Smokerless brisket without sous vide setup?

I just decided that I want to attempt to cook a brisket, but I lack a lot of the necessary kitchen equipment. Any advice on how to cook one in an oven without sacrificing too much of the juiciness? I can afford a sous vide circulator, but I'd rather wait for Joule to be available to Canadians... Thanks!

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brian_martin2001

https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/amazing-ribs-with-meathead-part-ii-exploring-indoor-barbecue

In this video, they teamed up with the gents from amazingribs.com, and explore ways to make ribs similar to smoked ribs without the smoker. While ChefSteps uses the immersion circulator, the amazing rib guys use an oven. You might get some thoughts from here.

Good luck!

tshewman

First, if you already have a smoker, you suck. ;-) Kidding of course. Most conventional ovens can go as low as 170F, the brisket recipe calls for 155F. My oven hovers around 150F (I've done a roasted chicken at this temp). If you have a way to package it, and have a large enough dutch oven (I have a 7Qt which would be big enough) with a good lid, I suspect you could do it by heating the ducth oven bath to as close as you can get to 155F and insert the bagged brisket (lid on to keep a handle on evaporation).

Matthew_Snyder_68770

This is the method I'd go with. I don't know that I'd go to the step of packaging, as I'd probably want to cook it fully exposed (like on a rack set in a sheet tray). But that's sort of just 'different strokes' territory.

tshewman

Forgot to mention my oven gets to 150ish if I wedge the door open a small amount, so if tested with a thermometer, then preheat the water bath in the oven, it would be a good start to see if it were viable. The fully exposed could actually be done at the same time (for comparison) and though I suspect some moisture would be lost with evaporation, I would be interested in seeing the results as briskets can be very forgiving with moisture loss and could still end up fantastic.