Slow Cooker BBQ Beef Brisket
This Slow Cooker BBQ Beef Brisket recipe is the only one you’ll ever need. This recipe makes the most tender and flavorful brisket!
I am SO excited to share this recipe today. This Slow Cooker BBQ Beef Brisket is one you need to make immediately, my friends. Tender and flavorful beef that slow cooks all day. It is incredibly easy and incredibly delicious!
I’m starting to call my ‘crock pot’ recipes now ‘slow cooker’ recipes. I learned in a blog workshop I went to that “Crock Pot” is a product name so I shouldn’t use it in my recipe titles. I have always called my slow cookers “crock pots” (and all my slow cookers are the Crock Pot brand) so this is new for me. haha. Just FYI.
There are a lot of different ways you could serve this wonderful beef. Make it with nachos, tacos, sandwiches. You could also serve it with sides of baked beans and cornbread. Yum. Just thinking about all the options is making me hungry. 🙂
We went the sandwich route and man was it good!
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Slow Cooker BBQ Beef Brisket
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 pounds beef brisket
- 1 Tablespoon dried thyme leaves
- 1 Tablespoon paprika
- 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 cup water
- 1 ½ teaspoons liquid smoke flavoring
- 3 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 bottle (18 ounces) barbecue sauce
Instructions
- Combine the thyme, paprika, pepper, salt, onion powder, garlic powder and cumin in a small bowl. Rub spice mixture all over the top of the brisket.
- Pour 1 cup water in the bottom of a large 7 quart slow cooker. Place spice covered brisket in the water. Pour the liquid smoke and Worcestershire sauce over top of brisket. Cover with lid and cook on Low heat for 8 to 10 hours.
- Once done cooking, carefully remove brisket to a large platter. Remove fat from bottom of brisket. It should easily skim right off. Discard fat. Shred brisket.
- Place shredded brisket back in slow cooker and pour the barbecue sauce all over the top. Gently stir. Cover with lid and cook another 30 minutes or until sauce is heated through. Serve brisket warm and enjoy!
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Was wondering what size crock pot you used? It could be very helpful if you put the size in the recipe so we can achieve the same amazing results.
Hi Aaron, I use a large 7 quart crock pot for this recipe.
Throughout the years, I have had a tough relationship with beef brisket…until now. After cooking the brisket all different ways, including smoking, I think this slow cooker recipe is the one for me. It’s easy and versatile. For the first night, I made birria ramen. For the next night, I can see Birria tacos. Because I cooked the meat through the night, my family snacked on the meat while it was cooling. Who can blame them? It was so good.
Can it be frozen? Or do you think it should be defrosted.
I don’t like to cook frozen meat in the slow cooker, so I suggest it be fully thawed first 🙂
I was raised in the south. We called this winter brisket, and Traditionally it was cooked in the oven all day. I enjoyed seeing it adapted for small Cut of brisket for the CROCK-POT. If cooking in an oven the brisket is wrapped in foil and cooked all day.
used this recipe & pleasantly surprised on the taste! it only took 7 hrs on low and turned out amazeballs! thanks so much!!
Hi, how many people does this serve?
Using 3 pounds of brisket should feed around 6 adults.
I mixed everything together and brushed it over the brisket, including the bbq sauce, and cooked it for 8 hours. My hubby said it was the best brisket he has ever had.
I made it, it was so good, my husband kept saying how good it smelled while it was cooking.
I replaced the water with Coke Zero. You could also use beer that would be really good too.
But great recipe, I will make it again.
oh my goodness so delicious – i bought 5 lbs so doubled up on the spices. i used balsamic in place of worcestire. cooked it overnight 12 hours on low.
found a tangy bbq sauce recipe on pinterest also, and added in pan juices in place of worcestire and a half teaspooon of smoke and cayenne pepper and two teaspoons of cornstarch to get to right consistency.
Sliced instead of shredding, only got 14 slices out of the original 5 lb roast! bringing an appy to the derby party, a small bed of deli cole slaw, a dill pickle and brisket on a party pick topped with a cube of cheddar cheese served in a plastic cup,, its good to go now!
We loved it! Thanks a million! I will be making this again!
Took longer than 10 hours to cook. I poured out the water like instructed before adding BBQ sauce. Meat was dry. next time I will keep some of the liquid and add it to the BBQ sauce to help keep the meat moist.
Hi all. Im about to give this recipe a shot! Has anyone tried using beef broth instead of water? 🤔
I think beef broth would be better than water 🙂