Slow Cook Small Brisket in Oven

How to slow cook a small brisket in the oven at 300 degrees with dry rub is here. We will explain How to Make Fall-Apart Brisket in the Oven with a small flat cut to fork tender beef when done. Slice and serve with vegetables or alone as a low carb dinner idea.

Slow Cooked Brisket in Oven

I will say I haven’t cooked a beef brisket often. When we bought our half of a cow this year I saved it for a special day. Knowing how expensive they can be it’s not something you want to take chances with and need to KNOW it will come out amazing…or why spend the money right?? With our tri tip dry rub it is amazing.

How Long to Cook Small Brisket at 300 Degrees

For 3-4 pounds it typically takes about 5 hours until we can slice it easily against the grain. The knife should slide right thru without much effort at all letting you know that it is done. I like to cover most of the cook time before removing for the last 30 minutes or so to break down the connective tissues.

in pressure cooker

If you love the idea of making pressure cooker brisket but don’t have that machine at home and want to make it in a pan the old fashioned way, we’re here to show you how here. You can cut down the timing to just over an hour under high pressure.

in air fryer

Made as air fryer brisket you are looking at a few hours, a great option when it was too hot to turn on the oven. Then during the winter time it was time to go ahead and bake it. Seriously the best way ever if you want it as tender as humanly possible.

If you want to treat your family to something special on the weekend, or maybe cook something different for Christmas dinner this year, this is it!! Here are a few questions you might have before you get started on this beauty.

What you need to cook a brisket in the oven

1. Beef brisket
2. Sauce
   1. Broth
   2. Onion
   3. Minced garlic
   4. Chili powder
   5. Rice vinegar
   6. Worcestershire sauce
   7. Ketchup
   8. Olive oil
   9. Tinfoil and baking sheet

As far as how many pounds you should buy, I like 3-4 myself. It is enough to feed the 5 of us with a bit left over for the next day to enjoy.

Marinade

The key to the best tasting meat though is the rub and/or sauce if you ask me. I want a Wallop of flavor in every bite. This is how it’s done y’all. We have used bottled dry rub for tri tip on the outside and it’s amazing. Then mixing a few of our favorite fajita marinade / sauce ingredients together made it out of this world.

How to Cook Brisket in Oven at 300

1. Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl. Rinse off brisket and pat dry with paper towels. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
2. Lay meat flat on a cutting board. Pour half rub on top and rub/pat on so there’s a nice thick coat. Flip over and do the same thing on the bottom.
3. Put foil on a baking sheet (or roasting pan would work).
4. Lay meat on top, allow excess rub to fall off on cutting board.
5. Pour excess from board on top of meat and press on again.
6. With foil cover the top and secure on the sides so it’s all enclosed. Bake for 3 hours.
7. Before taking it out add sauce ingredients into a small saucepan on the stovetop. Boil until onions are softened.
8. Take meat out, take foil off and pour 1/3 – 1/2 of sauce on top of meat.
   • (if sides of pan aren’t too high just pour on 1/3, you don’t want it to be higher than 1/2 way up sides)
9. Put aluminum foil back on the top and put beef brisket into the oven again for 1.5-2 hours (mine was 3.2 pound brisket and 1 1/2 hours was enough, larger would need more time to get tender) until meat is fork tender.
10. Then take foil off and bake uncovered for 30 minutes so outsides can get nice and brown.
11. Remove pan and put foil back on top to let meat rest for 30 minutes before slicing. Serve slices with a side dish with some of the remaining sauce poured on top to make it super moist.

If you lift the foil up after 4.5 hours total cooking time and with a fork it doesn’t feel tender enough to cut with the side of it, then you need more time. Add 30 minutes until it reaches that point. Total time was about 5.5 hours. It takes a while and timing will vary depending on how large yours is of course. Here is a quick step by step but there is a printable recipe card at the bottom of this post too.

I highly recommend the sauce we used. You could alternatively use a bit of water to thin out some bbq sauce and use that to keep it moist. This is what ours looked like when we took it out and before we put foil back on.

What should I do with leftover brisket?

I will start by saying that we only really have enough for 1 or 2 of us to have lunch the next day. I just make 2 cups Instant Pot white rice and reheat a serving for myself to enjoy. It is one of the few repeat meals I can’t get enough of. I have a long list of recipes with leftover brisket here but a few favorites are below.

My favorite is probably to dice it up into small pieces. Then put it into a bowl with some of your leftover sauce on top. Stir so it’s all coated and then mix it with brown rice and vegetables on the side.

1. You can also shred and put inside tortillas with cheese for over the top air fryer quesadillas.
2. Make the best baked potatoes and stuff with leftover meat. Pour sauce or a bit of liquid smoke on top and you’re ready!
3. Instead of pepperoni, shred meat and make a brisket pizza!
4. Another easy beef brisket recipe is to just warm meat, throw it inside small tortillas and load it up to make tacos with:
   1. Cheese
   2. Guacamole or sliced avocados
   3. Try with our blue cheese cole slaw
   4. Sour cream

Below are the step by step directions that are easy to follow. It also includes nutritional facts like calories, saturated fat content etc. It will vary depending on how lean your piece is and the size though. Enjoy friends!