]

Thank you so much for this! So informative ❤ I’m so glad The Crockers introduced me to you.

[ronladuke]

I noticed most people trim a lot of the fat before and after cooking, but I find cooked juicy beef fat delicious 😊

[mattyb]

I just got a sampler and I didnt even see that injection as an option???? You're killing me smalls! :)

[briankowald]

Good summary, I used to cook a brisket like this from time to time and it does work great. The only problem is that the grill got coated internally with so much soot and grease that when I eventually did a high heat burn off after grilling. The entire grill caught on fire, with flames enveloping the grill entirely. I thought it was going to burn my covered deck down. Get the fire turned off and eventually it went out. It was the nastiest, foul smelling smell I’ve ever smelt. It seemed to be embedded into the metal of the grill. I wound up replacing the flavored bars, the deflectors and the grades and power washing/scrubbing the grill body like crazy, I did not think to put a pan under the brisket like you did so that definitely would’ve helped. All I’m saying is be careful if you do this too many times.