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smoking Ever Smoke a Corned Beef? St Pattys day feast.

We are hosting St Patrick's day Dinner at our house on the 14th and wifey picked up 3 Corned beef briskets at the market today. Shes letting me toss one in the smoker. 
 
Anyone have any past experience smoking corned beef, how did it turn out, would you do it again and what kind of wood did you use?
 
Right now I got Peachwood on tap so that's probably the route i'm going to go. I figure smoke for 2-3 hours and transfer to oven to finish with the other briskets. 
 
Sides we are looking at the standard Mash Taters and Cabbage though I would really like to do some other sides as well.. 
 
Thoughts or opinions on those, i'm sure you guys have your own way of throwing down St Pattys Dinner. 
 
The Hot Pepper said:
The trick is steaming it after it's smoked. Otherwise it's not pastrami, it's smoked corned beef. :)
 
All good pastrami comes straight from the steamer.
 
Wasn't planning on Pastraming it up but how does one go about steaming it, just juices and foil over it? Probably how I was going to finish it in the oven. 
 
Do it. The bub is simple. Black pepper and coriander. You don't need salt because the beef is corned. One thing you can add is mustard seed. But that's all you should add. Black pepper and coriander is the best.
 
Yeah that site is trusted I didn't even peruse it. Saw some steaming at the bottom of the page so it's legit. 
 
TrueNorthReptiles said:
 
Gotta throw some carrots and onions in there too. Maybe a half a bottle of Gas-X and Tums as well.
 
I was thinking about doing some honey glazed carrots
 
It's not the tastiest meal. Boiled pickled beef and cabbage. Not Irish either lol. Pastrami would be way better. If you have time it's worth it. 
 
Like boiled brisket to that off the smoker. Or boiled ribs to BBQ ribs. Really there is 0 comparison. 
 
we don't boil it. that would be gross. We usually make it in the oven. Only thing getting boiled is the cabbage... and potatoes for mash taters. 
 
NO MEAT OTHER THAN SHELLFISH SHOULD BE BOILED IN MY BOOK. That's just a travesty. 
 
My exwife used to boil chicken for enchiladas... would never let me grill it or anything... I hated her enchiladas. 
 
Make pastrami. The end. lol.
 
Never had baked pre-corned beef. That's oven pastrami! LOL! JAY!!!! You'd love this!!!!!!!!
 
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