<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nFinal Thought <\/h2>\n\n\n\n Corned beef is tender, meaty, and flavorful. That’s if you use the right cut of brisket, which is the point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The best corned beef is the one with marbling, some fat cap, and connective tissue. They brine better, cook tender, and taste flavorful!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The purpose of brining beef to make corned beef is so that all the salt and spice can penetrate as the meat softens. This helps to slow the spoilage of the meat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a flat cut corned beef, you’ll see that the meat will end up lean and won’t lose enough. The spices will not get in, which might not be something you’re aiming for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Note that the point recommendation is not limited to just when you’re making homemade corned beef. You should also apply this rule when next you are out buying corned beef. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Make no mistake about it. The point cut is the best cut of corned beef. This cut has more marbling to ensure juiciness, tenderness, and flavor. It also has more fat which helps lock in moisture in the corned beef. When it’s time to make that St. Patrick’s Day corned beef, I’m sure one of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4718"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16139,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4718\/revisions\/16139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4718"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=4718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}